Wire – Sanskrit words for
Threading, making sutures, was one of the first human technologies, a game-changer almost as profound as fire.
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1 jāla (wire)
2 jālaprāyā (wire)
3 tantu (wire)
4 tantrī (wire)
5 sūtra (wire)
jāla
| (H1) | jāla 1 [p= 419,3] [L=79045]
mfn. |
watery MBh. iii , 11967
| (H1) | jāla 2 [L=79046]
n. |
a net (for catching birds , fish &c ) AV. viii , x Ka1tyS3r. Pa1rGr2. &c
| [L=79047] |
a hairnet |
A1p.
| [L=79048] |
a net ( |
fig.) , snare Ya1jn5. iii , 119 MBh. iii , 25 R. v Bhartr2. &c
| [L=79049] |
(in |
anat.) the omentum Bhpr. ii , 310
| [L=79050] |
a cob-web |
W.
| [L=79051] |
any reticulated or woven texture , wire-net , mail-coat , wire-helmet |
MBh. v ff. Hariv. Kum. vii , 59
| [L=79052] |
a lattice , eyelet. |
R. iii , 61 , 13 VarBr2S. lvi , 22
| [L=79053] |
a lattice-window |
Mn. viii , 132 Ya1jn5. i , 361 Vikr. &c
| [L=79054] |
" the web or membrane on the feet of water-birds " |
» -pāda the finger- and toe-membrane of divine beings and godlike personages S3ak. vii , 16
| [L=79055] |
lion's mane |
Katha1s. lxxv
| [L=79056] |
a bundle of buds |
W.
| [L=79057] |
(chiefly |
ifc.) collection multitude MBh. &c
| [L=79058] |
deception , illusion magic |
Das3. viii , 42 Katha1s. xxiv , 199
| [L=79059] |
pride |
W.
| [L=79060] |
for |
jāta , kind , species S3vetUp. v , 3 R. ii
| (H1B) | jāla 2 [L=79061]
m. |
(g. jvalā*di) Nauclea Cadamba L.
| (H1B) | jāla 2 [L=79062]
m. |
a small cucumber. L. Sch.
| (H1B) | jāla 2 [L=79064]
m. |
cf. áyo- , indra- , giri- , bṛhaj-.
| (H2) | jāla [p= 1327,3] [L=331920]
(in |
comp.)
jālaprāyā
| (H3) | jāla--prāyā [p= 420,1] [L=79083]
f. |
" chiefly wire-net " , chain-armour L.
tantu
| (H2) | tántu [p= 436,1] [L=82420]
m. |
a thread , cord , string , line , wire , warp (of a web) , filament , fibre RV. &c
| [L=82421] |
a cobweb |
W.
| [L=82422] |
a succession of sacrificial performances |
BhP.
| [L=82423] |
any one propagating his family in regular succession |
Ka1tyS3r. iii A1p. TUp. MBh. (cf. kula-) &c
| [L=82424] |
a line of descendants |
AitBr. vii , 17
| [L=82425] |
any continuity (as of thirst or hope) |
MBh. xii , 7877 Ma1lati1m.
| [L=82426] |
N. |
of a sāman A1rshBr.
| [L=82427] |
= |
-nāga L.
| [L=82428] |
( |
g. gargā*di) N. of a man Pravar. iv , 1
| [L=82429] |
cf. |
kāṣṭha- , vara- , saptá-.
tantrī
| (H2B) | tántrī [p= 436,2] [L=82498]
f |
(īs ; ī). (īs cf. Pa1n2. 5-4 , 159 Ka1s3. ; ī L. ) = °ntī Gobh. iii , 6 , 7 and BhP. iii , 15 , 8 (v.l. for °ntī ; » also vatsatantrī)
| (H2B) | tántrī [L=82499]
f |
(īs ; ī). the wire or string of a lute S3a1n3khS3r. xvii La1t2y. iv , 1 , 2 Kaus3. &c (°tri R. vi , 28 , 26)
| (H2B) | tántrī [L=82500]
f |
(īs ; ī). (fig.) the strings of the heart Hariv. 3210 (v.l.)
| (H2B) | tántrī [L=82501]
f |
(īs ; ī). any tubular vessel of the body , sinew , vein Pa1n2. 5-4 , 159
| (H2B) | tántrī [L=82502]
f |
(īs ; ī). the plant °trikā L.
| (H2B) | tántrī [L=82503]
f |
(īs ; ī). a girl with peculiar qualities L.
| (H2B) | tántrī [L=82504]
f |
(īs ; ī). N. of a river L.
| (H2B) | tántrī [L=82505]
f |
(īs ; ī). cf. ku-tantrī.
| (H2) | tantrī [L=82559]
f. |
of °tra q.v.
sūtra
| (H2) | sū́tra [p= 1241,3] [L=251185]
n. |
(accord. to g. ardhacā*di also m. ; fr. √ siv , " to sew " , and connected with sūci and sūnā) a thread , yarn , string , line , cord , wire AV. &c
| [L=251186] |
a measuring line ( |
cf. -pāta) Hariv. VarBr2S. &c
| [L=251187] |
the sacred thread or cord worn by the first three classes ( |
cf. yajño*pavīta) BhP.
| [L=251188] |
a girdle |
ib.
| [L=251189] |
a fibre |
Ka1lid.
| [L=251190] |
a line , stroke |
MBh. VarBr2S. Gol.
| [L=251191] |
a sketch , plan |
Ra1jat.
| [L=251192] |
that which like a thread runs through or holds together everything , rule , direction |
BhP.
| [L=251193] |
a short sentence or aphoristic rule , and any work or manual consisting of strings of such rules hanging together like threads (these |
sūtra works form manuals of teaching in ritual , philosophy , grammar &c : e.g. in ritual there are first the śrauta-sūtras , and among them the kalpa-sūtras , founded directly on śruti q.v. ; they form a kind of rubric to Vedic ceremonial , giving concise rules for the performance of every kind of sacrifice [ IW. 146 &c ] ; other kinds of śruti works are the gṛhya-sūtras and sāmayācārika or dharma-sūtras i.e. " rules for domestic ceremonies and conventional customs " , sometimes called collectively smārta-sūtras [as founded on smṛti or " tradition " » smārta] ; these led to the later dharmaśāstras or " law-books " [ IW. 145] ; in philosophy each system has its regular text-book of aphorisms written in sūtras by its supposed founder [ IW. 60 &c ] ; in vyākaraṇa or grammar there are the celebrated sūtras of pāṇini in eight books , which are the groundwork of a vast grammatical literature ; with Buddhists , pāśupatas &c the term sūtra is applied to original text books as opp. to explanatory works ; with jainas they form part of the dṛṣṭivāda) IW. 162 &c
| [L=251194] |
a kind of tree |
DivyA7v.
