Tunava, Tūṇava: 7 definitions
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Tunava 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.
In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and SubjectsTūṇava (तूणव) denotes in the later Saṃhitās and the Brāhmaṇas a musical instrument of wood, probably the ‘flute’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryTuṇava (तुणव).—m. (? compare Sanskrit tūṇava, according to [Boehtlingk and Roth] a wooden wind instrument, perhaps flute; Pali tiṇava, Aṅguttaranikāya (Pali) ii.117.6, according to commentary iii.121.15 = deṇḍimo or diṇḍ°, a kind of drum; see tuṇa, tūṇa), some musical instrument, possibly a kind of drum; but according to regular Tibetan renderings a one- stringed instrument of the vīṇā type: °vaḥ Mahāvyutpatti 5015 = Tibetan pi waṅ (= vīṇā) rgyud gcig pa (one-stringed); on Lalitavistara and Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Tibetan regularly rgyud gcig (pa); in lists, -paṇava- tuṇava-vīṇā- Lalitavistara 163.6 (here om. in Tibetan); tuṇava-paṇava- vīṇā-veṇu- 212.3; -paṭaha-tuṇava-(so mss., except one tuna-paṇava-; Lefm. tūṇava-)-vīṇā- 301.15; in Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 51.13 read tuṇavā(ḥ) with Kashgar recension, WT, and Tibetan rgyud gcig, for KN praṇadā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryTūṇava (तूणव).—[masculine] a flute.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tūṇava (तूणव):—m. a flute, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā vi; Kāṭhaka; Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra v, 8, 2; Nirukta, by Yāska xiii, 9]
2) mfn. ifc. [Pāṇini 2-2, 34], [vArttika] 1.
[Sanskrit to German]
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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusTuṇava (ತುಣವ):—[noun] a kind of drum, a percussion instrument.
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: Tunavadhma, Tunavai, Tunavant, Tunavat.
Ends with: Vinatunava.
Full-text: Tunavadhma, Dhma, Vinatunava, Tuna, Pranada, Kumbhatuna, Nadi.
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Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)
Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)
References to drama, dance and music in Sanskrit literature < [Chapter 1 - Nāṭya]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XVI - The great renunciation again < [Volume II]