different between yantra vs yatra

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?nt??/

Noun

yantra (plural yantras)

1. A geometrical diagram used as a meditation aid in tantric worship.
2. (religion) Any object used as a meditation aid in tantric worship.
3. An equipment, instrument, machine or device.

Anagrams

• ratany

English

Alternative forms

• Yatra
• yaatra

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (y?tr?).

Noun

yatra (plural yatras)

1. A Hindu pilgrimage.

   • Thousands of activists and vehicles therefore diffused quietly out of Delhi in the following days to reassemble in a yatra that now swelled to 40–50,000 people.

   • By calling this little stroll a yatra I am making a mild joke to myself, because in India a yatra can be a grueling expedition such as a hike to the top of Mount Kailas in the Himalayas.

   • At the inauguration of this temple a yatra for her was performed attracting again a big part of Chatamput's mostly female inhabitants, who all claimed that Kondamakalamma now is the "real" goddess of the village.

   • I thus wonder whether the yatra was not primarily "efficient" for the upper middle classes who - physically removed from direct participation - enjoyed the BJP going on a yatra, presenting them with ready-made edutainment about nationality, easy to digest, without much physical and mental effort.

Anagrams

• atray, tayra, yarta

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ???
• Roman: arta, arto (nonstandard), yotro (nonstandard)

Etymology

Perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit ???? (artha). Compare Balinese ??? (arta).

Noun

yatra (ngoko dhuwit, krama yatra)

1. Krama of dhuwit.

References

• "yatra" in Tim Balai Bahasa Yogyakarta, Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa). Kanisius, Yogyakarta