Alternative spellings of this word include Tulna.

India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1963

Tulāna is the name of an ancient locality that existed since the ancient kingdom of Anurādhapura, Ceylon (Sri Lanka).—The construction of Mahaṭombuva or Māṭombu tank is ascribed to Jeṭṭhatissa I (263-275) and to Aggabodhi II (604-614). Aggabodhi IV (667-683) built the Māṭambiya Practising House. The names Mahaṭombuva, Māṭombu and Māṭambiya appear to be preserved in modern Māṭombuva Korale and Tulāna. To the Practising House were assigned:—(i) Ambavāpi at Būkakalla; (ii) Tantavāyikacāṭika village; and (iii) Niṭṭhilaveṭṭhi village.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

tulana : (nt.) weighing; rating; deliberation. || tulanā (f.) weighing; rating; deliberation.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Tulanā, (f.) (see tuleti) weighing, rating; consideration, deliberation M. I, 480; II, 174; Nett 8, 41. (Page 305)

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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

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

tulanā (तुलना).—f (S) See the popular form tuḷaṇā.

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tuḷaṇā (तुळणा).—f sometimes tuḷaṇī f (tulanā S) Equality or likeness: also a person or thing equal or like, a match. Ex. tu0 nāhīṃ tujhē matī || tuja vanditi brahmādika ||. 2 Weighing or considering together in order to determine the likeness; comparing, likening, estimating relatively.

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

tulanā (तुलना).—f Equality; a match. Comparing.

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tuḷaṇā (तुळणा) [-ṇī, -णी].—f Equality; a match, Comparing.

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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

Tulana (तुलन).—[tul-lyuṭ]

1) Weight.

2) Lifting, weighing; तुलनं चाद्रिराजस्य (tulanaṃ cādrirājasya) Mṛcchakaṭika 9.2.

3) Comparing, likening &c.

-nā 1 Comparison, equalness with; कुचौ किंचिन्मीलत्कमल- तुलनां कन्दलयतः (kucau kiṃcinmīlatkamala- tulanāṃ kandalayataḥ) P. R.2.16.

2) Weighing.

3) Lifting, raising.

4) Rating, assessing, estimating.

5) Examining.

Derivable forms: tulanam (तुलनम्).

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

Tulana (तुलन).—nt., a high number: Mahāvyutpatti 7725; 7851 (cited from Gaṇḍavyūha); Gaṇḍavyūha 105.24. In Gaṇḍavyūha 133.7 ulana, q.v.

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Tulanā (तुलना).—(= Pali id.; in this meaning Sanskrit only tulana, nt.), weighing (mentally), consideration: Mahāvyutpatti 6472; Bodhisattvabhūmi 193.26 (foll. in composition by upaparīkṣaṇā); Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 615.11 (foll. in composition by vyupaparīkṣaṇatā).

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

Tulana (तुलन).—[tul + ana], n. 1. Lifting, [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 146, 25. 2. Taxing, 50, 16.

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

Tulana (तुलन).—[neuter] lifting, weighing, rating.

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

1) Tulana (तुलन):—[from tulaka > tul] n. lifting, [Mṛcchakaṭikā ix, 20]

2) [v.s. ...] weighing, rating, [iii, 20]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a high number, [Buddhist literature; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Tulanā (तुलना):—[from tulana > tulaka > tul] f. rating, [ib.]

5) [v.s. ...] equalness with ([instrumental case] or in [compound]), [Prasannarāghava ii, 16.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Tulana (तुलन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Tulaṇa, Tulaṇā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Tulana 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

Tulanā (तुलना) [Also spelled tulna]:—(nf) comparison; (v) to be weighed; to be bent upon; hence ~[nīya] (a); ~[nā karanā, kisī se] to compare with, to make a comparative assessment.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Tulaṇa (तुलण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Tulana.

2) Tulaṇā (तुलणा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Tulanā.

3) Tulaṇā (तुलणा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Tulanā.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tulana (ತುಲನ):—[noun] = ತುಲನೆ [tulane].

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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.

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Starts with: Tulanaatmak-rupavigyaan, Tulanagha, Tulanala, Tulanali, Tulanalika, Tulanam, Tulanatmaka, Tulanatmaka-rupavijnana, Tulanavidhi.

Ends with: Anutulana, Asamtulana, Asantulana, Ayata-santulana, Bhuktana-santulana, Mtutulana, Paristhitika-santulana, Paritulana, Prakritika-santulana, Pratitulana, Samtulana, Shakti-santulana, Vatavaraniya-santulana.

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