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Entry 6468, Page 238, Col. 1 -
(janta, janta)
janta¦ (nt.; also written jantra, as well as yanta; Pkt. or semi-Pkt. for Skt. yantra), machine: Mv ii.475.6 ff., 476.1, 5, in cpds. janta-kāra and janta-māṣṭa(ka), see the latter. The mss. read prevailingly janta or jantra; Senart usually j-, but sometimes y- even against both mss.