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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
tanūतनूin comp. for °nú.
tanū́ f. (of °nú, q.v.; acc. °nvám, [RV.] &c., [BhP. iii]; °nuvam [[Pāṇ. vi, 4, 77], Vārtt.] [BhP. vii, 9, 37]; instr. °nuvā, [iii f.]; gen. abl. °nvás, [RV.] &c.; loc. °nví & °nvī́, [RV.]; °nvā́m, [AV.] &c.; du. °nū́ [[RV. x, 183, 2]; [AV. iv, 25, 5]], °nvā́ [[RV.]], °núvau [[TBr. i, 1, 7, 3]], °nvau [see gharma-]; pl. nom. & acc. °nvás, [RV.] &c., [BhP. i]; nom. °núvas, [TBr. i, 1, 7, 3]) the body, person, self (often used like a reflexive pron.; cf. ātmán), [RV.] &c.
form or manifestation, [RV.] &c. (tanū́ manyos, ‘a sign of wrath’, [PārGṛ. iii, 13, 5]).
tanūjāतनूजाtanū—jā f. a daughter, [Hariv. 15774]; [Kum. i, 59.]
tanūjaतनूजtanū—já mfn. produced or born on or from the body, [AV. i, 23, 4]
belonging to the person, [vi, 41, 3] (cf. [AitBr. ii, 27])
tanū—já m. a son, [MBh. v], [viii]; [Hariv.] &c.
N. of a Sādhya, 11536
tanū—já n. the plumage, wing, [MBh. v, 113, 4]
tanūkṛतनूकृtanū—√ kṛ to make thin, [Naiṣ. vii, 82]; (ind.p. -kṛtya) to diminish, discard (lajjām), [Ragh. vi, 80.]
tanūnaतनूनm. ‘bodiless’, the wind, [W.]
tanūpāतनूपाtanū—pā́ m. protecting the person, [RV. iv], [vi ff.]; [AV. vi]; [VS. iii f.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. i, 6, 11.]
tanūkṛtतनूकृत्tanū—kṛ́t mfn. ‘forming the person’, preserving life, [RV. i, 31, 9]
forming a manifestation of (gen.), [ŚāṅkhŚr. vii, 10, 14]
caused by one's self, [RV. viii, 79, 3.]
tanūrjaतनूर्जm. N. of a son of the 3rd Manu, [Hariv.]
tanūrucतनूरुच्tanū—rúc mfn. brilliant in person, [RV. ii, 1, 9]; [vi, 25, 4]; [vii, 93, 5.]
tanūbhūtaतनूभूतtanū—bhūta mfn. become small, diminished, [Kathās.]
tanūbhavaतनूभवtanū—bhava m. = °nu-ja.
tanūbalaतनूबलtanū—balá n. strength of body, one's, own strength, [AV. ix, 4, 20.]
tanūdūṣiतनूदूषिtanū—dū́ṣi mfn. destroying the person, [AV. xiv], [xvi]; [PārGṛ. ii, 6, 10.]
tanūdaraतनूदरmf(I)n. thin-waisted, [HPariś. ii, 421.]
tanūdeśaतनूदेशtanū—deśa m. a part of the body, [BhP. vii, 13, 12.]
tanūjaniतनूजनिtanū—jani m. a son, [W.]
tanūkṛthaतनूकृथtanū—kṛthá preservation of the person, [86, 1.]
tanūkṛtaतनूकृतtanū—kṛta mfn. pared, [L.]
tanūnapaतनूनपtanū—napa n. (derived fr. -nápāt taken as -napād, ‘eating ’) ghee, [L.]
tanūpānaतनूपानtanū—pā́na mf(I)n. id., [AV. ii f.], [xix]; [TS. v]
tanū—pā́na n. protection of the person, [AV. v, 8]
[viii.]
tanūruhaतनूरुहtanū—ruha n. (m., [L.]) = °nu-ruh, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [MārkP. xxix, 7])
a feather, wing, [VarBṛS. lxiii, 1]
tanū—ruha m. a son, [Śatr.]
tanūtalaतनूतलtanū—tala m. a measure of length equal to the arms extended, fathom, [L.]
tanūtyajतनूत्यज्tanū—tyáj mfn. risking one's life, [RV. x, 4, 6] and [154, 3] ([Nir. iii, 14]).
tanūśubhraतनूशुभ्रtanū́—śubhra (°nū́-), mfn. decorating the person, [v, 34, 3] (cf. °nū́ṣu śubhrá, [i, 85, 3]; [Nir. vi, 19]).
tanūdbhavaतनूद्भवm. = °nu-ja, [xiii, 39].
tanūhavisतनूहविस्tanū—havis n. an oblation offered to -devatā, [KātyŚr. iv, 5, 9] and [10, 7]; [iii, 8, 31], Sch.
tanūhradaतनूह्रदtanū—hrada m. = °nu-h°, [W.]
tanūkartṛतनूकर्तृtanū—kartṛ m. making thin or emaciated, a destroyer, [RV. v, 34, 6]; [Sāy.]
tanūnapātतनूनपात्tánū—nápāt m. (tánū-) ‘son of himself, self-generated (as in lightning or by the attrition of the Araṇis, cf. [Nir. viii, 5])’, a sacred N. of Fire (chiefly used in some verses of the Āprī hymns), [RV.] (acc. °pātam, [x, 92, 2]), [AV. v, 27, 1]; [VS. v, 5] (dat. °ptre; = [TS. i, 2, 10, 2]), [AitBr. ii, 4]; [ŚBr. i, 5, 3]; [iii] (gen. °ptur, [4, 2, 5] irr. nom. °ptā [only etymological, cf. [4, 2, 5]] [4, 2, 11]), [Hit.]
fire (in general), [Hcar.]
N. of Śiva
Plumbago zeylanica, [W.]
tanūnaptṛतनूनप्तृtánū—náptṛ (tánū-), base for the weak cases of °pāt, q.v.
cf. tānūnaptrá.
tanūpāvanतनूपावन्tanū—pāvan mfn. = -pā́, [AitBr. ii, 27.]
tanūpṛṣṭhaतनूपृष्ठtanū—pṛṣṭha m. N. of a Soma sacrifice, [ŚāṅkhŚr. x, 8, 33.]
tanūvaśinतनूवशिन्tanū—vaśín mfn. having power over the person, ruling (Agni, Indra), [RV.]
tanūdevatāतनूदेवताtanū—devatā f. a form (of fire) deified, [ŚāṅkhŚr. ii, 3, 14.]
tanūjanmanतनूजन्मन्tanū—janman m. id., [Anargh. i, 7/8.]
tanūkaraṇaतनूकरणtanū—karaṇa n. making thin, attenuation, [Yogas. ii, 2]
paring, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 76.]
tanūnapātvatतनूनपात्वत्tánū—nápāt—vat mfn. containing the word tánū-nápāt, [Nir. viii, 22.]