Tantuparvan, Tantu-parvan: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tantuparvan (तन्तुपर्वन्).—n. the anniversary of the day of full-moon in the month of Srāvaṇa when Krisna was invested with the sacred thread.

Tantuparvan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tantu and parvan (पर्वन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tantuparvan (तन्तुपर्वन्) or Tantuparvvan.—n. (-rva) The full moon of Sravana, when Krishna is invefted with the Brahmanical cord. E. tantu, and parvan a festival.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tantuparvan (तन्तुपर्वन्):—[=tantu-parvan] [from tantu > tan] n. ‘thread-festival’, the day of full moon in month Śrāvaṇa (anniversary of Kṛṣṇa’s investment with the Brāhmanical cord), [Tithyāditya]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tantuparvan (तन्तुपर्वन्):—[tantu-parvan] (rvva) 5. n. Full-moon of Shrāvana, when Krishna is invested with a brāhmanical cord.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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