Te, Ṭe, Ṭē, Tè: 24 definitions
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Te means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, biology, Tamil. 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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In Buddhism
Chinese Buddhism
特 [te]—A bull, stallion; outstanding, special, alone.
特 ts = tè p refers to [noun] “bull; gava”; Domain: Buddhism 佛教 [fu jiao]; Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: gava, Japanese: toku, or: doku (BCSD '特 [te]', p. 811; Edgerton 1953 'gava', p. 211; MW 'gava'; SH '特 [te]', p. 330; Unihan '特 [te]').
Chinese Buddhism (漢傳佛教, hanchuan fojiao) is the form of Buddhism that developed in China, blending Mahayana teachings with Daoist and Confucian thought. Its texts are mainly in Classical Chinese, based on translations from Sanskrit. Major schools include Chan (Zen), Pure Land, Tiantai, and Huayan. Chinese Buddhism has greatly influenced East Asian religion and culture.
Biology (plants and animals)
Te in Malaysia is the name of a plant defined with Acalypha siamensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acalypha siamensis var. denticulata Airy Shaw (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Records of the Botanical Survey of India (1922)
· Kew Bulletin (1977)
· Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine (1925)
· Kew Bulletin (1972)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1923)
· International Journal of Oncology (2009)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Te, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, extract dosage, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, side effects, have a look at these references.
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Te°, (Sk. trai°) secondary base of numeral three (fr. ti) in compn: having a relation to a triad of, three-; in numerical cpds. also=three (see under tayo).
—kaṭula containing 3 spices (of yāgu), viz. tila, taṇḍula, mugga Vin. I, 210; III, 66; —cīvarika wearing three robes (cp. ticīvara) Vin. I, 253; Ud. 42; Pug. 69; Vism. 60. —daṇḍika carrying the tripod (see tidaṇḍa), Ep. of a brahmin ascetic A. III, 276; J. II, 316 (=kuṇḍikaṃ ṭhapanatthāya tidaṇḍaṃ gahetvā caranto); —dhātuka (nt.) the (worlds of the) threefold composition of elements=tiloka Nett 14, 63 (tedhātuke vimutti= sabbadhi vippamutta), 82; cp. Kvu 605; —piṭaka versed in the three piṭakas (see piṭaka), Ep. of theras & bhikkhus J. IV, 219; Miln. 18 sq.; DhA. I, 7, 384; III, 385; Dāvs. V, 22. Cp. Sk. tripiṭo bhikṣuḥ (AvŚ I. 334 & Index to Divy); —bhātika having 3 brothers DhA. I, 88, 97. —bhūmaka belonging to the 3 stages of being (viz. the kāma, rūpa, arūpa existences; cp. °dhātuka & tiloka) DhA. I, 305; IV, 72; DhsA. 50, 214 (°kusala), 291; —māsa (nt.) 3 months, i.e. a season M. I, 438; Miln. 15; DhA. II, 192; PvA. 20; —vācika pronouncing the threefold formula (of the saraṇa-gata) Vin. I, 18; —vijja (adj.) possessed of the 3 fold knowledge (i.e. either the higher knowledge of the Brahmins, i.e. the 3 Vedas (cp. Sk. trayī vidyā=the knowledge of the Vedas) or of the Buddha & Arahants, as defined at A. I, 164 sq. , viz. (1) remembrance of former births, (2) insight into the (future) destiny of all beings, (3) recognition of the origin of misery & of the way to its removal, i.e. of the Path): 1. brahmanic: D. I, 238; A. I, 163; also as tevijjaka (n.) D. I, 88, 107, 119.—2. buddhistic: Vin. II, 161; M. I, 482; S. I, 194; A. I, 167 =It. 100; Sn. 594=VvA. 10; Pug. 14; DhA. I, 138; Sdhp. 420. —tevijjatā (abstr.) Vism. 5. (Page 306)
te (တေ)—
- e-sara so ]te] saddā．mūpā．
-ဗျည်းနှင့် ဧ-သရ ယှဉ်တွဲ ပေါင်းစပ်ရွတ်ဆိုအပ်သော 'တေ' သဒ္ဒါ။ မူရင်းကြည့်ပါ။
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
tē (ते).—pron (Poetry.) She. See the popular tī. tē, hē, jē stand, in poetry, for tī, hī, jī.
tē (ते).—pro (Poetry.) She. tēṃ pro It; that.
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
Te (ते).—ind. With or by thee. E. te substituted for tvayā, but not to be confounded with the optional inflection of the 4th and 6th cases of yuṣmad thou.
Te (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 爲汝 [wèi rǔ]: “for you”.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Te (ತೆ):—[independent] an indeclinable used to express one’s anger, disgust, helplessness, etc.
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Tē (ತೇ):—
1) [verb] to move (a thing) against something else or move (things) over each other with pressure and friction, as to make the former become powder; to rub.
2) [verb] to become worn away, disintegrated.
3) [verb] to cause something to be eroded, erased or deteriorated.
4) [verb] to go back; to retreat; to withdraw oneself.
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Tē (ತೇ):—
1) [noun] the evergreen plant Thea sinensis (= Camellia thea, = C. sinensis) of Theaceae family.
2) [noun] its dried and prepared leaves used to make a beverage; tea.
3) [noun] the beverage made using these leaves.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Ṭe (டெ) . The compound of ட் [d] and எ. [e.]
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Ṭē (டே) . The compound of ட் [d] and ஏ. [e.]
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Te (தெ) The compound of த் [t] and எ. [e.]
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Tē (தே) . The compound of த் [t] and ஏ. [e.]
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Tē (தே) noun < தெவ்வு-. [thevvu-.] Acquiring; கொள் ளுகை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [kol lugai. (pingalagandu)]
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Tē (தே) noun < deva.
1. The deity; தெய்வம். (பிங்கலகண்டு) தேபூசை செய்யுஞ் சித்திரசாலை [theyvam. (pingalagandu) thepusai seyyugn sithirasalai] (சிவரகசியம் நைமிச. [sivaragasiyam naimisa.] 20).
2. Chief, lord; நாயகன். (இலக்கியச் சொல்லகராதி) [nayagan. (ilakkiyas sollagarathi)]
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Tē (தே) noun Onomatopoeic expression of driving cattle; மாடுதுரத்தும் ஒலிக்குறிப்பு. [maduthurathum olikkurippu.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Chinese-English dictionary
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
貣 [tè] [te]—
Verb
To beg; to plead (乞求 [qi qiu]). Xunzi: The Accomplishments of the Ru (《荀子 [xun zi]．儒效 [ru xiao]》): "Suppose there is a person here who carefully hides treasure worth a thousand yi (千溢之寶 [qian yi zhi bao]); although he goes begging (行 [xing]) for food, people still call him rich."
貣：[動]
乞求。《荀子．儒效》：「今有人於此，屑然藏千溢之寶，雖行貣而食，人謂之富矣。」
tè:[dòng]
qǐ qiú. < xún zi． rú xiào>: “jīn yǒu rén yú cǐ, xiè rán cáng qiān yì zhī bǎo, suī xíng tè ér shí, rén wèi zhī fù yǐ.”
te:[dong]
qi qiu. < xun zi. ru xiao>: "jin you ren yu ci, xie ran cang qian yi zhi bao, sui xing te er shi, ren wei zhi fu yi."
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
螣 [tè] [te]—
[Noun]
A small green caterpillar (青蟲 [qing chong]) that exclusively feeds on seedling leaves (苗葉 [miao ye]).
Yuan (元 [yuan]) Dynasty. Yuan Haowen (元好問 [yuan hao wen]), "What I Saw on the Yanmen (雁門 [yan men]) Road" (雁門道中書所見 [yan men dao zhong shu suo jian]) poem: "The grain (禾 [he]) is plagued by 百 [bai](bǎi téng); choosing meat is not a task for just one tiger (虎 [hu])."
螣：[名]
一種專食苗葉的小青蟲。元．元好問〈雁門道中書所見〉詩：「食禾有百螣，擇肉非一虎。」
tè:[míng]
yī zhǒng zhuān shí miáo yè de xiǎo qīng chóng. yuán． yuán hǎo wèn 〈yàn mén dào zhōng shū suǒ jiàn〉 shī: “shí hé yǒu bǎi tè, zé ròu fēi yī hǔ.”
te:[ming]
yi zhong zhuan shi miao ye de xiao qing chong. yuan. yuan hao wen
1) 特 ts = tè p refers to [adjective] “special; unique”; Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 [wen yan wen]; Notes: (CC-CEDICT '特 [te]'; Guoyu '特 [te]' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '特 [te]' 1, p. 447; Unihan '特 [te]').
2) 特 ts = tè p refers to [adjective] “prominant; distinguished”; Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 [wen yan wen]; Notes: (Guoyu '特 [te]' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '特 [te]' 1, p. 447; Unihan '特 [te]')..
3) 特 ts = tè p refers to [adjective] “single”; Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 [wen yan wen]; Notes: (Guoyu '特 [te]' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '特 [te]' 2, p. 447)..
4) 特 ts = tè p refers to [adverb] “merely; only”; Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 [wen yan wen]; Notes: (Kroll 2015 '特 [te]' 2a, p. 447)..
5) 特 ts = tè p refers to [noun] “consort”; Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 [wen yan wen]; Notes: (Guoyu '特 [te]' n 1; Kroll 2015 '特 [te]' 3, p. 447)..
6) 特 ts = tè p refers to [noun] “bull; male”; Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 [wen yan wen]; Notes: (Guoyu '特 [te]'adj 2; Kroll 2015 '特 [te]' 4, p. 447)..
7) 特 ts = tè p refers to [noun] “spy; special agent”; Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 [wen yan wen]; Notes: (Guoyu '特 [te]'n 2)..
1) 特 [tè] refers to: “special”.
特 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Related Chinese terms] 有勝.
[Vietnamese] đặc.
[Korean] 특 / teuk.
[Japanese] トク / toku.
2) 忒 [tè] refers to: “extremely”.
忒 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Vietnamese] thắc.
[Korean] 특 / teuk.
[Japanese] トク / hanahada.
3) 慝 [tè] refers to: “evil”.
慝 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Vietnamese] thắc.
[Korean] 특 / teuk.
[Japanese] トク / toku.
Chinese language.
Vietnamese-English dictionary
Te (in Vietnamese) can be associated with the following Chinese and English terms:
1) Tễ with 劑 [jì]: “to harmonize”..
2) Tê with 嘶 [sī]: “neigh”.
3) Tê with 犀 [xī]: “rhinoceros”.
4) Tê with 齎 [jī]: “bring”.
5) Tể with 宰 [zǎi]: “rule”.
6) Tệ with 弊 [bì]: “inferior”.
7) Tế with 濟 [jì]: “cross over”.
8) Tế with 祭 [jì]: “sacrifice or make offerings to one's ancestors”.
9) Tế with 穄 [jì]: “panicled millet”..
10) Tế with 細 [xì]: “subtle”.
11) Tế with 蔽 [bì]: “cover”.
12) Tế with 際 [jì]: “time”.
13) Tề with 臍 [qí]: “navel”.
14) Tề with 齊 [qí]: “adjust”.
Vietnamese language.
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