Tanvanga, Tanvaṅga, Tanu-anga: 6 definitions

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Tanvanga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tanvaṅga (तन्वङ्ग).—a. having slender limbs, delicate.

-ṅgī a delicate woman.

Tanvaṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tanu and aṅga (अङ्ग).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tanvaṅga (तन्वङ्ग).—f. , a delicate woman.

Tanvaṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tanu and aṅga (अङ्ग).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tanvaṅga (तन्वङ्ग).—[feminine] ī slender (-limbed); [feminine] a maiden or woman.

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

1) Tanvaṅga (तन्वङ्ग):—[=tanv-aṅga] [from tanv > tan] m. ‘slender-limbed’, Name of a man, [Rājataraṅgiṇī vii, 260 f.; 635 and 641]

2) Tānvaṅga (तान्वङ्ग):—[from tāntava] m. [patronymic] [from] tanv-, [Rājataraṅgiṇī vii, 898.]

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Tanvanga 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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