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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ṭāpū (टापू).—m ( H) An island: also an insulated realm or territory. 2 A tender tip or end (of a plant). 3 P A gram-pod. 4 A plant (of harabharā, tūra, vāṭāṇā, masūra, hulagā, karaḍaī, kōthimbīra &c.); also of grass, of any weed, and, generally, of any herb (See Eng. Dict.): also a stalk (as of bājarī or jōndhaḷā).

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ṭāpū (टापू).—m An island: also an insulated realm or territory. A tender tip or end (of a plant).

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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 dictionary

Tapu (तपु).—a. Ved. Burning hot; कृष्णाध्वा तपू रण्वश्चिकेत (kṛṣṇādhvā tapū raṇvaściketa) Rv.2.4.6.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Tapu (तपु).—: [ Divyāvadāna 342.26; 343.5; read taṭṭu; see s.v. taṭṭa.]

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

Tapu (तपु).—[adjective] burning, hot.

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

Tapu (तपु):—[from tap] mfn. burning hot, [Ṛg-veda ii, 4, 6; ix, 83, 2.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Tapu 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ṭāpū (टापू):—(nm) an island.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ṭāpu (ಟಾಪು):—

1) [noun] a large tract of land surrounded by water on all sides, and not large enough to be called a continent; an island.

2) [noun] an exiling of a person from the main land sending to an island, a punishment awarded in the days of British rule.

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Tāpu (ತಾಪು):—

1) [noun] a house of prostitution.

2) [noun] a secret place designated for a meeting or assembling.

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Tāpu (ತಾಪು):—

1) [verb] to hit, strike or dash against; to attack.

2) [verb] to cause to join; to cause to meet.

3) [verb] to reach; to touch.

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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: Tapassu, Tapassu Sutta, Tapum, Tapur, Tapura, Tapuragra, Tapurjambha, Tapurmurdhan, Tapurvadha, Tapus, Tapushi, Tapushikshe, Tapushpa, Taputa, Taputipu, Taputpa.

Ends with: Ghritapu, Ketapu, Mahatapu, Matapu, Murutapu, Shitapu, Vatapu.

Full-text: Tapus, Tapushikshe, Tapurjambha, Tapurmurdhan, Tapurvadha, Stri, Tape, Tapana.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Tapu, Ṭāpū, Ṭāpu, Tāpu; (plurals include: Tapus, Ṭāpūs, Ṭāpus, Tāpus). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)

Chapter XV - The story of Padumāvatī (Padmāvatī) < [Volume III]

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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)

Section CCCXI < [Aranya Parva]

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