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Amarakosha Search

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms

lūtā	2.2.14	Feminine	Singular	markaṭakaḥ, tantuvāyaḥ, ūrṇanābhaḥ

sarṣapaḥ	2.9.18	Masculine	Singular	tantubhaḥ, kadambakaḥ

tantuvāyaḥ	2.10.6	Masculine	Singular	kuvindaḥ

ūtam	3.1.101	Masculine	Singular	syūtam, utam, tantusantatam

yajñaḥ	2.7.15	Masculine	Singular	kratuḥ, savaḥ, adhvaraḥ, yāgaḥ, saptatantuḥ, makhaḥ

Monier-Williams Search

92 results for tantu

tantu

m. a thread, cord, string, line, wire, warp (of a web), filament, fibre

etc.

tantu

m. a cobweb

tantu

m. a succession of sacrificial performances

tantu

m. any one propagating his family in regular succession

(see kula--) etc.

tantu

m. a line of descendants

tantu

m. any continuity (as of thirst or hope)

tantu

m. Name of a sāman-

tantu

m. equals -nāga-

tantu

m. (gaRa gargādi-) Name of a man

tantu

m. see kāṣṭha--, vara--, sapt/a--.

tantubha

m. "threadlike", Sinapis dichotoma

tantubha

m. a calf

tantubhūta

mfn. being the propagator of a family

tantujāla

See kṛmi--.

tantuka

in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' a thread, rope

tantuka

m. a kind of serpent

tantuka

m. the plant tu-bha-

tantukaraṇa

n. spinning,

tantukarttṛ

m. "propagating the succession of a family (kula--) " equals kula-tantu- (q.v)

tantukārya

n. "thread-work", a web

tantukāṣṭha

n. "piece of fibrous wood", a weaver's brush

tantukī

f. a vein

tantukīṭa

m. a silk-worm

tantukriyā

f. spinning work

tantukṛntana

n. cutting off the propagation of a family

tantula

mfn. roping (as slime)

tantula

n. equals tura-, the fibrous root of a lotus

tantumadhya

mf(ā-)n. having a thread-like waist

tantumat

mfn. forming threads,"roping"(as a liquid)

tantumat

mfn. (a-- negative)

tantumat

mfn. "uninterrupted like a thread"(said of an agni-)

tantumatī

f. an oblation offered to that agni-

tantumatī

f. Name of murāri-'s mother,

tantuṇa

m. equals tu-nāga-

tantunābha

m. "emitting threads from its navel", a spider

tantunāga

m. a shark

tantuniryāsa

m. "having stringy exudations", the palmyra tree

tantuparvan

n. "thread-festival", the day of full moon in month śrāvaṇa- (anniversary of kṛṣṇa-'s investment with the Brahmanical cord)

tantura

n. the fibrous root of a lotus

tantura

m. plural Name of a family

(varia lectio nnara-).

tantuśālā

f. equals -vāya-ś-

tantusaṃtāna

m. weaving of threads

tantusaṃtata

mfn. woven

tantusaṃtata

mfn. sewn

tantusaṃtata

n. wove cloth

tantusaṃtati

f. sewing

tantusāra

m. "having a fibrous pith", the betel-nut tree

tantusāraka

m. idem or 'm. "having a fibrous pith", the betel-nut tree '

tantutva

n. the consisting of threads

tantuvādya

n. a stringed instrument

tantuvāna

n. weaving

tantuvāpa

for -vāya-

tantuvardhana

m. "race-increaser", viṣṇu-

tantuvardhana

m. śiva-.

tantuvāya

m. (

) a weaver

(see rajaka--)

tantuvāya

m. a spider

tantuvāya

m. weaving

tantuvāyadaṇḍa

m. a loom

(varia lectio)

tantuvāyaśālā

f. a weaver's workshop

tantuvigrahā

f. equals tata-pattrī-

bisatantu

m. a lotus-fibre

bisatantumaya

mf(ī-)n. made of lotus-flower

dīrghatantu

(gh/a--) mfn. forming a long thread or row

kalmāṣatantura

m. Name of a man.

kāṣṭhatantu

m. a caterpillar (which secretes itself in wood and there passes into a chrysalis)

kāṣṭhatantu

m. a small worm found in timber

kṛmitantujāla

n. a cobweb

kulatantu

m. "the thread coming down from a race", the last representative of a family

lūtātantu

m. a spider's web, cobweb

manutantu

m. Name of a man

navatantu

m. Name of a son of viśvā-mitra-

nistantu

mfn. having no offspring, childless

padmatantu

m. the fibre of a lotus-stalk

prajātantu

m. a line of descendants, a race

śaṇatantu

m. thread or string made of the fibre of the Crotolaria Juncea

saptatantu

mfn. (t/a--) "7-threaded", consisting of 7 parts (as a sacrifice)

saptatantu

m. a sacrifice, offering

śatatantu

mfn. idem or 'mfn. hundred-stringed '

śatatantu

mfn. a hundred-fold,

saubhāgyatantu

m. the marriage string (fastened round the bride's neck by the bridegroom at the wedding and worn till widowhood)

sutantu

m. "having fair offspring", Name of viṣṇu-

sutantu

m. of śiva-

sutantu

m. of a dānava-

sūtratantu

m. (once n.) a thread, string, line

sūtratantu

m. perseverance, energy

tritantu

mfn. thrice woven (?)

udatantu

m. "water-thread", a continuous gush.

utpannatantu

mfn. having a line of descendants.

varatantu

m. Name of an ancient preceptor

varatantu

m. plural his descendants

vitantu

m. a good horse

vitantu

f. a widow

Apte Search

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tantuḥ	तन्तुः [तन्-तुन्] 1 A thread, cord, wire, string, line; चिन्तासंततितन्तु Māl.5.1; Me.7. -2 A cob-web R.16.2. -3 filament; विसतन्तुगुणस्य कारितम् Ku.4. 29. -4 An offspring, issue, race; स्वमायया$वृणोद्गर्भं वैराट्याः कुरुतन्तवे Bhāg.1.8.14; Mb.6.43.98. -5 A shark. -6 The Supreme Being; Bhāg.8.16.31. -7 A snare, fetter (पाश); ते तानावारयिष्यन्ति ऐणेयानिव तन्तुना Mb.5. 57.41. -Comp. -करणम् spinning. -कार्यम् a web. -काष्ठम् a piece of wood or brush used by weavers for cleaning threads. -कीटः a silk-worm. -कृन्तनम् cutting off the propagation of a family; तन्तुकृन्तन यन्नस्त्वमभद्रमचरः पुनः Bhāg.6.5.43. -नागः a (large) shark. -निर्यासः the palmyra tree. -नाभः a spider. -पर्वन् n. the anniversary of the day of full-moon in the month of Srāvaṇa when Krisna was invested with the sacred thread. -भः 1 the mustard seed. -2 a calf. -वर्धनः 'increasing the race', N. of Viṣṇu, also of Śiva. -वाद्यम् any stringed musical instrument. -वानम् weaving. -वापः 1 a weaver. -2 a loom. -3 weaving. -वायः 1 a spider. -2 a weaver; तन्तुवायो दशपलं दद्यादेकपलाधिकम् Ms.8.397; तन्तुवायास्तुन्नवायाः ... Śiva. B.31.19. -3 weaving. ˚दण्डः a loom. -विग्रहा a plantain. -शाला a weaver's workshop. -संतत a. woven, sewn. (तम्) woven cloth. -संततिः f., -संतानः weaving. -सारः the betel-nut tree.

tantukaḥ	तन्तुकः 1 The mustard seed. -2 (At the end of comp.) A thread, rope. -की A vein or any tubular vessel of the body.

tantunaḥ	तन्तुनः णः A shark.

tanturam	तन्तुरम् लम् The fibrous root of a lotus.

vitantuḥ	वितन्तुः A good horse. -f. A widow.

Macdonell Search

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tantu	m. thread, cord, string; fibre, warp; uninterrupted course of a sacrifice; propagator of a race; lineage.

kulatantu	m. thread on which a family hangs=the last of a race; -deva, m.: -tâ, f. family deity; -daiva: -ta, n. id.; -dha ra, m. N. of a prince; -dharma, m. usage of a family; -dhurya, a. able to bear the burden of a family; m. head of a family; -nandana, a. n. (child) delighting the family; -nârî, f. virtuous woman; -nimnagâ, f. main or noble stream.

tṛṇatantu	m. blade of grass; -pu rusha-ka, m. man of straw; -pulî, f. bunch of grass; -prâya, a. grassy; -bindu, m. N. of a sage and prince; -bhug, a. grass-eating; m. grass-eater; -bhûta, pp.become as thin or weak as a blade of grass; -maya, a. made of grass.

Vedic Index of
Names and Subjects

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tantu

Appears properly to mean ‘ thread,’ and in particular the ‘warp * of a piece of weaving, as opposed to Otu, the ‘ woof.’ Both senses are found in the Atharvaveda. In the śatapatha Brāhmana the ‘warp’ is called aηuchāda, the ‘woof’ paryāsa, the taηtavah being the ‘threads.’ In the Taittirīya Samhitā, on the other hand, the ‘warp’ is prācīna-tāna, the ‘woof’ otu. The threads or cords of the throne (Paryañka) are referred to in the Kausītaki Upanisad. In the Rigveda the word is used only metaphorically, and this is its most frequent use even in the Brāhmanas. See also Vāna.

Bloomfield Vedic
Concordance

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tantuṃ	tataṃ rajaso etc. see tantuṃ tanvan etc.

tantuṃ	tataṃ saṃvayantī samīcī RV.2.3.6c.

tantuṃ	tataṃ pari sargāsa āśavaḥ RV.9.69.6c; SV.2.720c; JB.3.298c.

tantuṃ	tataṃ peśasā saṃvayantī VS.20.41c. See peśasvatī.

tantuṃ	tanuṣva pūrvyam (RV.8.13.14c, pūrvyaṃ yathā vide) RV.1.142.1c; 8.13.14c.

tantuṃ	tanvan (KS. tataṃ) rajaso bhānum anv ihi RV.10.53.6a; KS.13.11a,12; TS.3.4.2.2a; 3.6; AB.3.38.5; 7.9.6; 12.3; Aś.1.11.9; 2.2.14; 3.10.15; 5.20.6; AG.4.6.7. P: tantuṃ tanvan Apś.3.10.5; 9.8.7; 19.17.12; śś.1.15.15; 2.6.13; 8.6.16; HG.1.26.10.

tantuṃ	tanvānam uttamam RV.9.22.6a.

tantuṃ	tanvānas trivṛtaṃ yathā vide RV.9.86.32b.

tantunā	prajābhyaḥ prajā jinva MS.2.8.8: 112.9. See next.

tantunā	rāyaspoṣeṇa rāyaspoṣaṃ jinva VS.15.7. See prec.

tantur	asi VSK.2.6.9; TS.3.5.2.3; 4.4.1.2; KS.17.7; GB.2.2.13; PB.1.10.1; śś.2.12.10; Apś.6.22.1; Vait.25.1; Kś.3.8.25. P: tantuḥ TS.5.3.6.1. Cf. daivas tantur.

tantur	ā tāyatām iti AVś.10.2.17b.

tantur	ivāvavyayann īhi AVP.7.1.8c.

tantur	deveṣv ātataḥ RV.10.57.2b; AVś.13.1.60b; AB.3.11.18b.

dīrghatantur	bṛhadukṣāyam agniḥ # RV.10.69.7a.

patantu	patvarīr iva # AVP.2.87.3c; Kauś.107.2c.

Vedabase Search

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tantu	of the threads	SB 11.12.21

tantu	the thread	SB 7.15.63

tantu-kṛntana	O mischief-monger who have mercilessly separated my sons from me	SB 6.5.43

tantu-kṛntana	O mischief-monger who have mercilessly separated my sons from me	SB 6.5.43

tantuḥ	for offspring	SB 2.3.8

tantuṣu	in the threads	CC Adi 13.77

tantuṣu	in threads	SB 9.9.7

tantuṣu	upon its threads	SB 10.15.35

DCS with thanks

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tantu	noun (masculine) a cobweb (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a line of descendants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a succession of sacrificial performances (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a thread (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) any continuity (as of thirst or hope) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) any one propagating his family in regular succession (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) cord (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) fibre (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) filament (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) line (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a Sāman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) string (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) warp (of a web) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) wire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) [astrol.] tantuparvan Frequency rank 2790/72933

tantuka	noun (masculine neuter) a kind of serpent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a thread the plant ūtu-bha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 24071/72933

tantukaccha	noun (masculine) name of a demon Frequency rank 53274/72933

tantukī	noun (feminine) a vein (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 53273/72933

tantumant	adjective "roping" (as a liquid) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) mit Fäden durchzogen Frequency rank 19364/72933

tantumāla	noun (masculine) a kind of plant Frequency rank 53276/72933

tantunābha	noun (masculine) a spider (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 53275/72933

tantusāra	noun (masculine) the betelnut tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 53280/72933

tantuvardhana	noun (masculine) Viṣṇu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 53277/72933

tantuvigrahā	noun (feminine) Frequency rank 53278/72933

tantuvāya	noun (masculine) a spider (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a weaver (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) weaving (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 19365/72933

tantuśas	indeclinable Frequency rank 53279/72933

atantumant	adjective Frequency rank 41982/72933

nitantu	noun (masculine) name of a Rājarṣi Frequency rank 55987/72933

nistantu	adjective childless (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) having no offspring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 56508/72933

saptatantu	noun (masculine) a sacrifice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) offering (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 15278/72933

sutantu	noun (masculine) name of a Dānava (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of Viṣṇu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 70805/72933

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tantuvāya	weaving; spider; tailor.

Wordnet Search

"tantu" has 32 results.


tantu	tantuvādyam, tantrīvādyam, tāravādyam, tatam yasmin vādye vādanārthe tantavaḥ santi। sāraṅgī iti ekaṃ tantuvādyam।
tantu	sūtram, tantuḥ, tantram, guṇaḥ, sarat, sarit, kubram, cīnaḥ, khātram karpāsādeḥ nirmitaḥ paṭāvayavaḥ। kauśasya sūtreṇa etad vastraṃ nirmitam।
tantu	rajjuḥ, pāśaḥ, dāma, dāmanī, dāmā, guṇaḥ, sūtram, śaṇatantuḥ, śaṇasūtram, sandānam, rasanā, śullam, śulvaḥ, vaṭaḥ, varāṭaḥ, varāṭakaḥ, dorakaḥ kārpāsādibhiḥ vinirmitaṃ dīrghaṃ tathā ca sūtraṃ yat prāyaḥ bandhanārthe upayujyate। grāmīṇāḥ coraṃ rajjvā badhnanti।
tantu	vaṃśajaḥ, santānaḥ, santānam, santatiḥ, apatyam, pravaram, prajā, sūnuḥ, prasavaḥ, prasūtiḥ, tantuḥ vaṃśe jātaḥ। vayaṃ manoḥ vaṃśajāḥ।
tantu	sadaśvaḥ, sukaraḥ, sukhacāraḥ, sukhāyanaḥ, vitantuḥ saḥ aśvaḥ yaḥ ārohaṇārthe yogyaḥ। prācīnakālīnaḥ rājānaḥ sadaśve āruhya vane mṛgayārthe gacchanti sma।
tantu	ūrṇanābhaḥ, lūtā, tantuvāyaḥ, tantunābhaḥ, markaṭakaḥ kīṭaviśeṣaḥ, ūrṇā nābhau yasya saḥ। nācāreṇa vinā sṛṣṭiḥ ūrṇanābheḥ apīṣyate na ca niḥsādhanaḥ kartā kaścit sṛjati kiñcana ।
tantu	sūtracakraḥ, tantuvāyacakram, tāntavacakram, tantuvāpacakram tantuvayanārthe upayujyamānaṃ sacakraṃ yantram। khādī iti vastraprakāraḥ sūtracakre sūtraṃ vayitvā vinirmitaḥ।
tantu	tantujālaḥ, lūtātantuḥ ūrṇunābhasya jālaḥ। ūrṇunābhasya tantujāle gataḥ jīvaḥ tasya bhakṣyaṃ bhavati।
tantu	tantuvāyaḥ, tantuvāpaḥ, tantravāyaḥ, tantravāpaḥ, tandravāyaḥ, kuvindaḥ, kupindaḥ, paṭakāraḥ yaḥ paṭanirmāṇaṃ karoti। tantuvāyaḥ paṭaṃ vayati।
tantu	tantuḥ, tantrī dhātuṃ vitatya prāptaḥ tantusadṛśaḥ padārthaḥ। eṣaḥ dūradhvaneḥ tantuḥ asti।
tantu	yajñaḥ, yāgaḥ, medhaḥ, kratuḥ, adhvaraḥ, makhaḥ, ijyā, savaḥ, iṣṭiḥ, yajñakarma, yajanam, yājanam, āhavaḥ, savanam, havaḥ, abhiṣavaḥ, homaḥ, havanam, yājñikyam, iṣṭam, vitānam, manyuḥ, mahaḥ, saptatantuḥ, dīkṣā vaidikaḥ vidhiviśeṣaḥ yasmin devatām uddiśya vaidikaiḥ mantraiḥ saha haviḥ pradīyate। vaidikakāle yajñāḥ mahattvapūrṇāḥ āsan। / aphalākāṅkṣibhir yajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate। yaṣṭavyam eveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sātvikaḥ॥ [bha.gī. 17।11]
tantu	nāḍī, dhamanī, sirā, śirā, nāliḥ, nālī, tantukī avayavaviśeṣaḥ, yayā nālikayā śarīre raktaṃ tathā raktasahitam śleṣmapittādayaḥ samantataḥ vidhamyante। nāḍīṃ prabhañjanagatiṃ satataṃ parīkṣeta।
tantu	vidhavā, gatabhartṛkā, mṛtapatikā, abhartṛkā, nirnāthā, anāthā, avīrā, yatinī, vṛṣabhī, kātyāyanī, vitantuḥ sā mahilā yasyāḥ patiḥ mṛtaḥ asti। mejara raṇavīraṃ mṛtyoḥ paścāt paramavīracakreṇa sanmānitaṃ kṛtaṃ saḥ sanmānaḥ tasya gatabhartṛkayā svīkṛtaḥ।
tantu	tantuvāyanaṃ kṛ karpāsāt tantunirmāṇānukūlavyāpāraḥ। mātā vartikānirmāṇārthe tantuvāyanaṃ karoti।
tantu	govatsaḥ, vatsaḥ, tantubhaḥ, tarṇaḥ goḥ pumān śiśuḥ। govatsaḥ godugdhaṃ pibati।
tantu	mṛṇālam, visam, viśam, padmanālam, mṛṇālī, mṛṇālinī, padmatantuḥ, visinī, nalinīruham padmasya nālam। mṛṇālaṃ mṛdu tathā ca suṣiram asti।
tantu	tantuḥ kasminnapi vastuni prāptaḥ keśasadṛśaḥ bhāgaḥ। lohitāluṣu tantavaḥ santi।
tantu	tantuḥ kiñcana dīrghaṃ rekhāsadṛśaṃ vastu। reṣā iti tantoḥ prakāraḥ asti।
tantu	vāyaḥ, tantuvāyaḥ, paṭanirmāṇam pravayanānantaraṃ prāptā ākṛtiḥ। svedakasya jālayuktaḥ vāyaḥ tasmai atīva rocate।
tantu	tantuvādakaḥ saḥ vādakaḥ yaḥ tantuvādyaṃ vādayati। paṇḍitaḥ harerāmaḥ tantuvādakaḥ asti।
tantu	tantukāṣṭham paṭakārasya upakaraṇam। tantukāṣṭhaṃ kāṣṭhanirmitam asti।
tantu	tantuvāyaḥ, tantukaraṇam tantūnāṃ racanāyāḥ kriyā। pūrvaṃ pāṭhaśālāsu tantuvāyaḥ api pāṭhyate sma।
tantu	jalakirāṭaḥ, tantunāgaḥ, dṛḍhadaśakaḥ, hāṅgyaraḥ mīnasya bṛhat prakāraḥ। jalakirāṭaḥ māṃsāharī bhavati।
tantu	kāṣṭhatantuḥ, koṣakāraḥ kīṭaviśeṣaḥ, kāṣṭhe tanturiva vistṛtatayā avasthitaḥ jantuḥ। kāṣṭhatantuṃ kartayitvā parṇaṃ khādati।
tantu	vayanam, syūtiḥ, veṇiḥ, tasarikā, vāṇiḥ, vāyanakriyā, sūtravāpaḥ, paṭṭakarma, tantuvānam, tāntavam, āvapanam tantuvāyasya kāryam। sañjayaḥ vayanaṃ kṛtvā uttamaṃ dhanam arjayati।
tantu	varatantuḥ paurāṇikaḥ ṛṣiviśeṣaḥ। varatantuḥ jñānī ṛṣiḥ āsīt।
tantu	tantuḥ sāmaviśeṣaḥ । tantoḥ ullekhaḥ ārṣeya-brāhmaṇe vartate
tantu	tantuḥ ekaḥ puruṣaḥ । tantuḥ gargādigaṇe parigaṇitaḥ
tantu	varatantuḥ ekaḥ adhyāpakaḥ । varatantvoḥ ullekhaḥ raghuvaṃśe vartate
tantu	manutantuḥ ekaḥ puruṣaḥ । manutantuḥ āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtreṣu varṇitaḥ
tantu	tanturaḥ ekaḥ kuṭumbaḥ । tanturāṇām ullekhaḥ pravaragrantheṣu asti
tantu	kalmāṣatanturaḥ ekaḥ puruṣaḥ । kalmāṣatanturasya ullekhaḥ kośe vartate

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