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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for तनु

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. तनुtanua.(-नु, -न्वी f.) [तन्-उन्]
    1. (-नु, -न्वी Feminine) तन्-उन्
    2. Thin, lean, emaciated; वीतप्रभावतनुरप्यतनुप्रभावः Ki.16.64.
    3. Delicate, slender, slim (as a limb, as a mark of beauty); तनुवृत्तमध्यः R.6.32; Compare तन्वङ्गी
    4. Fine, delicate (as cloth); स्तनेषु तन्वंशुकमुन्नतस्तना Ṛs.1.7.
    5. Small, little, tiny, scanty, few, limited; तनुवाग्विभवोऽपि सन् R.1.9;3.2; तनुत्यागो बहुग्रहः H.2.89. 'giving little' etc.
    6. Trifling, unimportant, little; Amaru.28.
    7. Shallow (as a river) -Feminine
    8. The body, the person.
    9. Outward form, manifestation; प्रत्यक्षाभिः प्रपन्नस्तनुभिरवतु वस्ताभिरष्टाभिरीशः Ś.1.1; M.1.1.
    10. Nature, the form or character of anythig; तीक्ष्णां तनुं यः प्रथमं जहाति सोऽनन्त्यमाप्नोत्यभयं प्रजाभ्यः Mb.12.245. 26.
    11. Skin. Compare Latin tenuis, English thin. -Compound

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अङ्ग Adjective 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)Adjective protecting, clothing.

    • -छदः an armour; ततस्तु द्रुपदानीकं शरैश्छिन्नतनुच्छदम् Mb.7.168.26; तरुपलाशसवर्णतनुच्छदः R.9.51;12.86.

    • -ज

      1. Adjective born from the body; वाञ्छैव सूचयति पूर्वतरं भविष्यं पुंसां यदन्यतनुजं त्वशुभं शुभं वा Pt.2.8.
      2. (जः) a son; Bhāg.5.9.6.
      3. the hair on the body; स्निग्धहर्यक्षतनुजश्मश्रुप्रवरमूर्द्धजम् Rām.1.16.12.

    • -जा a daughter.

    • -त्यज्

      1. Adjective risking one's life.
      2. giving up one's person, dying; योगेनान्ते तनुत्यजाम् R.1.8.
      3. rash, desperate, fool-hardy.

    • -त्याग Adjective spending little, sparing, niggardly.

    • -त्रम्, -त्राणम् an armour; रक्षन् विप्रांस्तनुत्रवान् Bk; Bhāg.8.1.37.

    • -दानम्

      1. offering the body (for sexual intercourse).
      2. Adjective scanty gift.

    • -धी Adjective littleminded.

    • -प्रकाश Adjective of dim lustre; तनुप्रकाशेन विचेयतारका; R.3.2.

    • -बीजः the jujube.

    • -भवः a son. (-वा) a daughter.

    • -भस्त्रा the nose.

    • -भृत् Masculine any being furnished with a body, a living being; particularly a human being; कल्पं स्थितं तनुभृतां तनुभिस्ततः किम् Bh.3.73.

    • -मध्य Adjective having a slender waist. (-ध्यम्) the waist. (-ध्या) a metre.

    • -रसः perspiration.

    • -रुह् Neuter,

    • -रुहम्

      1. the hair of the body.
      2. a feather; तनुरुहाणि पुरो विजितध्वनेः Śi.6.45; Mv.6.33.

    • -लता Adjective slender body; एणीदृशस्तनुलता तनुते मुदं नः Parasmaipada R.2.19.

    • -वातः a kind of hell; Jain.

    • -वारम् an armour; तनुवारभसो भास्वानधीरोऽविनतोरसा Ki.15.23.

    • -व्रणः a pimple.

    • -संचारिणी a young woman, a girl ten years old.

    • -सरः perspiration.

    • -ह्रदः the anus.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. तनुtanumf(उस्, /ऊस्, वी)n. thin, slender, attenuated, emaciated, small, little, minute, delicate, fine (texture…
    1. mf(उस्, /ऊस्, वी)neuter gender thin, slender, attenuated, emaciated, small, little, minute, delicate, fine (texture R2itus. i, 7) S3Br. iii, 5, 4, 21 Ka1tyS3r. viii, 5 MBh. etc. (in compound gaRa कडारा*दि; also Equivalent to -दग्ध Sarvad. xv, 189)
    2. mf(उस्, /ऊस्, वी)neuter gender (said of a speech or hymn) accomplished (in metre) fg-veda viii, 1, 18 and (accusative feminine that the rest of a word is to be suppliedन्व्/अम्) 76, 12
    3. masculine gender (gaRa 2. लोहिता*दि, not in Ka1s3.) Name of a R2ishi ऋषि with a very emaciated body MBh. xii, 4665
    4. feminine (उस्) (once masculine gender Bha1m. ii, 79) Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedन्/ऊ (see sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order), the body, person, self (confer, compare दुष्-टनु, प्रिय्/अ-) AitBr. viii, 24, 4 (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') Mn. (स्वका त्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, "one's own person", iv, 184) MBh. Hariv. (accusative plural irregular that the rest of a word is to be suppliedनवस्, 3813) etc. (इयं तनुर् मम, "this my self. id est I myself here" Ratna7v. iv, 4; that the rest of a word is to be suppliedनुं-√त्यज् or हा, "to give up one's life" Mn. vi, 32 BhP. iii Katha1s.)
    5. masculine gender form or manifestation S3ak. i, 1
    6. masculine gender the skin Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender Equivalent to -गृह VarBr2. Laghuj.
    8. masculine gender Desmodium gangeticum Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender Balanites Roxburghii (vv.ll. तन्नी, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedन्नि, "Hemionitis cordifolia"; तज्वि) Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender a metre of 4 plus 24 syllables
    11. masculine gender Name of a wife of Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण (?) Hariv. 6703
    12. masculine gender ([confer, compare τανυ-; Latin tenuis etc.])
    13. (in compound)
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. तनुtanu[tan-ú] a. (ûbrev;, v-î) thin; small; slender; scanty, moderate (in amount); delicate, weak; u, û, f. body…

    [tan-ú] adjective (ûbrev;, v-î) thin; small; slender; scanty, moderate (in amount); delicate, weak; u, û, feminine; also equal for body, person, form; one's self (Equivalent torefl. pronoun: also plural); manifestation: rarâtyâm tanur manyoh=frown of anger; iyam tanur mama, I here; svakâ tanuh, one's own person.

    Source: Macdonell

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