Lutatantu, Lūtātantu, Luta-tantu: 3 definitions
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Lutatantu 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)Lūtātantu (लूतातन्तु) refers to the “webs of spiders”, as mentioned in verse 5.6-8 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] Not shall one drink (water that is) [...]: nor (celestial water) that (is) seasonable (but) the first (of the season), (because it is) polluted by its mixture with the webs [viz. lūtātantu], feces, urine, and poison of spiders etc. [...] (such water) one shall not drink”.
Note: Lūtā (“spider”) has been generalized to srog-chags gdug (“venomous insect”) and ādi “etc.” (which implies this generalization) connected with tantu (“web”) instead.—Tantu (“web”) has been rendered by daṅ-ba, which is not attested in this meaning and is either a corruption or a secondary form of dar (“silk”); cf. 3.13, where NP have daṅ but CD write dar.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryLūtātantu (लूतातन्तु).—a cobweb; लूतातन्तुवितानसंवृतमुखी झिल्ली चिरं रोदिति (lūtātantuvitānasaṃvṛtamukhī jhillī ciraṃ roditi) Sūkti.19.
Derivable forms: lūtātantuḥ (लूतातन्तुः).
Lūtātantu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms lūtā and tantu (तन्तु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryLūtātantu (लूतातन्तु):—[=lūtā-tantu] [from lūtā] m. a spider’s web, cobweb, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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.
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