Tangana, Ṭāṃganā, Tamgana, Ṭāṃgana, Taṅgaṇā, Taṅgaṇa, Ṭaṅgaṇa, Ṭaṅgana, Ṭaṅgaṇā: 21 definitions
Introduction:
Tangana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Taṅgaṇa (तङ्गण).—An ancient place of habitation of Bhārata. (Śloka 64, Chapter 9, Bhīṣma Parva).
1) Taṅgaṇa (तङ्गण).—An E. tribe; a hilly country.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 45. 120, 135; 47. 44.
2) Taṅgaṇā (तङ्गणा).—An eastern country;1 a hill tribe.2
Taṅgaṇa (तङ्गण) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. II.48.3, III.48.21, VI.10.63, VI.46.49, VIII.51.18) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Taṅgaṇa) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Tangana or Tankana refers to “borax”. (see Bhudeb Mookerji and his Rasajalanidhi)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Ṭaṅgana (टङ्गन) or Ṭaṅganacatuḥsama-vaṭikā refers to one of the topics discussed in the Yogāmṛta, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 4 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)” by Rajendralal Mitra (1822–1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.—The Yogāmṛta is a large Ayurvedic compilation dealing with the practice of medicine and therapeutics authored by Gopāla Sena, Kavirāja, of Dvārandhā. It is dated to the 18th century and contains 11,700 ślokas.—The catalogue includes the term—Ṭaṅgana-catuḥsama-vaṭikā in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: ṭaṅganacatuḥsamavaṭikā .
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Taṅgaṇa (तङ्गण) is the name a locality mentioned in Rājaśekhara’s 10th-century Kāvyamīmāṃsā.—It is the region in the Uttarāpatha.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Taṅgaṇa (तङ्गण) refers to a country (identified with the upper part of the valley of Sarayū), belonging to “Aiśānī (north-eastern division)” classified under the constellations of Revatī, Aśvinī and Bharaṇī, according to the system of Kūrmavibhāga, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 14), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The countries of the Earth beginning from the centre of Bhāratavarṣa and going round the east, south-east, south, etc., are divided into 9 divisions corresponding to the 27 lunar asterisms at the rate of 3 for each division and beginning from Kṛttikā. The constellations of Revatī, Aśvinī and Bharaṇī represent the north-eastern consisting of [i.e., Taṅgaṇa] [...]”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
India history and geography
Taṅgaṇa (तङ्गण) is the name of a tribe mentioned as inhabiting the region around ancient Kaśmīra (Kashmir valley) according to the Nīlamatapurāṇa.—The Taṅgaṇas are mentioned in the Mahābhārata, the Purāṇas and the Bṛhat Saṃhitā as allied with the Khaśas, the Kirātas, the Kāśmīras etc. the Taṅgaṇas seem to have been a northern tribe. P. G. Bagchi has suggested their association with “the Donki or the Tunguse” and Moti Candra opines that they occupied the Kashgar area in Central Asia. Anyway, they lived in the neighbourhood of Kaśmīra. It is stated in the Āvaśyakacūrṇī that the Maleccha Taṅkaṇas of Uttarāpatha exchange with gold, ivory etc. the commodities of Dakṣiṇāpatha and being unable to understand the language of the buyers, they cover the heap of their goods with their hands which they do not remove till their demand is fulfilled.
Ṭaṅgaṇā or Ṭaṅgaṇāpura is the name of a locality as mentioned in the “Plate of Padmaṭadeva” (tenth century A.D.). Ṭaṅgaṇāpura seems to be the district round modern Joshīmaṭh and Drumatī a region not far from it. Ṭaṅgaṇāpura is mentioned along with another vishaya called Antaraṅga in the inscription of Padmaṭa’s son Subhiksharāja. In The Himalayam Districts of the North-Western Provinces of India, Vol. II p. 357, Atkinson suggested that district of Ṭaṅgaṇāpura lay about the upper course of the Ganges and that of Antaraṅga in the Doab between the Bhāgīrathī and the Alaknandā. The people of this region may be identical with the Taṅganas or Ṭaṅganas of early Indian literature.
This inscribed copper plate (mentioning Ṭaṅgaṇā) is preserved in the temple of Yogabadarī (one of the Pañcabadarī) at Pāṇḍukeśvar (Pāṇḍukeśvara). The date corresponds to some day in the 25th regnal year of king Padmaṭadeva (first half of the tenth century A.D.). It records the grant of several pieces of land situated in Drumatī which formed a part of the Ṭaṅgaṇāpura-viṣaya as well as in Yośi.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Tangana in Ghana is the name of a plant defined with Eleusine indica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Juncus loureiroanus Schult. & Schult.f. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici … (1794)
· Bulletin agricole du Congo Belge (1920)
· Sylloge Plantarum Novarum (1824)
· Nomenclator Botanicus. Editio secunda (1840)
· The Queensland Flora (1898)
· Lidia (1999)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Tangana, for example chemical composition, side effects, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, health benefits, diet and recipes, 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
Sanskrit dictionary
Ṭaṅgaṇa (टङ्गण).—Borax.
Derivable forms: ṭaṅgaṇaḥ (टङ्गणः), ṭaṅgaṇam (टङ्गणम्).
Taṅgaṇa (तङ्गण).—[masculine] [plural] [Name] of a people.
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Taṅgana (तङ्गन).—[masculine] [plural] [Name] of a people.
1) Ṭaṅgaṇa (टङ्गण):—[from ṭaṅga] m. n. = ṅkaṇa, borax, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Taṅgaṇa (तङ्गण):—m. [plural] Name of a people (in the upper part of the valley of the Sarayū), [Mahābhārata ii f., vi f., xiv; Harivaṃśa; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā x, xvi f.]
3) cf. ṭaṅk.
Ṭaṅgaṇa (टङ्गण):—m. n. Borax [Rājavallabha im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. ṭaṅkaṇa .
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Taṅgaṇa (तङ्गण):—m. pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes im oberen Sarayū - Thale [ Kunde des Morgenlandes II, 24.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 302, Nalopākhyāna 2. 548.] [Mahābhārata 2, 1859. 3, 1991. 10864. 6, 372. 2083. 7, 4819. 4847. 14, 2469.] [Harivaṃśa 6441. 8019.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 10, 12. 16, 6. 17, 26.] parataṅgaṇāḥ [Mahābhārata 2, 1859. 6, 372. 2083.] taṅgana (sic) v.l. für ṭaṅkaṇa [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 44, 20.]
Ṭaṅgaṇa (टङ्गण):—m. n. Borax.
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Taṅgaṇa (तङ्गण):—m. Pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes.
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Taṅgana (तङ्गन):—m. Pl. desgl. als v.l. für ṭaṅkaṇa.
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
Ṭāṃganā (टांगना):—(v) to hang; to suspend; to keep in suspense.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Taṃgāna (ತಂಗಾನ):—[noun] a forest in which the temperature is low and pleasant.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Ṭaṅgana (टङ्गन):—adj. 1. watery; clean; 2. lean and thin; tall but thin;
Ṭāṃgana (टांगन):—[=टाँगन] n. a pony;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
taṅgana (တင်္ဂန) [(na) (န)]—
[tagi+yu]
[တဂိ+ယု]
[Pali to Burmese]
taṅgana—
(Burmese text): သွားခြင်း။ တင်္ဂတိ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Go. Look at the horizon.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Yu, Yu, Ao.
Starts with (+0): Tanganacatuhsama, Tanganacatuhsamavatika, Tanganadesha, Tanganadvipa, Tanganakhata, Tanganakshara, Tanganapura.
Full-text (+31): Paratangana, Tanganakshara, Tankana, Tanganapura, Tanganadesha, Tanganacatuhsama, Tanganadvipa, Tangan, Tanganakhata, Tanga, Yanti, Laksha, Kausumbha, Vibheda, Kauluta, Traigarta, Samantrin, Manin, Manjishtha, Ahi.
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