Pāli Dictionary

tanta

tanroottasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

tan7stretch; extend

Synonyms

sutta

general

  • a thread; string; twine

  • AN 4.199

    taṇhaṃ vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi jāliniṃ saritaṃ visaṭaṃ visattikaṃ, yāya ayaṃ loko uddhasto pariyonaddho tant'ākulakajāto gulāguṇṭhikajāto muñjapabbajabhūto apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ saṃsāraṃ n'ātivattati.

  • a loom; a weaving apparatus

tantar

tanroottarsuffix

via inflected form tantā · nominative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

tan7stretch; extend

general

  • string; cord; thread

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

taṃantā
  1. taṃ

    it; that; him; her; that person; that thing (nominative neuter singular or accusative singular of ‘ta’)

  2. antāanta

    (compound-final, gram.) ending in, final; the last letter, syllable or vowel (of a word)

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