1. the string or cord of a lute, etc.; thread made of tendon Vin.i.182; Thig.390 (cp. Thag-a.257); Ja.iv.389; Dhp-a.i.163; Pv-a.151.
2. line lineage (+ paveṇi custom, tradition) Ja.vi.380; Dhp-a.i.284. -dhara bearer of tradition Vism.99 (+ vaṃsânurakkhake & paveṇipolake).
3. a sacred text a passage in the Scriptures Vism.351 (bahu-peyyāla˚) avimutta-tanti-magga DN-a.i.2; MN-a.i.2.

• -ssara string music Vin.i.182; Ja.iii.178.

Vedic tantrī, see tanta