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'''Yantra''' is a Sanskrit word that is derived from the root meaning "to restrain, curb, check".^[1][2] Meanings for the noun derived from this root include "that which restrains or fastens, any prop or support", "a fetter", "any instrument or machine", "an amulet, a mystical or astronomical diagram used as an amulet."^[3][4]
Some Hindu esoteric practitioners employ yantra, mantra and other items in their ''sadhana'', ''puja'' and ''yajna''.^[5]

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★ Mandala

★ Namkha

★ Sigil

★ Tantra

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1. For root यन्त्र् ('') meaning "to restrain, curb, check" see: .
2. For definition: "A ''yantra'' (from the root ''yam'') is that which controls or subdues." see: , note 159.
3. For definitions for noun यन्त्रं ('') including 1) "that which restrains or fastens, any prop or support"; 2) "a fetter", 4) "any instrument or machine", and 7) "an amulet, a mystical or astronomical diagram used as an amulet"; see: .
4. For definitions for यन्त्रं ('') including "any instrument for holding, restraining, or fastening, a prop, support, barrier"; "any instrument or apparatus, mechanical contrivance, engine, machine, implement, appliance"; "restraint, force"; "an amulet, mystical diagram supposed to possess occult powers", see: .
5. Bucknell, ''et. al.''; 1986: p. ix.

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