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yantra

/jəntɹə/noun

yantra is spelled Y-A-N-T-R-A: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yantra means “A geometrical diagram used as a meditation aid in tantric worship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yantra is yantras.

How many letters and syllables are in yantra?

Letters6: Y-A-N-T-R-A
In writingabout once in every 10 million words; the 97,057th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is yantra?

Yantra appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce yantra?

  • /jəntɹə/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of yantra

  • yantras plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does yantra mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A geometrical diagram used as a meditation aid in tantric worship.

  2. 2

    Any object used as a meditation aid in tantric worship.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does yantra come from?

Borrowed from Sanskrit यन्त्र (yantra, “instrument”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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