f. (us-) (once m.) equalsn/ū- (Seesub voce, i.e. the word in the Sanskrit order), the body, person, self (seeduṣ-ṭanu-, priy/a--) (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') (svakā t-,"one's own person", ) (accusativepluralirregularnavas-, ) etc. (iyaṃ tanur mama-,"this my self. id est I myself here "; nuṃ-tyaj-or hā-,"to give up one's life")
m. (also written śāṃtanu-) Name of an ancient king with the patronymickauravya- (he was fourteenth descendant of kuru-, son of pratīpa- and younger brother of devāpi-, and usurped the sovereignty whilst the latter became a hermit;he married gaṅgā- and satya-vatī-;by the former he had a son named bhīṣma-, and by the latter citrāṅgada- and vicitravīrya-see) etc.
तनु a. (-नु, -न्वी f.) [तन्-उन्] 1 Thin, lean, emaciated; वीतप्रभावतनुरप्यतनुप्रभावः Ki.16.64. -2 Delicate, slender, slim (as a limb, as a mark of beauty); तनुवृत्तमध्यः R.6.32; cf. तन्वङ्गी -3 Fine, delicate (as cloth); स्तनेषु तन्वंशुकमुन्नतस्तना Ṛs.1.7. -4 Small, little, tiny, scanty, few, limited; तनुवाग्विभवो$पि सन् R.1.9;3.2; तनुत्यागो बहुग्रहः H.2.89. 'giving little' &c. -5 Trifling, unimportant, little; Amaru.28. -6 Shallow (as a river) -f. 1 The body, the person. -2 Outward form, manifestation; प्रत्यक्षाभिः प्रपन्नस्तनुभिरवतु वस्ताभिरष्टाभिरीशः Ś.1.1; M.1.1. -3 Nature, the form or character of anythig; तीक्ष्णां तनुं यः प्रथमं जहाति सो$नन्त्यमाप्नोत्यभयं प्रजाभ्यः Mb.12.245. 26. -4 Skin. [cf. L. tenuis, Eng. thin.] -Comp. -अङ्ग a. having slender limbs, delicate. (-ङ्गी) a delicate woman. -ऊनः the wind. -कूपः a pore of the skin. -गृहम्, -स्थानम् The first lunar mansion. -छद् (-द) a. protecting, clothing. -छदः an armour; ततस्तु द्रुपदानीकं शरैश्छिन्नतनुच्छदम् Mb.7.168.26; तरुपलाशसवर्णतनुच्छदः R.9.51;12.86. -ज a. born from the body; वाञ्छैव सूचयति पूर्वतरं भविष्यं पुंसां यदन्यतनुजं त्वशुभं शुभं वा Pt.2.8. (-जः) 1 a son; Bhāg.5.9.6. -2 the hair on the body; स्निग्धहर्यक्षतनुजश्मश्रुप्रवरमूर्द्धजम् Rām.1.16.12. -जा a daughter. -त्यज् a. risking one's life. -2 giving up one's person, dying; योगेनान्ते तनुत्यजाम् R.1.8. -3 rash, desperate, fool-hardy. -त्याग a. spending little, sparing, niggardly. -त्रम्, -त्राणम्, an armour; रक्षन् विप्रांस्तनुत्रवान् Bk; Bhāg.8.1.37. -दानम् 1 offering the body (for sexual intercourse). -2 a. scanty gift. -धी a. littleminded. -प्रकाश a. of dim lustre; तनुप्रकाशेन विचेयतारका; R.3.2. -बीजः the jujube. -भवः a son. (-वा) a daughter. -भस्त्रा the nose. -भृत् m. any being furnished with a body, a living being; particularly a human being; कल्पं स्थितं तनुभृतां तनुभिस्ततः किम् Bh.3.73. -मध्य a. having a slender waist. (-ध्यम्) the waist. (-ध्या) a metre. -रसः perspiration. -रुह् n., -रुहम् 1 the hair of the body. -2 a feather; तनुरुहाणि पुरो विजितध्वनेः Śi.6.45; Mv.6.33. -लता a. slender body; एणीदृशस्तनुलता तनुते मुदं नः P. R.2.19. -वातः a kind of hell; Jain. -वारम् an armour; तनुवारभसो भास्वानधीरो$विनतोरसा Ki.15.23. -व्रणः a pimple. -संचारिणी a young woman, a girl ten years old. -सरः perspiration. -ह्रदः the anus.
शन्तनुः N. of a king of the lunar race. He married Gaṅgā and Satyavatī by the former wife he had a son named Bhīṣma, and by the latter Chītrāṅgada and Vichitravīrya. Bhīṣma remained a celibate all his life, and his younger brothers died childless; cf. भीष्म.
a. (ûbrev;, v-î) thin; small; slender; scanty, moderate (in amount); delicate, weak; u, û, f. body, person, form; one's self (=refl. prn.: also pl.); manifestation: rarâtyâm tanur manyoh=frown of anger; iyam tanur mama, I here; svakâ tanuh, one's own person.
m. feather; armour, cuirass; -ga, m. son: â, f. daughter; -tâ, f. smallness; meagreness, slenderness; condition of having a body; -tyag, a. abandoning the body, dying; risking life, brave;-tyâga, m. sacrificing or risking one's life.
n. giving up the body; scanty gift; -bhâva, m. slenderness, scanti ness; -bhrit, m. embodied being, esp. human being; -mat, a. possessing a body; -madhya, n. waist; a. slender-waisted; -madhyama, a. slender-waisted; -ruha, n. feather; -sam gama, m. personal union.
a. 1. very slender; 2. having a beautiful form: f. fair woman; -tantu, a. (&ubrevcirc;) having fair offspring; m. N. of a Dânava; -tantri, a. beautifully accompanied on the lute (song); -tápas, a.warming (V.); per forming severe penances (C.).
adjective accomplished (in metre) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
delicate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
emaciated (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
minute (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
slender (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
small (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
thin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) tanū (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
form (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
life
manifestation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
person (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the body (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the skin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Cassiā Senna (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the cinnamon tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
thin-skinned (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective delicate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
insignificant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
minute (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
slender (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
small (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
very thin or fine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of an ancient king with the patr. Kauravya (he was fourteenth descendant of Kuru) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an author (son of Uddharaṇa) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a particular inferior kind of grain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the father of Bhīshma (in older language śṝṃtanu) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a fair woman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a concubine of Vasudeva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a daughter of Ahuka (wife of Akrūra) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a daughter of Ugrasena (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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