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Thūṇā (feminine) [Vedic sthūṇā from sthā, standing fast, as in thambha, thīna, etc. Nearest relation is thāvara (= thūrā, on r > ṇ = l (thūla) < n see tūṇī). Cf. Greek σταυρός (post); Latin restauro (to prop up again); Greek στῦλος pillar, "style"; Gothic stojan etc. (see thāvara); Anglo-Saxon styran = English steer, German steuer] a pillar, prop, support A II 198; Vv 54 1 (= thambha Vv-a 245); Sv I 124. Especially the sacrificial post in phrase thūṇūpanīta "lead to sacrifice" (yūpa-saṅkhātuṃ thūṇaṃ upa° Sv I 294): D I 127 ≈ S I 76 ≈ Dhp-a II 7; Ja III 45. kumbhathūṇā a sort of drum D I 6 etc. (see kumbha, where also kumbha-thūṇika Vin IV 285). — eka-thūṇaka with one support Ja IV 79.
(fem, fem, from thunāti) sacrificial post sacrificial post [lit.] moaning Construction: √thu + uṇā
(fem, fem, from thunāti) name of a Brahman village [lit.] moaning Construction: √thu + uṇā
(fem, fem, from thunāti) tree trunk; wooden post [lit.] moaning Construction: √thu + uṇā