Alpatanu, Alpa-tanu: 6 definitions
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Alpatanu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAlpatanu (अल्पतनु).—a.
1) of short stature, dwarfish, short.
2) weak, thin.
3) having small bones.
-nuḥ a kind of tree.
Alpatanu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms alpa and tanu (तनु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAlpatanu (अल्पतनु).—mfn. (-nuḥ-nuḥ-nu) Small, short, thin, pigmy, having a little body. E. alpa, and tanu the body.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAlpatanu (अल्पतनु):—[=alpa-tanu] [from alpa] mfn. small-bodied, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAlpatanu (अल्पतनु):—[alpa-tanu] (nuḥ-nu) a. Small, short.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAlpatanu (ಅಲ್ಪತನು):—[noun] a body (of human or of animal) that is very thin than usual of the kind.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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