Tanuja, Tanu-ja, Tanujā, Tanūja, Tanūjā: 14 definitions
Introduction:
Tanuja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Tanuj.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationTanujā (तनुजा) refers to a “daughter”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.44 (“Menā regains consciousness”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “After saying thus, the lord of the mountains stopped, O sage. On hearing it Menā, the mother of Śivā, spoke to Himavat. [Menā said:—] ‘O lord, let my words be heard. You can carry out what I say. Take your daughter (tanujā) Pārvatī, tie her up and cast her down into a deep abysmal chasm. Or drown her in the deep sea and be happy. I am not going to give her to Śiva. If you give your daughter to him who is of hideous features, O lord, I shall certainly leave off this mortal frame’”.
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
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarytanuja : (m.) a son; offspring. || tanujā (f.) a daughter.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarytanuja (तनुज).—m S (Born of the body of, off-sprung.) A son. tanujā f A daughter. Ex. bāḷaśabdēṃ khēḷa- vīta tanujālā || na sāhē tēṃ rāṇīsī kōpa ālā ||.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishtanuja (तनुज).—m A son. tanujā f A daughter.
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 dictionaryTanuja (तनुज).—a. born from the body; वाञ्छैव सूचयति पूर्वतरं भविष्यं पुंसां यदन्यतनुजं त्वशुभं शुभं वा (vāñchaiva sūcayati pūrvataraṃ bhaviṣyaṃ puṃsāṃ yadanyatanujaṃ tvaśubhaṃ śubhaṃ vā) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.8. (-jaḥ) 1 a son; Bhāgavata 5.9.6.
2) the hair on the body; स्निग्धहर्यक्षतनुजश्मश्रुप्रवरमूर्द्धजम् (snigdhaharyakṣatanujaśmaśrupravaramūrddhajam) Rām.1.16.12.
Tanuja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tanu and ja (ज).
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Tanujā (तनुजा).—a daughter.
Tanujā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tanu and jā (जा).
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Tanūja (तनूज).—
1) a son.
2) a feather; अथ भ्रष्टतनूजाङ्गमात्मानं ददृशे खगः (atha bhraṣṭatanūjāṅgamātmānaṃ dadṛśe khagaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.113.4.
Derivable forms: tanūjaḥ (तनूजः).
Tanūja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tanū and ja (ज). See also (synonyms): tanvudbhava.
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Tanūjā (तनूजा).—a daughter
Tanūjā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tanū and jā (जा). See also (synonyms): tanvudbhavā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTanuja (तनुज).—m.
(-jaḥ) A son. f.
(-jā) A daughter. E. tanu body, and ja born.
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Tanūja (तनूज).—m.
(-jaḥ) A son. f.
(-jā) A daughter. E. tanū, and ja born.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTanuja (तनुज).—[tanu-ja], m. A son, [Pañcatantra] v. [distich] 22.
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Tanūja (तनूज).—[tanū-ja] (see tanu), I. m. A son, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 43, 20. Ii. f. jā, A daughter,
Tanuja (तनुज).—[masculine] ā [feminine] son, daughter (born from the body or self).
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Tanūja (तनूज).—[adjective] born from or belonging to one’s own body or person; [masculine] & [feminine] ā son, daughter.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tanuja (तनुज):—[=tanu-ja] [from tanu > tan] m. = -ruh, [Jātakamālā xxx]
2) [v.s. ...] a son, [Pañcatantra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 9, 6]
3) Tanujā (तनुजा):—[=tanu-jā] [from tanu-ja > tanu > tan] f. a daughter, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Tanūja (तनूज):—[=tanū-ja] [from tanū > tan] mfn. produced or born on or from the body, [Atharva-veda i, 23, 4]
5) [v.s. ...] belonging to the person,[ vi, 41, 3] (cf. [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa ii, 27])
6) [v.s. ...] m. a son, [Mahābhārata v, viii; Harivaṃśa] etc.
7) [v.s. ...] Name of a Sādhya, 11536
8) [v.s. ...] n. the plumage, wing, [Mahābhārata v, 113, 4]
9) Tanūjā (तनूजा):—[=tanū-jā] [from tanū-ja > tanū > tan] f. a daughter, [Harivaṃśa 15774; Kumāra-sambhava i, 59.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tanuja (तनुज):—[tanu-ja] (jaḥ) 1. m. A son, offspring. (jā) A daughter.
2) Tanūja (तनूज):—[tanū-ja] (jaḥ) 1. m. A son, offspring. (jā) A daughter.
[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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryTanuja (तनुज) [Also spelled tanuj]:—(nm) a son; hence ~[jā] (nf) a daughter.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusTanuja (ತನುಜ):—
1) [noun] a boy or man as related to either or both patents; a son.
2) [noun] a young animal as related to either or both of its parents.
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Tanūja (ತನೂಜ):—
1) [noun] = ತನುಜ - [tanuja -] 1.
2) [noun] (astrol.) the fifth house from one’s birth house in one’s zodiac, believed to have influence of planets on one’s son.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Tanujamamdira, Tanujamma, Tanujanga, Tanujani, Tanujanma, Tanujanman, Tanujata, Tanujatakameshti, Tanujate, Tanujatva.
Ends with: Agratanuja, Araniyatanuja, Shamtanuja, Shamtanutanuja, Sutanuja.
Full-text: Tanujanga, Tanubhava, Tanujatva, Tanujanman, Tanucai, Tanujata, Shamtanuja, Tanusambhava, Tanujamamdira, Tanujanma, Sutanuja, Dehaja, Shamtanutanuja, Tanucan, Tanuj, Nabhastala, Tanaya, Sameta, Tanuruha, Prayata.
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