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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. तन्तुtantuA thread, cord, wire, string, line; चिन्तासंततितन्तु Māl.5.1; Me.7.

    [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; स्वमाययाऽवृणोद्गर्भं 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.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -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 Neuter 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', Name 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. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedदण्डः a loom.

    • -विग्रहा a plantain.

    • -शाला a weaver's workshop.

    • -संतत Adjective woven, sewn. (तम्) woven cloth.

    • -संततिः Feminine, -संतानः weaving.

    • -सारः the betel-nut tree.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. तन्तुtantu[tán-tu] m. thread, cord, string; fibre, warp; uninterrupted course of a sacrifice; propagator of a race…

    [tán-tu] masculine thread, cord, string; fibre, warp; uninterrupted course of a sacrifice; propagator of a race; lineage.

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  2. कुलतन्तुkulatantu[kula-tantu] m. thread on which a family hangs=the last of a race; -deva, m.: -tâ, f. family deity; -daiva:…

    [kula-tantu] masculine thread on which a family hangs=the last of a race; -deva, masculine: -tâ, feminine; also equal for family deity; -daiva: -ta, neuter the same; -dha ra, masculine noun of a prince; -dharma, masculine usage of a family; -dhurya, adjective able to bear the burden of a family; masculine head of a family; -nandana, adjective neuter (child) delighting the family; -nârî, feminine; also equal for virtuous woman; -nimnagâ, feminine; also equal for main or noble stream.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. तन्तुtantum. a thread, cord, string, line, wire, warp (of a web), filament, fibre RV. &c.
    1. masculine gender a thread, cord, string, line, wire, warp (of a web), filament, fibre fg-veda etc.
    2. masculine gender a cobweb W.
    3. masculine gender a succession of sacrificial performances BhP.
    4. masculine gender any one propagating his family in regular succession Ka1tyS3r. iii A1p. TUp. MBh. (confer, compare कुल-) etc.
    5. masculine gender a line of descendants AitBr. vii, 17
    6. masculine gender any continuity (as of thirst or hope) MBh. xii, 7877 Ma1lati1m.
    7. masculine gender Name of a Sa1man सामन् A1rshBr.
    8. masculine gender Equivalent to -नाग Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender (gaRa गर्गा*दि) Name of a man Pravar. iv, 1
    10. masculine gender confer, compare काष्ठ-, वर-, सप्त्/अ- .
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  2. उत्पन्नतन्तुutpannatantumfn. having a line of descendants.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having a line of descendants.

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  3. उदतन्तुudatantum. "water-thread", a continuous gush.

    masculine gender "water-thread", a continuous gush.

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  4. कल्माषतन्तुरkalmāṣatanturam. N. of a man.

    masculine gender Name of a man.

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  5. काष्ठतन्तुkāṣṭhatantum. a caterpillar (which secretes itself in wood and there passes into a chrysalis) L.
    1. masculine gender a caterpillar (which secretes itself in wood and there passes into a chrysalis) Lexicographers
    2. masculine gender a small worm found in timber W.
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  6. कुलतन्तुkulatantum. "the thread coming down from a race", the last representative of a family MBh. i.

    masculine gender "the thread coming down from a race", the last representative of a family MBh. i.

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  7. कृमितन्तुजालkṛmitantujālan. a cobweb Ragh. xvi, 20.

    neuter gender a cobweb Ragh. xvi, 20.

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