snā́yu f. n. (accord. to some fr. a √ snā contracted from sinā pres. base of √ si, ‘to bind’; cf. also √ snai) any sinew or ligament in the human and animal body, tendon, muscle, nerve, vein, [TBr.]; [Suśr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
the string of a bow, [Pañcat.]
snā́yu m. an eruption on the skin of the extremities, [Bhpr.]
[?cf. Germ. sënawa, Sehne; Eng. sinew.]