tena | तेन | tena
1. tena | तेन | m. a note or cadence introductory to a song.
2. te/na | ते/न | ind. (instr. of 2. ta/ | त/ |) in that direction, there (correl. to yena | येन |, ‘in which direction, where’), SaddhP. iv; Pāṇ. ii, 1, 14, Kāś.
in that manner, thus (correl. to yena | येन |, ‘in what manner’), PārGṛ. ii, 2; Mn. iv, 178; Vop. v, 7
on that account, for that reason, therefore (correl. to yena | येन | [Mn.; MBh.], ya/d | य/द् | [ŚBr. iv, 1, 5, 7; Mn. i, iii; R. ii], yasmāt | यस्मात् | [MBh.; R.], yatas | यतस् | [Sāh. i, 2; Hit.])
tena hi | तेन हि |, therefore, now then, Śak.; Vikr. i, 3/4.
2. te/na | ते/न | ind. (instr. of 2. ta/ | त/ |) in that direction, there (correl. to yena | येन |, ‘in which direction, where’), SaddhP. iv; Pāṇ. ii, 1, 14, Kāś.
in that manner, thus (correl. to yena | येन |, ‘in what manner’), PārGṛ. ii, 2; Mn. iv, 178; Vop. v, 7
on that account, for that reason, therefore (correl. to yena | येन | [Mn.; MBh.], ya/d | य/द् | [ŚBr. iv, 1, 5, 7; Mn. i, iii; R. ii], yasmāt | यस्मात् | [MBh.; R.], yatas | यतस् | [Sāh. i, 2; Hit.])
tena hi | तेन हि |, therefore, now then, Śak.; Vikr. i, 3/4.