Tantu, Tamtu: 28 definitions

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Tantu means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.

Tantu has 28 English definitions available.

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[Deutsch Wörterbuch]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Tantu (तन्तु):—

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Tantu (तन्तु):—

1) yādṛśāstantavaḥ kāmaṃ tādṛśo jāyate paṭaḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 78, 130.] puṣkaranālasya (vgl. [Z. 21. fg.]) Faser [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 436.]

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Tantu (तन्तु):—, kamala [Spr. (II) 6401.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Tantu (तन्तु):—m.

1) Faden , Schnur , Strang , Draht , Saite.

2) Aufzug eines Gewebes.

3) Faden , Ausläufer , Faser.

4) Faden in übertr. Bed. — a) von Opferhandlungen , die ununterbrochen wie ein Faden sich hinziehen. — b) von Personen , die das Geschlecht durch Fortpflanzung in ununterbrochener Reihe erhalten , Stammhalter [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra] paitāmaha so v.a. das Geschlecht des Grossvaters [Böhtlingk’s Sanskrit-Chresthomathie 25,9.] — c) von Affecten , die den Menschen fesseln und hemmen.

5) Name eines Sāman [Ārṣeyabrāhmaṇa] —

6) *Haifisch.

7) *Nomen proprium eines Mannes.

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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.

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