Looking in the Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary maintained at the University of Cologne we see:

Tantra - loom, the warp (in weaving), essential part, system, framework, army, drug, string of a lute
1 tántra a loom, the warp
2 the leading or principal or essential part , main point , characteristic feature , model , type , system , framework
3 "the principal action in keeping up a family i.e. propagation"
4 doctrine, rule, theory, scientific work, chapter of such a work (esp. the 1st section of a treatise on astronomy)
5 a class of works teaching magical and mystical formularies (mostly in the form of dialogues between śiva and durgā and said to treat of 5 subjects, 1. the creation, 2. the destruction of the world, 3. the worship of the gods, 4. the attainment of all objects, esp. of 6 superhuman faculties, 5. the 4 modes of union with the supreme spirit by meditation
6 a spell
7 oath or ordeal L.
8 an army (cf. °trin) BhP. x , 54 , 15
9 a row , number , series , troop Ba1lar. ii f. , vi
10 rājya-t° , government Das3. xiii S3is3. ii , 88
11 a means which leads to two or more results , contrivance Hariv. ii , 1 , 31
12 a drug (esp. one of specific faculties) , chief remedy cf. °trā*vāpa
13 wealth L.
14 a house L.
15 happiness W.
16 the wire or string of a lute

tántrī - the strings of the heart Hariv. 3210 (v.l.)
tántrī any tubular vessel of the body , sinew , vein


tantra a

tantra b


Ras - To taste, relish, to feel, perceive, be sensible of



to roar , yell , cry , sound , reverberate S3Br. &c ;
to praise Naigh. iii , 14 : Caus. rāsayati (aor. arīrasat) , Gr.: Desid. rirasiṣati ib. : Intens. rārasyate (or rārasti , Gr.) , to cry out loudly , scream aloud.
to taste , relish S3Br. Up. MBh. &c ;
to feel , perceive , be sensible of Sa1h. ;
to love Dha1tup. : Desid. rirasayiṣati , to desire to taste.
ras


Rasa - sap, juice, essence, water, liquor, semen, gold, taste, flavor, taste or character of a work


  1. the sap or juice of plants , Juice of fruit , any liquid or fluid , the best or finest or prime part of anything , essence , marrow RV. &c
  2. water , liquor , drink MBh. Ka1v. &c
  3. juice of the sugar-cane , syrup Sus3r.
  4. any mixture , draught , elixir , potion R. BhP.
  5. melted butter L.
  6. (with or scil. gavām) milk MBh.
  7. (with or scil. viṣasya) poison Das3. Ra1jat.
  8. nectar L.
  9. soup , broth L.
  10. a constituent fluid or essential juice of the body , serum , (esp.) the primary juice called chyle (formed from the food and changed by the bile into blood) ib.
  11. mercury , quicksilver (sometimes regarded as a kind of quintessence of the human body , else where as the seminal fluid of śiva) Sarvad.
  12. semen virile RV. i , 105 , 2
  13. myrrh L.
  14. any mineral or metallic salt Cat.
  15. a metal or mineral in a state of fusion (cf. upa- , mahā-r°)
  16. gold L.
  17. Vanguieria Spinosa L.
  18. a species of amaranth L.
  19. green onion L.
  20. resin L.
  21. = amṛta L.
  22. taste , flavour (as the principal quality of fluids , of which there are 6 original kinds , viz. madhura , sweet ; amla , sour ; lavaṇa , salt ; kaṭuka , pungent ; tikta , bitter ; and kaṣāya , astringent ; sometimes 63 varieties are distinguished , viz. beside the 6 original ones , 15 mixtures of 2 , 20 of 3 , 15 of 4 , 6 of 5 , and 1 of 6 flavours) S3Br. &c
  23. N. of the number " six " VarBr2S. S3rutab.
  24. any object of taste , condiment , sauce , spice , seasoning MBh. Ka1v. &c
  25. the tongue (as the organ of taste) BhP.
  26. taste or inclination or fondness for (loc. with or scil. upari , or comp.) , love , affection , desire MBh.
  27. charm pleasure , delight ib.
  28. (in rhet.) the taste or character of a work , the feeling or sentiment prevailing in it (from 8 to 10 rasas are generally enumerated , viz. śṛṅgāra , love ; vīra , heroism ; bībhatsa , disgust ; raudra , anger or fury ; hāsya , mirth ; bhayānaka , terror ; karuṇa , pity ; adbhuta , wonder ; śānta , tranquillity or contentment ; vātsalya , paternal fondness ; the last or last two are sometimes omitted ; cf. under bhāva) Bhar. Das3ar. Ka1vya7d. &c
  29. the prevailing sentiment in human character Uttarar. Ra1jat.
  30. (with vaiṣṇavas) disposition of the heart or mind , religious sentiment (there are 5 rasas or ratis forming the 5 degrees of bhakti q.v. , viz. śānti , dāsya , sākhya , vātsalya , and mādhurya) W.
  31. a kind of metre Pin3g.
  32. N. of the sacred syllable , " Om ".
  33. the son of a niṣāda and a śanakī L.



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