Tantuvaya, Tantuvāya, Tantu-vaya, Tamtuvaya: 13 definitions
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Tantuvaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-śāstraTantuvāya (तन्तुवाय) is a Sanskrit word referring to “one who lives by weaving cloth”. The word is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti. (also see the Manubhāṣya verse 4.214)
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraTantuvāya (तन्तुवाय) refers to “weavers”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 15) (“On the nakṣatras—‘asterisms’”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “Those who are born on the lunar day of Hasta will be thieves, dealers in elephants, charioteers, chief ministers, painters, merchants and dealers in pod-grains; learned in the Śāstras and of bright appearance. Those who are born on the lunar day of Citrā will be dealers in jewels, precious stones, fine cloths, writers and singers, manufacturers of perfumes, good mathematicians, weavers (tantuvāya), surgeons, oculists and dealers in Rājadhānya. [...]”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarytantuvāya (तंतुवाय).—m S A weaver.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishtantuvāya (तंतुवाय).—m A weaver.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTantuvāya (तन्तुवाय).—
1) a spider.
2) a weaver; तन्तुवायो दशपलं दद्यादेकपलाधिकम् (tantuvāyo daśapalaṃ dadyādekapalādhikam) Manusmṛti 8.397; तन्तुवायास्तुन्नवायाः (tantuvāyāstunnavāyāḥ) ... Śiva. B.31.19.
3) weaving. °दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) a loom.
Derivable forms: tantuvāyaḥ (तन्तुवायः).
Tantuvāya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tantu and vāya (वाय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTantuvāya (तन्तुवाय).—m.
(-yaḥ) 1. A weaver. 2. A spider. E. tantu a thread, ve to weave, aṇ affix; also tantravāya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTantuvāya (तन्तुवाय).—i. e. tantu-ve + a, m. A weaver, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 397.
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Tantuvāya (तन्तुवाय) or Tantravāya.—m. 1. a weaver, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 397; [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 90, 15 Gorr. 2. a spider.
Tantuvāya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tantu and vāya (वाय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryTantuvāya (तन्तुवाय).—[masculine] a weaver.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tantuvāya (तन्तुवाय):—[=tantu-vāya] [from tantu > tan] m. ([Kāśikā-vṛtti on Pāṇini 3-2, 2 and vi, 2, 76]) a weaver, [Manu-smṛti viii, 397; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhajjātaka] (cf. rajaka-)
2) [v.s. ...] a spider, [Pāṇini 6-2, 77; Kāśikā-vṛtti]
3) [v.s. ...] weaving, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTantuvāya (तन्तुवाय):—[tantu-vāya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Idem; a spider.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusTaṃtuvāya (ತಂತುವಾಯ):—
1) [noun] a man who weaves (fabric); a weaver.
2) [noun] a spider that weaves webs.
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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