Tankana, Tamkana, Ṭaṅkaṇā, Ṭaṅkana, Taṅkana: 21 definitions
Introduction:
Tankana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. 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)
Ṭaṅkaṇā (टङ्कणा).—The horses of Ṭankaṇa country.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 16. 16.
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)
Tankana or Tangana refers to “borax”. (see Bhudeb Mookerji and his Rasajalanidhi)
Taṅkaṇa (तङ्कण) refers to “(powdered) Borax” which is used in the recipe of Matsyakajjala (“fish black”), according to the Vādakhaṇḍa section of the Rasaratnākara (lit. “jewel mine of mercury”): a 13th century alchemical work in Sanskrit written by Nityanātha.—Accordingly, while describing the recipe for Matsyakajjala: “Rub lac with four times its amount of water; take 4,8 litres of this liquid, filtered through a cloth, and boil it in an earthen vessel on low heat, until a fourth of it remains. Add 48 g each of powdered Natron, Borax (taṅkaṇa), and Lodhra. Heat it a bit. Then, once it has cooled down, pour it into a glass bottle. Cook the skin of a fat fish for a day and night with this water. When it has thickened, remove it. This is known as ‘fish black’”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Taṅkaṇa (तङ्कण) refers to “borax” and is mentioned as an ingredient of metallic drugs for the treatment of Kāsa, Śvāsa and Śopha, as mentioned in the 17th-century Vaidyavallabha (chapter 3) written by Hastiruci.—The Vaidyavallabha is a work which deals with the treatment and useful for all 8 branches of Ayurveda. The text Vaidyavallabha (mentioning taṅkaṇa) has been designed based on the need of the period of the author, availability of drugs during that time, disease manifesting in that era, socio-economical-cultural-familial-spiritual-aspects of that period Vaidyavallabha.
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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Ṭaṅkaṇa (टङ्कण) [=Ṭakaṅkaṇa?] (or Kaṅkaṇa) refers to a country belonging to “Dakṣiṇa or Dakṣiṇadeśa (southern division)” classified under the constellations of Uttaraphālguni, Hasta and Citrā, 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 Uttaraphālguni, Hasta and Citrā represent the southern division consisting of [i.e., Ṭaṅkaṇa] [...]”.
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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Taṅkaṇa (तङ्कण) is the name of a country classified as Hādi (a type of Tantrik division), according to the 13th century Sammoha-tantra (fol. 7).—There are ample evidences to prove that the zone of heterodox Tantras went far beyond the natural limits of India. [...] The zones in the Sammoha-tantra [viz., Taṅkaṇa] are here fixed according to two different Tantrik modes, known as Kādi and Hādi.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Ṭaṅkana (टङ्कन) refers to a group of Mlecchas once conquered by king Bharata, as mentioned in chapter 1.4 [ādīśvara-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly, after king Bharata instructed his general Suṣeṇa to conquer the southern district of the Sindhu:
“[...] Wishing to conquer the whole southern district of the Sindhu the general advanced like the ocean at the end of the world. Eager for battle, cruel with a roar in the form of the twang of the bow, [...] he marked the Ṭaṅkanas with the royal mark like horses. [...] Then Mleccha-kings approached the general with various gifts as wives approach their husbands with devotion. The general [Suṣeṇa] gave the Cakrin [Bharata] all the tribute taken from the Mlecchas [viz., Ṭaṅkana] which resembled a pregnancy-whim of the creepers of fame”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
Ṭaṃkaṇā (टंकणा) refers to one of the Eighteen types of Horses commonly known to ancient Indian society, according to Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—The Kuvalayamala (779 A.D.) is full of cultural material which gains in value because of the firm date of its composition. [...] At page 23.22 of the Kuvalayamālā there is an enumeration of 18 kinds of horses, [e.g., Ṭaṃkaṇā], [...].—Also see the Samarāīccackahā of Haribhadrasūri from the beginning of the 8th century A.D.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
ṭaṅkaṇa (टंकण).—n S Brute borax. See ṭāṅkaṇakhāra.
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ṭāṅkaṇa (टांकण) [or टाकण, ṭākaṇa].—m ( H) A horse of a certain short-sized breed.
ṭaṅkaṇa (टंकण).—n Brute borax. See ṭāṅkaṇakhāra.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Ṭaṅkaṇa (टङ्कण) or Ṭaṅkana (टङ्कन).—
1) Borax.
2) Binding, tying. -णः (ṇaḥ) (naḥ) 1 A species of horse.
2) Name of a people.
Derivable forms: ṭaṅkaṇam (टङ्कणम्), ṭaṅkanam (टङ्कनम्).
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Taṅkana (तङ्कन).—Living in distress, miserable living.
Derivable forms: taṅkanam (तङ्कनम्).
Ṭaṅkana (टङ्कन).—mn.
(-naṃ) 1. Borax. 2. m. (ṇaḥ) A species of horse. Binding, tying. E. ṭaki to bind, affix lyu. pṛṣo0 bā ṇatvam ṭaṅkaṇa .
Ṭaṅkaṇa (टङ्कण).—[masculine] (also ṭaṅkana) borax.
1) Ṭaṅkaṇa (टङ्कण):—[from ṭaṅk] m. borax, [Kādambarī]
2) [v.s. ...] [plural] Name of a people (cf. taṅg), [Rāmāyaṇa iv, 44, 20; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā, xiv.]
3) Ṭaṅkana (टङ्कन):—[from ṭaṅk] m. (= ṭagara) borax, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Ṭaṅkaṇa (टङ्कण):—(ṇaṃ) 1. n. Borax; binding.
Ṭaṅkaṇa (टङ्कण):—m.
1) Borax [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 944.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 559.] kṣāra dass. [Medinīkoṣa r. 161.] [Suśruta 1, 227, 10.] [PADDH.] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 2, 1 (S. 176).] ṭaṅkana [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 944,] [Scholiast] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 8.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 23.] Vgl. ṭagara . —
2) pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes im Nordosten von Madhyadeśa [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14, 12. 29] [?(vgl. auch 9, 17. 31, 15). Rāmāyaṇa 4, 44, 20.] Als Varianten erscheinen taṅgaṇa und taṅgana .
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Ṭaṅkaṇa (टङ्कण):—
1) [Oxforder Handschriften 321,a, No. 761.]
Ṭaṅkaṇa (टङ्कण):—m. —
1) Borax. Auch kṣāra [Rājan 6,241.] [Bhāvaprakāśa 1,282.] —
2) Pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes.
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Ṭaṅkana (टङ्कन):—m. Borax.
Ṭaṅkana (टङ्कन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṭaṃkaṇaṃ.
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
1) Ṭaṃkaṇa (टंकण) [Also spelled tankan]:—(nm) typing; soldering; mintage.
2) Ṭāṃkanā (टांकना):—(v) to stud; to stitch; to cobble; to solder; to jot down.
3) Tamkana in Hindi refers in English to:—(v) to snap; to fly into a rage..—tamkana (तमकना) is alternatively transliterated as Tamakanā.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Ṭaṃkaṇa (ಟಂಕಣ):—[noun] sodium borate, a white, anhydrous, crystalline salt with an alkaline taste, used as a flux in soldering metals and in the manufacture of glass, enamel, artificial gems, soaps, antiseptics, etc.; borax.
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Ṭaṃkana (ಟಂಕನ):—[noun] a making of coins by stamping; the act or process of minting money; mintage.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Ṭaṅkaṇa (टङ्कण):—n. typing; engraving;
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.
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