[Skt.] n. A contrivance, machine, implement, instrument, apparatus. A diagram or figure of a mystical nature, an astrological character: a talisman, or amulet. A pump. sadhanamu, yuktiyuktamainakaranamu. “jilugukempula yantramulametalantaka calasolucutulu sarikalanu.” Ila. iv. 58. iksuyantramu a sugarcane mill. A. ii. 94. “kalayantradharalakappikappi.” Zaccaya. v. 47. yantrakarudu yantra-karudu. n. A maker of engines, an engineer, an…