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Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-śāstra

Tunnavāya (तुन्नवाय) is a Sanskrit word referring to “one who works with needles”. The word is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti. (also see the Manubhāṣya verse 4.214)

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

tuṇṇavāya : (m.) a tailor.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Tunnavāya refers to: (Sk. tunnavāya) a “needle-weaver, ” a tailor Vin. II, 159; J. VI, 364, 368 (°vesaṃ gahetvā in the disguise of a tailor); PvA. 161 (id.); Pv. II, 9¹⁴ (=tunnakāra PvA. 120); Miln. 331, 365. (Page 305)

Note: tunnavāya is a Pali compound consisting of the words tunna and vāya.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tunnavāya (तुन्नवाय).—a tailor; शैलूषतुन्न- वायान्नं कृतघ्नस्यान्नमेव च (śailūṣatunna- vāyānnaṃ kṛtaghnasyānnameva ca) Manusmṛti 4.214; तन्तुवायास्तुन्नवायाः (tantuvāyāstunnavāyāḥ)...... Śiva. B.31.19; Rām.2.83.15.

Derivable forms: tunnavāyaḥ (तुन्नवायः).

Tunnavāya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tunna and vāya (वाय).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tunnavāya (तुन्नवाय).—m.

(-yaḥ) A taylor. E. tunna cut, (cloth, &c.) and ve to sew, affix aṇ.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tunnavāya (तुन्नवाय).—[tunna-vāya], i. e. tunna (vb. tud), -ve + a, m. A tailor, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 214.

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Tunnavāya (तुन्नवाय).—(vb. tud), m. a tailor, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 214.

Tunnavāya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tunna and vāya (वाय).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tunnavāya (तुन्नवाय).—[masculine] tailor.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tunnavāya (तुन्नवाय):—[=tunna-vāya] [from tunna > tud] m. a tailor, [Manu-smṛti iv, 214; Yājñavalkya i, 163; Rāmāyaṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tunnavāya (तुन्नवाय):—[tunna-vāya] (yaḥ) 1. m. A tailor.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Tunnavāya (तुन्नवाय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Tuṇṇāga, Tuṇṇāya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Tunnavaya in German

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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 corpus

Tunnavāya (ತುನ್ನವಾಯ):—[noun] a man who makes, repairs or alters clothes; a tailor.

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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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Partial matches: Vaya, Tunna.

Full-text: Tunnaya, Tunnaga, Vesha, Upakarana.

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