Note: this spelling has no Hindi dictionary meaning of its own, and its Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“distressed”). The nearest Hindi word below is a suggestion, not a meaning of this name.
As a Hindi name
Note: this spelling has no Hindi dictionary meaning of its own, and its Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“distressed”). The nearest Hindi word below is a suggestion, not a meaning of this name.
Nearest attested word 'तान्त' does not appear as a word in our Hindi sources. The nearest word is तानना, meaning to stretch, expand, elongate. nearest word: तानना — a suggestion, not a meaning
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
breathing with difficulty, fainted away, languishing, drooping
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Dictionary citations
1. tānta m. ‘end of ta’, a mystical N. of the letter th, RāmatUp. i, 78.
2. tānta mfn. (√ tam) breathing with difficulty, fainted away, languishing, drooping, TBr. ii, 3, 8, 1; ŚBr. iv, 2, 2, 11
languid (the eye), Amar.
wearied, fatigued, distressed, W.
faded, W.
Alternative readings
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