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māṣṭa and māṣṭaka , nt. , also in mss. maṣṭa(ka), and with ṭh for ṭ, seems to mean something like construction, product, contrivance, ingenious device ; usually in comp. with prec. yantra-(yanta-, janta-, jantra-): Mv ii.475.7 ff. , many times; in 476.3 māṣṭakāni alone, but v.l. jantra-m°; seems to refer esp. to toys: (antaḥpurasya arthāye) nānāprakārāṇi janta-māṣṭa-( mss. maṣṭa-, °ṭha-)daṇḍakāni kriyanti, krīḍāpanakāni ca vividhāni ca jantamāṣṭakāni kriyanti, vījanakāni pi jantamāṣṭāni kriyanti 475.7—8 ; āsandikā pi jantamāṣṭa-pādakā 9, etc.