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    See also ataṃtra.


    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 31, col. 2.
    atantra I. Tatpur. n. (-ntram) Not the object of a rule or of

    the rule in question. E. a neg. and tantra.

    II. Bahuvr. m. f. n. (-ntraḥ-ntrī-ntram) 1 Having no string

    or rope &c. 2 Unrestrained. See tantra. E. a priv. and tantra.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    p. 12, col. 1.
    atantra a-tantra, as, ī, am, having no ropes

    or no (musical) strings; unrestrained; (am), n. not

    the object of a rule or of the rule under consideration.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 12, col. 1.
    a-tantra mfn. having no cords
    p. 12, col. 1.
    having no (musical) strings
    p. 12, col. 1.
    unrestrained
    p. 12, col. 1.
    a-tantra n. not the object of a rule or of the rule under consideration.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 38.
    atantra a. [na. ba.] 1 Having no ropes or musical strings (as a musical instrument); nātantrī vādyate vīṇā Rām. -2 Unrestrained; not necessarily binding; not being the object of the rule under consideration; hrasvagrahaṇamatantram, klībatvaṃ ˚ntram Sk. Something which is not intended; on which there is no emphasis or stress (vārttika 2.2.34.1). -3 Without formulas or empirical actions. -4 Not (having the binding force of) a scientific statement; tatrāvijñātagrahaṇamatantramiti kalpyeta | ŚB. on MS.6.1.7. -tvam meaninglessness, superfluity, superfluous nature. kiṃ tu itarasmin pakṣe bādhyatetarāṃ śrutiḥ | aindraśabdasyātantratvāt | ŚB. on MS.6.4.29.

    Renou Terminologie grammaticale du Sanskrit

    vol. 1, p. 6.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 87.
    atantra (3. a + tantra) n. etwas Unwesentliches, was nicht besonders berücksichtigt zu werden braucht: iti jyeṣṭhatā cātantram DĀYABH. 37, 15. klīvatvamatantram SIDDH. K.64,a, 6. 50,a, 15.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 19, col. 3.
    atantra n. Nebensache , das worum es sich nicht handelt , das worauf es nicht ankommt.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    p. 14, col. 1.
    atantra (in Gotamasya tantrātantre) Name zweier Sāman, Ārṣ. Br.

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 98, col. 1.
    atantra tri0 na tantraṃ kāraṇaṃ tadadhīnā vivakṣā vā yasya . kāra-
    ṇānadhīne vivakṣāśūnye ca . hrasvagrahaṇamatantramiti
    siddhāntakau0 .