Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

tantu तन्तु – thread; threads

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

thread; threads

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

tántu ·m. thread, string, cord, wire, warp of a weft; uninterrupted line i.e. continuation of a sacrifice, propagation of a race, etc.; also concr. the propagator of a family (cf. seq.).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Tantu, us, m. a thread, cord, wire, string, line, the warp of a web; N. of the Supreme Being; a cob- web; a filament, fibre, sprig; a line of descendants, propagation of offspring, issue, race; a shark [cf. tan- tuṇa and tantu-nāga]; N. of a man; [cf. kāṣṭha- tantu, vara-t˚, sapta-t˚.]

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

tántu (von 1. tan) m. Uṇ. 1,69. 1〉 Faden, Schnur, Draht, Saite; Aufzug eines Gewebes; häufig uneig. gebraucht wie im Deutschen Faden. AK. 2,10,28. H. 913. ye antā̱ yāvàtī̱ḥ sico̱ ya otàvo̱ yè ca̱ tantàvaḥ AV. 14,2,51. ṛca̱ḥ prāñca̱stantàvo̱ yajū̀ṃṣi ti̱ryañcàḥ AV. 15,3,6. ŚAT. BR. 3,1,2,18. tantrasya KAUŚ. 6. KAUŚ. 107. tasmiṃstantre kṛṣṇāḥ sitāśca tantavaḥ MBH. 1,806. yasminnotamidaṃ protaṃ viśvaṃ śāṭīva tantuṣu BHĀG. P. 9,9,7. paṭatantuvat BHĀG. P. 7,15,63. Sch. zu JAIM. 1,21. mauñja KĀTY. ŚR. 13,2,21. śakunistantubaddhaḥ MBH. 3,1141. MBH. 5,2272. yasminnitye tate tantau dṛḍhe sragiva tiṣṭhati MBH. 12,1610. MBH. 12,10975. tantavo 'pyāyitā (lies: 'pyāyatā) nityaṃ tanavo bahulāḥ samāḥ . bahūnbahutvādāyāsānsahantītyupamā satām .. MBH. 5,1318 (vgl. PAÑCAT. II, 8). navajaṃ śaśinaṃ dṛṣṭvā vakratantumivāmbare MBH. 12,8819. kauśeya˚ R. 2,88,10. tantujālāvalambāḥ (candrakāntāḥ) MEGH. 71. yā (ulkā) cohyate tantudhṛteva VARĀH. BṚH. S. 32,24. sūtra˚ ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 4,15. GOBH. 4,3,24. svakartitaṃ sūtratantu vāsasā tena miśrayet HARIV. 7805. tritántu ṚV. 10,30,9. saptátantu (s. auch bes.) ṚV. 124,1. ṚV. 52,4. vāṇaḥ śatatantuḥ KĀṬH. 34,5. KĀTY. ŚR. 13,2,20. yathorṇavābhistantunoccaret ŚAT. BR. 14,5,1,23. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 6,10. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 40. kṛmitantujālaiḥ RAGH. 16,20. saṃveṣṭamānaṃ bahubhirmohāttantubhirātmajaiḥ . koṣakāra ivātmānaṃ veṣṭayannāvabudhyase .. MBH. 12,12449. (kuliṅgaśakunau) kurvāṇau nīḍakaṃ tatra jaṭāsu tṛṇatantubhiḥ MBH. 12,9297. Faden, Ausläufer, Faser (von Pflanzen) ṚV. 10,134,5. MBH. 1,1816. MBH. 1,1837. mṛṇāla˚ BHARTṚ. 2,6. HIT. I, 88. visa˚ MBH. 5,438. MBH. 12,7877. BHARTṚ. 2,14. KUMĀRAS. 4,29. puṣkaranāla˚ BHĀG. P. 6,13,15. — śocànto asya̱ (pavitrasya) tantàvo̱ vyàsthiran ṚV. 9,83,2. ṚV. 9,69,6. ṚV. 9,73,9. yo ya̱jñasyà pra̱sādhàna̱stantùrde̱veṣvātàtaḥ ṚV. 10,57,2. yajñiya ŚAT. BR. 11,5,5,13. mā tantùśchedi̱ vayàto̱ dhiyàṃ me ṚV. 2,28,5. tantùṃ ta̱taṃ sa̱ṃvayàntī ṚV. 2,3,6. VS. 20,41. tantùṃ tanuṣva pū̱rvyaṃ su̱tasòmāya dā̱śuṣè ṚV. 1,142,1. ṚV. 8,13,14. ṚV. 10,53,6. ṚV. 10,57,2. ṚV. 10,130,1. AV. 6,122,1. AV. 6,122,2. AV. 10,2,17. ā tantùma̱gnirdi̱vyaṃ tàtāna . tvaṃ na̱stantùru̱ta setùragne̱ tvaṃ panthā̀ bhavasi deva̱yānàḥ TBR. 2,4,2,6. kriyātantūn BHĀG. P. 8,13,36. namaste 'khilayajñatantave BHĀG. P. 3,19,30. tantave yajñāya BHĀG. P. 8,16,31. cāturhotrāya tantave BHĀG. P. 4,24,37. tṛṣṇā˚ MBH. 12,7877. āśā˚ MĀLATĪM. 151,6. Häufig vom Faden, an dem die Fortpflanzung des Geschlechtes hängt; Reihe der Nachkommen, Nachkommenschaft: tato 'si tanturasi KĀTY. ŚR. 3,8,25. KĀTY. ŚR. 3,8,27 u. s. w. prajātantuṃ mā vyavacchetsīḥ TAITT. UP. 1,11,1. asminprajātantau kurūṇām BHĀG. P. 1,12,15. kula˚ MBH. 1,1835. MBH. 1,4167. MBH. 1,4365. kulatantukarttar (von kart spinnen) MBH. 8,3393. tantubhūta von dem die Fortpflanzung des Geschlechtes abhängt MBH. 3,15363 (vgl. vījabhūta MBH. 3,15359). tantuṃ tanvan BHĀG. P. 2,3,8. tantukṛntana BHĀG. P. 6,5,43. na hi nastanturasti vai MBH. 1,1829. fg. tvayi tantuśca piṇḍaśca dhṛtarāṣṭrasya dṛśyate MBH. 6,1626. teṣām (klīvādīnām) utpannatantūnāmapatyaṃ dāyamarhati M. 9,203. BHĀG. P. 1,8,14. BHĀG. P. 9,6,2. tantuvardhana und sutantu als Beiww. Viṣṇuʼs MBH. 13,7033. tantuvardhana von Śiva ŚIV. — 2〉 Haifisch (vgl. tantuṇa, tantunāga) H. 1351. — 3〉 N. pr. eines Mannes gaṇa gargādi zu P. 4,1,105. — Vgl. kāṣṭhatantu, vara˚, sapta˚.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

tantu 1〉 yādṛśāstantavaḥ kāmaṃ tādṛśo jāyate paṭaḥ KATHĀS. 78,130. puṣkaranālasya (vgl. Z. 21. fg.) Faser Ind. St. 8,436.

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tantu , kamala˚ Spr. (II) 6401.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

tántu 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 ĀPAST. paitāmaha so v. a. das Geschlecht des Grossvaters Chr. 25,9. — c〉 von Affecten, die den Menschen fesseln und hemmen. — 5〉 Name eines Sāman ĀRṢ. BR. — 6〉 *Haifisch. — 7〉 *N. pr. eines Mannes.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

tántu m. Faden, Schnur, Saite, Aufzug (beim Gewebe); übertr. der Faden d. h. die ununterbrochene Fortführung des Opfers o. des Geschlechts; Stammhalter.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

tantu tantu m. (sfx. tu) fil. Descendants, lignée. Requin. tantuka m. mms. Graine de moutarde. tantukāṣṭha n. bois fibreux. Brosse de tisserand. tantukīṭa m. ver qui ronge le fil. tantuṇa et tantunāga m. requin. tantuniryāsa m. palmier. tantubha m. sinapis dichotoma, bot. tantura et tantula n. filaments de la racine du lotus. tantuvāpa m. (vap) et tantuvāya m. (ve) tisserand. Araignée fileuse. tantuvigrahā f. banane. tantuśālā f. atelier de tisserand. tantusāra m. l'arec, arbre.

Occurrences in source texts (5)

SiSa 3 occurrences
SiSa 2.13-2.20: Suṣumṇā und Citrā 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.82-5.89: Mūlādhāra 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 1 occurrence

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SVU 2 occurrences
SVU 6.7–6.13: Lord of All Lords 2 occurrences

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