tantu | तन्तु | tantu
ta/ntu | त/न्तु | m. a thread, cord, string, line, wire, warp (of a web), filament, fibre, RV. &c.
a cobweb, W.
a succession of sacrificial performances, BhP.
any one propagating his family in regular succession, KātyŚr. iii; Āp.; TUp.; MBh. (cf. kula- | कुल- |) &c.
a line of descendants, AitBr. vii, 17
any continuity (as of thirst or hope), MBh. xii, 7877; Mālatīm.
N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr.
= -nāga | -नाग |, L.
(g. gargādi | गर्गादि |) N. of a man, Pravar. iv, 1
cf. kāśWa- | काश्Wअ- |, vara- | वर- |, sapta/- | सप्त/- |.
a cobweb, W.
a succession of sacrificial performances, BhP.
any one propagating his family in regular succession, KātyŚr. iii; Āp.; TUp.; MBh. (cf. kula- | कुल- |) &c.
a line of descendants, AitBr. vii, 17
any continuity (as of thirst or hope), MBh. xii, 7877; Mālatīm.
N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr.
= -nāga | -नाग |, L.
(g. gargādi | गर्गादि |) N. of a man, Pravar. iv, 1
cf. kāśWa- | काश्Wअ- |, vara- | वर- |, sapta/- | सप्त/- |.