Atan, Ataṅ, Ātan, Ātaṉ: 6 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Vyakarana
Biology
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Hindi
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Introduction:

Atan means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Ataṅ (अतङ्).—Non-Ātmanepadin verbal affixes ति, तः (ti, taḥ)...मस् (mas), P. III.4.78, Cān. I.4.11, Śāk. 1.4.101.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Atan in India is the name of a plant defined with Combretum album in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Combretum wildemanii (De Wild.) M.G. Gangop. & Chakrab. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1914)
· Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum (1760)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1796)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (2008)
· Synopseos Plantarum (1805)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1990)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Atan, for example health benefits, diet and recipes, side effects, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ātan (आतन्).—8 U.

1) To extend, stretch over, overspread, cover; निषादिवक्षःस्थलमातनोति (niṣādivakṣaḥsthalamātanoti) Kirātārjunīya 16.15 pervade, penetrate; Kirātārjunīya 7.25.

2) To spread, diffuse.

3) To cause, produce; आनन्दनेन जडतां पुनरातनोति (ānandanena jaḍatāṃ punarātanoti) Uttararāmacarita 3.12; Kirātārjunīya 6.18,7.39; K.176; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5.9; Mv.4.31.

4) To bring to pass, effect, accomplish, do, perform; सुरतमाततान (suratamātatāna) K.57; सपर्याम् (saparyām) 64.

5) To illuminate.

6) To take hold of; seek to attain.

7) To assume a hostile attitude.

8) To stretch (as a bow).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ātan (आतन्).—spread over, penetrate, cover ([especially] with light); expand, diffuse, stretch (a bow); bring forth, produce, effect, show, betray.

Ātan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and tan (तन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ātan (आतन्):—[=ā-√tan] [Parasmaipada] (2. sg. -tanoṣi; [imperfect tense] ātanot; perf. -tatāna; p. m. [plural] -tanvantas; perf. p. m. sg. -tatanvān)

—to extend or stretch over, penetrate, spread, overspread (said of the light), illuminate, [Ṛg-veda];

— (perf. 2. sg. -tatantha) to seek to reach, [Ṛg-veda x, 1, 7];

—to be ready for, wait on ([accusative]), [Ṛg-veda v, 79, 3];

— ([Aorist] [subjunctive] -tanat) to stop any one, [Ṛg-veda i, 91, 23] : [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] (3. [plural] -tanvate; perf. 1. sg. -tatane)

—to extend (a texture), spread, stretch (a bow for shooting), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda] etc.:

—[Parasmaipada] to diffuse;

—to bestow upon, [Ṛg-veda; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] etc.;

—to effect, produce, [Harivaṃśa 4635; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] etc.:

—[Causal] ([imperative] 2. sg. -tānayā) to stretch, [Atharva-veda]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Atan in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) roving, going round, roaming; ~[shila] (a) roving, roaming, given to wandering..—atan (अटन) is alternatively transliterated as Aṭana.

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