anto (Devanagari:जाँतो) is a form of grinder in the Himalayan region of Nepal, Sikkim, Darjeeling and Bhutan, which is made of up of stone. It is a type of rotary hand quern. It consists of two round stones of which the bottom part is attached to the ground or the floor in the house and has a big nail or wood in the centre to keep the top stone in place while grinding. The top part however has two holes in it, one in the middle to insert grains and the other on the side to place a handle for grinding. The grains are ground using a circular motion with the help of the handle and the person has to be sitting down to do the task
