Thanda, Thaṇḍa, Ṭhanḍā: 5 definitions

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Thanda means something in the history of ancient India, 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.

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India history and geography

Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1

Thanda (“bottom of a ship”) is one of the exogamous septs (divisions) among the Malas (considered the Pariahs of the Telugu country) of the Reddi Bhumi section. The Mala people are almost equally inferior in position to the Madigas and have, in their various sub-divisions, many exogamous septs (e.g., Thanda).

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

thaṇḍa (थंड).—a ( H) Cold or cool. 2 Cooling--a medicine, an item of regimen or article of diet. 3 fig. Reserved, frigid, phlegmatic: also mild, placid, equable: also dull, slow, sluggish. 4 Quiet, still, composed--a country, a state of things. 5 Refreshened, calmed, tranquilized--eyes, mind &c. 6 Slackened or remitted--a work, a fever: exhausted or spent--a ball, an arrow, any missile. 7 Free from the disturbance of haunting fiends or goblins--a house or place. 8 Applied as a or n to a hermaphrodite or an impotent. thaṇḍa hōṇēṃ-paḍaṇēṃ To die.

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thaṇḍā (थंडा).—a ( H) See thaṇḍa except in the literal or first sense.

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

thaṇḍa (थंड).—a Cold, cooling. Fig. Reserved, frigid, phlegmatic: also mild, placid, equable; also dull, slow, sluggish. Quiet, still, composed–a country, state of things. Calmed, tranquilized–eyes, mind, &c. Slackened or remitted- a work, a fever; exhausted or spent -a ball, an arrow.

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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.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Thanda in Hindi refers in English to:—(a) cool; cold; bleak; dull; insipid, lifeless; unresponsive; unfeeling; ~[pana] frigidity, unresponsiveness; —[svabhava] cool/dispassionate temperament; —[svara] dispassionate voice, dispassionate manner of speech; [thamde-thamde] quietly; before it is too late; while it is cool; —[karake khao] blow first, sip afterwards; act in haste, have a nasty taste; —[karana] to pacify; to put out, to extinguish; —[padana] to be pacified, to be subdued or tamed; to lose all passion or warmth; to be extinguished; to be assuaged; —[padana, josha] to draw/pull in one’s horns; —[hona] to be put out/extinguished, to pass away; to be unresponsive/frigid; [tamdi samsa lena] to heave a sigh; [thamde dimaga/dila se] coolly, dispassionately..—thanda (ठंडा) is alternatively transliterated as Ṭhaṃḍā.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Ṭhanḍā (ठन्डा):—adj. 1. cold; chill; cool; 2. freezing; frosty;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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