taMtuH [ tan tun ] 1 A thread, cord, wire, string, line; ciMtAsaMtatitaMtu Māl. 5. 10 ; Me. 70. 2 A cob-web; R. 16. 20. 3 A filament; bisataMtuguRasya kAritaM Ku. 4. 29. 4 An offspring, issue, race. 5 A shark. 6 The Supreme Being. Comp. — kAzWaM a piece of wood or brush used by weavers for cleaning threads. — kIwaH a silk-worm. — nAgaH a (large) shark. — niryArsaH the palmyra tree. — nABaH a spider. — parvat n. the anniversary of the day of full-moon in the month of Śrāvaṇa when Kṛṣṇa was invested with the sacred thread. — BaH 1 the mustard seed. 2 a calf. — varDanaH ‘increasing the race’, N. of Viṣṇu, also of Śiva. — vAdyaM any stringed musical instrument. — vAnaM weaving. — vApaH 1 a weaver. 2 a loom. 3 weaving. — vAyaH 1 a spider. 2 a weaver 3 weaving °daMqaH a loom. — vigrahA a plantain. — SAlA a weaver's workshop. — saMtata a. woven, sewn. — (ta) wove cloth. — saMtatiH f. , — saMtAnaH weaving. — sAraH the betel-nut tree.