adjective
sinew
a sinew; a tendon
Nahāru and Nhāru [Sanskrit snāyu, Indo-Germanic *snē to sew, cf. Greek νέω, νήθω, νῆμα (thread); Old High German nājan; also Greek μεῦρον (= Latin nervus); Anglo-Saxon sinu (= sinew); Old High German senawa; Gothic nepla = Anglo-Saxon naedl (= needle); Old-Irish snātha (thread); Old High German snuor (cord) = Anglo-Saxon snod] sinew, tendon, muscle. In the anatomy of the body n. occupies the place between maṃsa (flesh, soft flesh) and aṭṭhi (bone), as is seen from stereotype sequence chavi, camma, maṃsa, nahāru, aṭṭhi, aṭṭhi-miñja (e.g. at Vin I 25; Ja III 84). See also definition in detail at Pj II 246 f. and Pj I 47. Vin I 25 (nh°); M I 429 (used for bow strings); A I 50; III 324; IV 47 f. (°daddula), 129; Khp 111.; Snp 194 (aṭṭhi°) Nidd II §97 (nh°); Dhp-a III 118; Thig-a 257 (nh°); Pv-a 68 (aṭṭhi-camma°), 80 (camma-maṃsa°); Saddh 46, 103.
(masc, masc, from nayhati) tendon; sinew sinew, tendon [lit.] binding Construction: √nah + āru