Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

tāna तान – stretching; continuous extension

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

stretching; continuous extension

Derived from

  1. tan तन् verbal root — stretch
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

tāna ·m. thread, fibre; n. expanse.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

tāna tāna, as, m. (fr. rt. 3. tan), a thread, a fibre; a tone, a protracted tone, the key-note (in music); a monotonous tone (in reciting, also called Eka-śruti); (am), n. expanse, extension; an object of sense; [cf. Gr. τόνος.]

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

tāna (von 1. tan) 1〉 m. a〉 Faden, Faser: mūrvāguḍūcītānairvā sīvyet SUŚR. 1,93,17. — b〉 ein (gedehnter, angehaltener) musikalischer Ton: gāyanti divyatānaiḥ MBH. 2,133. MBH. 2,391. divyatāneṣu (divyatāleṣu MBH. 13,995) — gāyantaḥ MBH. 13,3888. KUMĀRAS. 1,8. vistāryante prayogā yairmūrchanāśeṣasaṃśrayāḥ . tānāste (vgl. tāla) 'pyūnapañcāśatsaptasvarasamudbhavāḥ .. tebhya eva bhavantyanye kūṭatānāḥ pṛthakpṛthak . te syuḥ pañca sahasrāṇi trayastriṃśacchatāni ca .. SAM̃GĪTADĀM._im_ŚKDR. ein einförmiger Ton (bei Opferrecitationen, sonst ekaśruti) Sch. zu VS. PRĀT. 1,130. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,8,18. In dieser Bed. könnte das Wort auch auf 2. tan zurückgeführt werden. Vgl. τόνος und ekatāna, welches urspr. wohl einen und denselben Ton lange anhaltend bedeutet. — 2〉 n. a〉 Ausdehnung. — b〉 Object der Erkenntniss (jñānaviṣaya; viell. aus ekatāna geschlossen) ŚABDĀRTHAKALPATARU_im_ŚKDR.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

tāna 1〉b〉 Z. 2 MBH. 13,995 auch die ed. Bomb. divyatāleṣu. — Vgl. māṃsa˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

1. tāna — 1〉 m. — a〉 Faden, Faser. — b〉 ein musikalischer Ton. — c〉 ein einförmiger Ton VAITĀN. Ind. St. 10,422. fg. NYĀYAM. 9,2,15. — 2〉 n. — a〉 Ausdehnung KĀD. 2,87,2. Eher m. — b〉 *Object der Erkenntniss.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

tāna *= tātparya wegen ekatāna ZACH. Beitr. [Nachtrag, Band 5]

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

tāna III. 5. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

tānaḥ [tan-ghañ] 1 A thread, fibre. 2 (In music) A protracted tone, a key-note; yathā tānaṃ vinā rāgaḥ Bv. 1. 119; tānapradāyitvamivopagaṃtuṃ Ku. 1. 8. (the number of tānas is said to ([Page 0535-a]) be 49). 3 A monotonous tone. — naṃ 1 Expanse, extension. 2 An object of sense. Comp. — karman n. 1 tuning the voice as a preparatory step to singing. 2 running over the notes to catch the key.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

tāna m. Faden, Faser; n. Ausdehnung.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

tāna tāna m. (tan; sfx. a) ton; gr. τόνος. Tension; extension. Object sensible. [Page289-2] tānayāmi c. de tan.

Derived words

  • ekatāna एकतान adjective uninterrupted; continuously extended
Further derivatives (1)
  • ekatānatā एकतानता substantive feminine one-pointedness; continuous focus on one object

Occurrences in source texts (4)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 141–142: Uḍḍiyāṇa 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 3.1–4: Saṃyama 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 4.72-4.77: Uḍḍyānabandha 2 occurrences

Direct occurrences

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