Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

tanū तनू – body

adverb · substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

Tanū, ūs, f. the body. See tanu, p. 361, col. 2.

Böhtlingk 1879 adverb · substantive feminine

Original text · German · adverb

2. tanū Adv. — 1〉 mit kar — a〉 dünn machen, behauen; schmal machen NAIṢ. 7,82. — b〉 verringern, abschwächen, ablegen (die Scham). — 2〉 mit bhū geringer werden, abnehmen.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

1. tanū f. s. u. tanu.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

tanū f. The body. Comp. — udbhavaḥ, — jaḥ a son. — udbhavā, -jā a daughter. — janiḥ, janman a son. — talaṃ a measure of length equal to the arms extended, a fathom. — tāpaḥ fatigues or troubles of the body; U. 1. 23. — napaṃ clarified butter, ghee. — napāt m. fire; tanūnapāddhūmavitānamādhijaiḥ Śi. 1. 62; adha. kṛtasyāpi tanūnapāto nādhaḥ śikhā yāti kadācideva .. H. 2. 67. ( — n.) ghee. — naptṛ m. wind. — ruhaṃ 1 the hair of the body ( — m. also). 2 the wing of a bird, a feather. — (haḥ) a son. — thadaḥ the anus, the rectum; cf. tanuthada.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

tanū mit kar dünn machen, verringern; mit bhū schwächer werden, abnehmen. Vgl. tanu.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

tanū f. le corps.

Occurrences in source texts (8)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 79–83: Power and Bhūcarasiddhi 1 occurrence

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MAN 1 occurrence
Bhadram-Śānti-Mantra 1 occurrence

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  • MAN BS 2.1 Segment 4

    Attested form: tanūbhiḥ Grammar of the segment: instrumental case plural

MandUp 1 occurrence
MandUp Śānti: Peace invocation 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 5.72-5.73: Körper-Ernährung 1 occurrence

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SVU 3 occurrences
SVU 3.5-3.6: Rudra's Auspicious Form 2 occurrences

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SVU 5.12–5.14: Knowledge and Freedom 1 occurrence

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VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 43–48: Body as Space 1 occurrence

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