Tanika, Tanikā, Taṉikā: 9 definitions

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Tanika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, biology, Tamil. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Tanik.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Tanika in India is the name of a plant defined with Coriandrum sativum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Coriandrum diversifolium Gilib. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Pakistan Journal of Botany (1974)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. (1962)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Flora Taurico-Caucasica (1808)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1976)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tanikā (तनिका).—A rope for fastening anything; त्रुट्यद्वितानतनिकाव्यतिषङ्गभाजः (truṭyadvitānatanikāvyatiṣaṅgabhājaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 5.61.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Tānika (तानिक).—(?) , see tālika.

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

Tanikā (तनिका):—[from tan] f. a cord, [Śiśupāla-vadha v, 61.]

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

Tanikā (तनिका):—(kā) 1. f. A rope.

[Sanskrit to German]

Tanika 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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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Tanika (तनिक) [Also spelled tanik]:—(a) a little, slight; —[acchā/āge] a cut above.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tāṇika (ತಾಣಿಕ):—

1) [noun] the administrator of a temple.

2) [noun] his duties or office.

3) [noun] an attendant who assists the priest of a temple.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Taṉikā (தனிகா) noun < dhanikā. Coriander. See கொத்தமல்லி. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [kothamalli. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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