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tanuतनुtanú mf(us, U/s, vI)n. thin, slender, attenuated, emaciated, small, little, minute, delicate, fine (texture, [Ṛtus. i, 7]), [ŚBr. iii, 5, 4, 21]; [KātyŚr. viii, 5]; [MBh.] &c. (in comp. g. kaḍārādi; also = -dagdha, [Sarvad. xv, 189])
(said of a speech or hymn) accomplished (in metre), [RV. viii, 1, 18] and (acc. f. °nvám), [76, 12]
tanú m. (g. 2. lohitādi, not in [Kāś.]) N. of a Ṛṣi with a very emaciated body, [MBh. xii, 4665]
tanú (us), f. (once m., [Bhām. ii, 79]) = °nū́ (see s.v.), the body, person, self (cf. duṣ-ṭanu, priyá-), [AitBr. viii, 24, 4] (ifc.), [Mn.] (svakā t°, ‘one's own person’, [iv, 184]), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] (acc. pl. irr. °navas, [3813]) &c. (iyaṃ tanur mama, ‘this my self. i.e. I myself here’, [Ratnāv. iv, 4]; °nuṃ-√ tyaj or hā, ‘to give up one's life’, [Mn. vi, 32]; [BhP. iii]; [Kathās.])
tanú m. form or manifestation, [Śak. i, 1]
the skin, [L.]
= -gṛha, [VarBṛ.]; [Laghuj.]
[cf. τανυ-; Lat. tenuis &c.]
tanusतनुस्n. ([Uṇ. ii, 113]) the body, [R. v, 93, 23.]
tanudhīतनुधीtanu—dhī mfn. little-minded, [Bhaktām. 8.]
tanujāतनुजाtanu—jā f. a daughter, [L.]
tanujaतनुजtanu—ja m. = -ruh, [Jāt. xxx]
a son, [Pañcat.]; [BhP. v, 9, 6]
tanukāतनुकाf. Diospyros embryopteris, [ib.]
tanukaतनुकmfn. (g. yāvādi) thin, [Car. vi, 2] and (said of a liquid), [viii, 6]
small, [Suśr.]
m. Grislea tomentosa, [Npr.]
Terminalia bellerica, [ib.]
the cinnamon tree, [ib.]
tanulaतनुलmfn. spread, expanded, [Uṇvṛ.]
tanutāतनुताtanu—tā f. thinness, tenuity, littleness, [Hariv.]; [R. v]; [Megh.]; [Ragh.] &c.
tanubhṛtतनुभृत्tanu—bhṛt m. any being possessing a body, esp. a human being, [Pañcat.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Bhartṛ.]; [BhP.]; [Prab.]
tanumatतनुमत्tanu—mat mfn. embodied, [Kāvyād. iii, 59.]
tanuruhतनुरुह्tanu—ruh n. ‘growing on the body’, a hair of the body, [L.]
tanutraतनुत्रtanu—tra n. ‘body-guard’, armour, [MBh. iv, 1009]; [Suśr.]; [BhP.]; [Tantr.]
tanutvaतनुत्वtanu—tva n. = -tā, [MBh. xiii, 541]; [VarBṛS. iii, 16]; [Sarvad.]
tanubhāvaतनुभावtanu—bhāva m. = -tā, [Śak. vii, 8.]
tanubhūmiतनुभूमिtanu—bhūmi f. ‘stage of personality’, N. of a period in a Śrāvaka's life, [Buddh.]; [L.]
tanubhavaतनुभवtanu—bhava m. = -ja, [VarBṛS. vii, 18.]
tanubījaतनुबीजtanu—bīja m. ‘small-seeded’, the jujube, [L.]
tanubalaतनुबलtanu—bala mf(A)n. ‘of small strength’, a- neg., strong, [Mudr. vii, 19.]
tanucchadतनुच्छद्tanu—cchad [Vop. xxvi, 70.]
tanudānaतनुदानtanu—dāna n. offering the body (for sexual intercourse)
a scanty gift.
tanugṛhaतनुगृहtanu—gṛha n. the 1st lunar mansion, [v, 12]; [VarBṛ. vi, 13.]
tanukūpaतनुकूपtanu—kūpa m. pore of the skin, [W.]
tanukeśāतनुकेशाtanu—keśā f. pl. See kṣemavṛddhi.
tanukeśaतनुकेशtanu—keśa mf(I)n. delicate-haired, [Laghuj. ii, 13]
tanulatāतनुलताtanu—latā f. a slender body, [Prasannar. ii, 19.]
tanurasaतनुरसtanu—rasa m. ‘body fluid’, sweat, [L.]
tanuruhaतनुरुहtanu—ruha n. id., [L.]
a feather, [Śiś. vi, 45.]
tanutaraतनुतरtanu—tara mfn. = tánīyas, [Amar.]
tanutrinतनुत्रिन्tanu—°trin mfn. = -tra-vat, [Śiś. xix, 99.]
tanutvacतनुत्वच्tanu—tvac m. id., (ifc.), [Nal. xii, 78]
the cinnamon tree, [Bhpr. v, 2, 66]
Cassia Senna, [Npr.]
tanutyajतनुत्यज्tanu—tyaj mfn. giving up one's body, dying, [i, 8]
= °nū-t°, [Āp.]; [MBh. iv, 2354]; [Ragh. vii]; [Mālav. v, 11/12]; [BhP.]
tanuvātaतनुवातtanu—vāta m. a highly rarified atmosphere (constituting a kind of hell; opposed to ghana-v°), [Jain.]
tanuśirasतनुशिरस्tanu—śiras f. ‘small-headed’, a kind of Uṣṇih metre (of 2 × 11 and 1 × 6 syllables).
tanucchāyaतनुच्छायtanu—cchāya m. ‘shading little’, a kind of Acacia, [Npr.]
tanucchadaतनुच्छदtanu—cchada m. (cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 96]) = -tra (often ifc.), [MBh. iii], [vii], [xii]; [Ragh. ix], [xii]
pl. feathers, [R. iv, 63, 2.]
tanudagdhaतनुदग्धtanu—dagdha mfn. (said of a Kleśa in Yoga phil.), [Sarvad. xv, 192.]
tanuhradaतनुह्रदtanu—hrada m. the rectum, anus, [L.]
tanujatvaतनुजत्वtanu—ja—tva n. sonship, [W.]
tanukṣīraतनुक्षीरtanu—kṣīra m. ‘thin-sapped’, Spondias mangifera, [L.]
tanumūrtiतनुमूर्तिtanu—mūrti mfn. thin-shaped, [VarBṛS. iv, 20.]
tanumadhyāतनुमध्याtanu—madhyā f. a metre of 4 × 6 (¯ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯) syllables.
tanumadhyaतनुमध्यtanu—madhya n. ‘body-middle’, the waist, [ib.]
tanu—madhya mf(A)n. = °dhyama, [Nal. iii, 13]
tanusthānaतनुस्थानtanu—sthāna n. = -gṛha, [Romakas.]
tanusatyaतनुसत्यtanu—satya n. a simple truth (?), [Divyāv. xxxv, 183.]
tanutrāṇaतनुत्राणtanu—trāṇa n. = -tra, [MBh. iii], [vi f.]; [R. ii.]
tanutvacaतनुत्वचtanu—tvaca m. Premna spinosa, [L.]
tanutyāgaतनुत्यागtanu—tyāga mfn. spending little, [Hit.]
tanu—tyāga m. risking one's life, [R. ii, 40, 6.]
tanuvraṇaतनुव्रणtanu—vraṇa m. ‘body-wound’, elephantiasis, [L.]
tanubhastrāतनुभस्त्राtanu—bhastrā f. ‘body-bellows’, the nose, [L.]
tanuśarīraतनुशरीरtanu—śarīra mfn. delicate-bodied.
tanujanmanतनुजन्मन्tanu—janman m. = -ja, [HPariś. i f.]
tanupattraतनुपत्त्रtanu—pattra m. ‘thin-leaved’, Terminalia Catappa, [Npr.]
leafy orpiment, [Npr.]
tanutravatतनुत्रवत्tanu—tra—vat mfn. having armour, [R. vi.]
tanutvakkaतनुत्वक्कtanu—tvak-ka mfn. thin-skinned, [Suśr.]
tanuvarmanतनुवर्मन्tanu—varman n. armour for the body, [MBh.]
tanujihvatāतनुजिह्वताtanu—jihvatā f. the having a thin tongue (one of the 80 minor marks of a Buddha), [Dharmas. 84]
tanumadhyamaतनुमध्यमtanu—madhyama mf(A)n. slender-waisted, [MBh. i, 959]; [Nal.]; [R. i.]
tanudīrghaghoṇaतनुदीर्घघोणtanu—dīrgha-ghoṇa mfn. one who has a thin long nose, [Bcar.]
tanusaṃcāriṇīतनुसंचारिणीtanu—saṃcāriṇī f. ‘moving the body coquettishly (?)’, a girl, [L.]
tanupādakṣapāṭanaतनुपादक्षपाटनtanu—pāda-kṣapāṭana n. N. of one of 18 ceremonies performed with particular Kuṇḍas, [Śārad. v.]