Shanatantava, Śaṇatāntava, Shana-tantava: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Śaṇatāntava can be transliterated into English as Sanatantava or Shanatantava, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Shanatantava in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śaṇatāntava (शणतान्तव).—a. made of hempen string; वैश्यस्य शणतान्तवी (vaiśyasya śaṇatāntavī) (mekhalā) Manusmṛti 2.42.

Śaṇatāntava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śaṇa and tāntava (तान्तव).

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

Śaṇatāntava (शणतान्तव).—mfn.

(-vaḥ-vī-vaṃ) Made of San string. E. śaṇatantu and aṇ aff.

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

Śaṇatāntava (शणतान्तव).—adj., f. , woven of hemp, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 42.

Śaṇatāntava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śaṇa and tāntava (तान्तव).

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

Śaṇatāntava (शणतान्तव).—[feminine] ī made of hempen string.

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

Śaṇatāntava (शणतान्तव):—[=śaṇa-tāntava] [from śaṇa] mf(ī)n. made of hempen string, [Manu-smṛti ii, 42.]

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

Śaṇatāntava (शणतान्तव):—[śaṇa-tāntava] (vaḥ-vī-vaṃ) a. Made of hemp.

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Shanatantava 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.

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