The Sanskrit term Tanubhṛt can be transliterated into English as Tanubhrt or Tanubhrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Tanubhṛt (तनुभृत्) refers to “embodied beings”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.5 (“The Tripuras are fascinated).—Accordingly, as Arihan said to the Lord of the Three Cities: “O ruler of the Asuras, listen to my statement, pregnant with wisdom. It is the essence of the Vedānta and bears high esoteric importance. [...] Just as we, the embodied beings, are afraid of death so also the bodies from Brahmā to the worm are afraid of death. If we analyse with a keen intellect, all the embodied being (tanubhṛt) are equal. After coming to this conclusion it does not behove anyone to injure anyone else. There is no other virtue equal to the mercy shown to living beings. Hence all men shall strenuously practise acts of mercy to living beings. [...]”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tanubhṛt (तनुभृत्).—m. any being furnished with a body, a living being; particularly a human being; कल्पं स्थितं तनुभृतां तनुभिस्ततः किम् (kalpaṃ sthitaṃ tanubhṛtāṃ tanubhistataḥ kim) Bhartṛhari 3.73.

Tanubhṛt is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tanu and bhṛt (भृत्).

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

Tanubhṛt (तनुभृत्):—[=tanu-bhṛt] [from tanu > tan] m. any being possessing a body, [especially] a human being, [Pañcatantra; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Bhartṛhari; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Prabodha-candrodaya]

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Tanubhrit 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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Partial matches: Bhrit, Tanu.

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