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तंतुः (taMtuH)

 
Apte 1890
English
तंतुः [तन् तुन्] 1 A thread, cord, wire, string, line
चिंतासंततितंतु Māl. 5. 10
Me. 70.
2 A cob-web
R. 16. 20.
3 A filament
बिसतंतुगुणस्य कारितं Ku. 4. 29.
4 An offspring, issue, race.
5 A shark.
6 The Supreme Being.
Comp.
काष्ठं a piece of wood or brush used by weavers for cleaning threads.
कीटः a silk-worm.
नागः a (large) shark.
निर्यार्सः the palmyra tree.
नाभः a spider.
पर्वत् n. the anniversary of the day of full-moon in the month of Śrāvaṇa when Kṛṣṇa was invested with the sacred thread.
भः {1} the mustard seed. {2} a calf.
वर्धनः ‘increasing the race’, N. of Viṣṇu, also of Śiva.
वाद्यं any stringed musical instrument.
वानं weaving.
वापः {1} a weaver. {2} a loom. {3} weaving.
वायः {1} a spider. {2} a weaver {3} weaving °दंडः a loom.
विग्रहा a plantain.
शाला a weaver's workshop.
संतत a. woven, sewn. (
त) wove cloth.
संततिः f.,
संतानः weaving.
सारः the betel-nut tree.