a. [na. ba.] 1 Having no ropes or musical strings (as a musi- cal instrument); nātaṃtrī vādyate vīṇā Rām.

2 Unrestrained; not neces- sarily binding; not being the object of the rule under consideration; thasvagrahaṇamataṃtraṃ, klībatvaṃ ºtraṃ Sk.

3 With- out formulas or empirical actions.