Tanancayan, Taṉañcayaṉ: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Taṉañcayaṉ (தனஞ்சயன்) noun < Dhanañjaya.

1. Arjuna; அருச்சுனன். தட்டுடைப் பொலிந்த திண்டேர் தனஞ்சயன்போல வேறி [aruchunan. thattudaip polintha thinder thananchayanpola veri] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 767).

2. Agni; அக்கினி. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [akkini. (pingalagandu)]

3. The vital air of the body which leaves it some time after it becomes lifeless, one of taca-vāyu, q. v.; தசவாயுக்களுள் உயிர்நீங்கிய சவத்தையும் விடாது சிறுதுநேரம்பற்றி நின்று பின் வெளியேரும் வாயு. தனஞ்சயன் பிராணன் போனபின்னும் உடம்பை விடாதேநின்று . . . உச்சந்தலையில் . . . வெடித்துப் போமென் றறிக [thasavayukkalul uyirningiya savathaiyum vidathu siruthunerambarri ninru pin veliyerum vayu. thananchayan piranan ponapinnum udambai vidatheninru . . . uchanthalaiyil . . . vedithup pomen rariga] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 3, 26, உரை [urai]).

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