Tushanala, Tuṣānala, Tusha-anala: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Tuṣānala can be transliterated into English as Tusanala or Tushanala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTuṣānala (तुषानल).—
1) fire of the chaff or husk of corn.
2) a mode of capital punishment consisting in twisting straw round the limbs of a criminal and then setting it on fire.
Derivable forms: tuṣānalaḥ (तुषानलः).
Tuṣānala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tuṣa and anala (अनल). See also (synonyms): tuṣāgni.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTuṣānala (तुषानल).—m.
(-laḥ) 1. A conflagration of chaff, or of the husk of corn. 2. A capital punishment, burning; twisting dry straw, &c. round the limbs of a criminal, and setting it on fire. E. tuṣa, and anala fire.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryTuṣānala (तुषानल).—[masculine] fire of chaff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tuṣānala (तुषानल):—[from tuṣa] m. idem, [Dhūrtasamāgama i, 18]
2) [v.s. ...] a capital punishment consisting in twisting dry straw round a criminal’s limbs and setting it on fire, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTuṣānala (तुषानल):—[tuṣā+nala] (laḥ) 1. m. A conflagration of chaff; a captial punishment.
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 corpusTuṣānala (ತುಷಾನಲ):—[noun] = ತುಷಾಗ್ನಿ [tushagni].
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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