Vatsatantri, Vatsatantrī, Vatsa-tantri: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVatsatantrī (वत्सतन्त्री).—a rope for tying calves; न लङ्घयेद्वत्सतन्त्रीं न प्रधावेच्च वर्षति (na laṅghayedvatsatantrīṃ na pradhāvecca varṣati) Manusmṛti 4.38.
Vatsatantrī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vatsa and tantrī (तन्त्री).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVatsatantrī (वत्सतन्त्री).—f. (-ntrī) The rope that ties a calf. E. vatsa, and tantrī a string.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVatsatantrī (वत्सतन्त्री).—[feminine] a long rope to which a calf is tied.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVatsatantrī (वत्सतन्त्री):—[=vatsa-tantrī] [from vatsa] ([Vasiṣṭha; Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra; Manu-smṛti]), a long rope to which calves are tied (by means of shorter ropes).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVatsatantrī (वत्सतन्त्री):—[vatsa-tantrī] (ntrī) 3. f. Calf’s rope.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Vatsa, Tantri.
Full-text: Tantri.
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