neuter · tanta 1 · tanta 2
thread
Tanta (neuter) [Vedic tantra, to tanoti; cf. tantrī feminine string] a thread, a string, a loom Ja I 356 (°vitata-ṭṭhāna the place of weaving); Dhp-a I 424. At Ja IV 484 tanta is to be corrected to tata (stretched out). -ākula tangled string, a tangled skein, in phrase tantākulajātā guḷāguṇṭhikajāta "entangled like a ball of string and covered with blight" S II 92; IV 158; A II 211; Dīp XII 32. See guḷā; -āvuta weaving, weft, web S V 45; A I 286; -bhaṇḍa weaving appliances Vin II 135; -rajjuka "stringing and roping," hanging, execution Ja IV 87; -vāya a weaver Ja I 356; Miln 331; Vism 259; Dhp-a I 424.
a thread; a loom; the warp
【中】 線，細繩，織布機。~vāya,【陽】 織布者。~ākulakajāta,【形】 纏得像線球一般的。
(nt, nt, from tanoti) thread; string; twine thread, string [lit.] stretched Construction: √tan + ta
(nt, nt, from tanoti) loom; textile machine loom Construction: √tan + ta