Tanumajjha, Tanu-majjha: 2 definitions
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Tanumajjha means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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.
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[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)tanumajjha—
(Burmese text): (၁) ခါး၊ ကိုယ်၏ အလယ်ပိုင်း အရပ်။ (တိ) (၂) (က) သေးသွယ်သော ခါးရှိသော၊ ခါးသေးသော (သမီးကညာ,တူရိယာ)။ (ခ) ဂရု-၂လုံး လဟု ၂-လုံး ဂရု ၂-လုံး (=၂၂၁၁၂၂) ရှိသောကြောင့် ခါးသေးသူနှင့် တူသော (တနုမဇ္ဈာ) ဂါထာ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Waist, the middle part of the body. (2) (a) Slim-waisted, having a narrow waist (like a daughter, an instrument). (b) Because there are 2 sounds of "Ga" and 2 sounds of "Gu" (=221122), it is similar to those with a narrow waist (Tanu-Majja) Gatha.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Majjha, Tanu.
Starts with: Tanumajjhaturiyavisesa.
Full-text: Tanumajjhaturiyavisesa.
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