Tusha, Tuṣa, Tūṣa, Ṭusā: 20 definitions
Introduction:
Tusha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi, biology. 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.
The Sanskrit terms Tuṣa and Tūṣa can be transliterated into English as Tusa or Tusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationTuṣa (तुष) refers to the “husk (of rice)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.44 (“Menā regains consciousness”).—Accordingly, as Menā said to her daughter (Pārvatī): “[...] Throwing away cooked rice you have eaten the husk (tuṣa-bhakṣaṇa). Spilling away the clarified butter you have eagerly swallowed castor oil. Setting the lion aside a jackal has been served by you. Without listening to the lore of Supreme Brahman you have heard base ballads. O daughter, casting off the holy sacrificial ashes at home you have taken the inauspicious ashes from the funeral pyre. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha ChikitsaTuṣa (तुष) refers to “husk”, and is used in the treatment of snake-bites such as those caused by the Śophamaṇḍalī-snakes, according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—Accordingly, one of the treatments is mentioned as follows: “A bandage made of the bark of Pañcāmra containing a bolus of a measure of Doṣā, dung of she-buffalo must be wrapped. A drink consisting of ginger, salt, white grains mixed with curd and cooked in lemon juice will remove the swelling. Ointment prepared from husk (tuṣa) and coconut water also quells the swelling caused by Śophamaṇḍalī”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and SubjectsTuṣa (तुष) in the Atharvaveda and later, regularly denotes the ‘husk’ of grain, often used for a fire.
In Jainism
Jain philosophy
Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra SuriTuṣa (तुष) refers to a “husk” or “chaff” (of gram), as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 107, l. 31]—‘Tuṣa’ means husk or chaff of gram and ‘kandana’ grinding and threshing as well. The phrase therefore means grinding of husk. This is a nyāya suggesting an unnecessary and useless effort. It is stated in Laukikanyāyāñjali (pt II, p 34) that this nyāya occurs in Padmapāda’s Pañcadīpikā (p 68), Hitopadeśa (IV, 13), Sureśvara’s Vārtika (pp 676, 1036, 1334, 1505 and 1572) and on p 176 of his Taittirīya-vārtika. I come across “tuṣāṇāṃ kaṇḍana” in Manusmṛti (IV, 78) and m Śāstravārtāsamuccaya ( v 671). Other nyāyas of the same meaning in Saṃskṛta are “jalamanthananyāya”, “gardabharomagaṇananyāya” and “kākadantaparīkṣā”. The corresponding Gujarati ones are “ghūmāḍānā bācakā bharavā”, “ābhanī sāthe bātha bhīḍavī”, “pāṇī valove mākhaṇa na nīkale” etc.
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Tusha in India is the name of a plant defined with Terminalia bellirica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Myrobalanus laurinoides (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique (1856)
· Novae Plantarum Species (1821)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1791)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1805)
· Flora of the British India (1878)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1996)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Tusha, for example chemical composition, health benefits, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarytuṣa (तुष).—m (S) Husk or chaff of grain.
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tūsa (तूस).—nm (tuṣa S) The outer integument or husk (of rice, nachn̤i, wari &c.) Pr. tūsa kāṇḍūna hātāsa phōḍa (Getting the hands blistered through pounding chaff.) Used of encountering troubles and evils in an unprofitable business.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishtuṣa (तुष).—m Husk or chaff of grain.
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tūsa (तूस).—m n The outer husk (of rice, &c.).
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTuṣa (तुष).—[tuṣ-ka]
1) The husk or chaff of grain; अजानतार्थं तत्सर्वं (ajānatārthaṃ tatsarvaṃ) (adhyayanaṃ) तुषाणां कण्डनं यथा (tuṣāṇāṃ kaṇḍanaṃ yathā); Manusmṛti 4.78.
2) The Bibhītaka tree.
3) Fault; L. D. B.
Derivable forms: tuṣaḥ (तुषः).
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Tusa (तुस).—= तुष (tuṣa) q.v.
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Tūṣa (तूष).—Ved. The border of a garment.
Derivable forms: tūṣaḥ (तूषः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTuṣa (तुष).—mf.
(-ṣaḥ-ṣā) 1. The husk or chaff of rice, &c. 2. Beleric myrobalan. E. tuṣ to please or be pleased, affix ka.
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Tusa (तुस).—m.
(-saḥ) The husk of corn or rice: see tuṣa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTuṣa (तुष).—m. The husk of grain, especially rice, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 78.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryTuṣa (तुष).—[masculine] the husk or chaff of grain.
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Tūṣa (तूष).—[masculine] [neuter] border or fringe of a garment.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tuṣa (तुष):—m. the chaff of grain or corn or rice etc., [Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa] etc.
2) Terminalia Bellerica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) cf. a-, ut-, nis-.
4) Tūṣa (तूष):—m. n. the border of a garment, [Kāṭhaka; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]
5) cf. kṛṣṇa-, dāma-.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tuṣa (तुष):—(ya, ñi, au) tuṣyati 4. a. To be satisfied, content, or pleased.
2) (ṣaḥ) 1. m. The husk, or chaff of rice; Beleric myrobalan.
3) Tusa (तुस):—(saḥ) 1. m. The husk of grain.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Tuṣa (तुष) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Tusa.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryTūsa (तूस) [Also spelled tus]:—(nm) the husk; a kind of fine wool.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Tusa (तुस) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Tuṣa.
2) Tūsa (तूस) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Tuṣ.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusTuṣa (ತುಷ):—
1) [noun] the dry outer covering of rice; chaff; husk.
2) [noun] the large deciduous tree Terminalia belerica (= T. bellirica, = T. bellerica) of Combretaceae family.
3) [noun] that with which something is covered; a veil, screen, lid etc.
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Tusa (ತುಸ):—[noun] = ತುಷ - [tusha -] 1.
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Tusa (ತುಸ):—[noun] = ತುಸ್ತ - [tusta -] 1.
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Tusa (ತುಸ):—[adjective] little a) small in size; not big; b) small in amount, number or degree; not much; c) short in duration or distance; brief; not long; d) small in importance or power; e) small in force, intensity, etc.; f) trivial; trifling.
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Tusa (ತುಸ):—[noun] a small, little quantity, number, degree or extent.
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Tusa (ತುಸ):—[adverb] = ತುಸಂ [tusam].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+39): Tushaare, Tushabhakshana, Tushadhana, Tushadhanya, Tushagale, Tushagni, Tushagraha, Tushaja, Tushajaka, Tushakai, Tushakhadaka, Tushakhandana, Tusham, Tushamasha, Tushambhasadi, Tushambu, Tushambuka, Tushanala, Tushanam, Tushanan.
Ends with: Ajatusha, Akshastusha, Atusha, Damatusha, Hiranyatusha, Jatusha, Krishnatusha, Nistusha, Patusha, Satusha, Uttusha, Valatusha, Vitusha.
Full-text (+29): Tushasara, Tushagraha, Tush, Tushodaka, Uttusha, Nistusha, Tushambu, Tushottha, Tusam, Tushaja, Taushayana, Tushanala, Tushadhanya, Vitusha, Atusha, Tushagni, Nistushita, Satusha, Satera, Tushara.
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