Tantukrintana, Tantukṛntana, Tantu-krintana: 2 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Tantukṛntana can be transliterated into English as Tantukrntana or Tantukrintana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tantukṛntana (तन्तुकृन्तन).—cutting off the propagation of a family; तन्तुकृन्तन यन्नस्त्वमभद्रमचरः पुनः (tantukṛntana yannastvamabhadramacaraḥ punaḥ) Bhāgavata 6.5.43.

Derivable forms: tantukṛntanam (तन्तुकृन्तनम्).

Tantukṛntana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tantu and kṛntana (कृन्तन).

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

Tantukṛntana (तन्तुकृन्तन):—[=tantu-kṛntana] [from tantu > tan] n. cutting off the propagation of a family, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa vi, 5, 43.]

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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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