Tenu, Tēnu, Tēṉu: 2 definitions
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusTēnu (ತೇನು):—
1) [noun] a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food; honey.
2) [noun] the nest or hive of bees.
3) [noun] any bee that collects and stores honey, esp. Apis mellifera; honey-bee.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconTēṉu (தேனு) noun < dhēnu.
1. Cow, milch cow; பசு. (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [pasu. (sudamaninigandu)]
2. Cow of Svarga. See காமதேனு. உம்பர்தருத் தேனுமணிக் கசிவாகி [kamathenu. umbartharuth thenumanig kasivagi] (திருப்புகழ் விநாயகர்துதி. [thiruppugazh vinayagarthuthi.] 2).
3. Buffalo; எருமை. (அகராதி நிகண்டு) [erumai. (agarathi nigandu)]
4. Horse; குதிரை. (அகராதி நிகண்டு) [kuthirai. (agarathi nigandu)]
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Tēṉu (தேனு) noun < stēna. Theft, robbery; களவு. (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [kalavu. (sudamaninigandu)]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Tenugu, Tenukam, Tenukarakam, Tenulo, Tenumgu, Tenumuttirai, Tenuru, Tenutsuthu.
Ends with: Jutenu, Kamatenu, Tilatenu.
Full-text (+120): Dhenu, Gudadhenu, Godhenu, Asidhenu, Margadhenu, Dhenushtari, Dhenumakshika, Navanitadhenu, Ratnadhenu, Madhudhenu, Atidhenu, Dadhidhenu, Kamadhenu, Kshitidhenu, Dhainava, Dhenutva, Dhenumbhavya, Paradhenu, Kalpadhenu, Dhenudugdha.
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.1.174 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
Verse 4.1.11 < [Part 1 - Laughing Ecstasy (hāsya-rasa)]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.1.100-101 < [Chapter 1 - Meeting Again at the House of Śrī Advaita Ācārya]
Verse 1.15.189 < [Chapter 15 - Marriage with Śrī Viṣṇupriyā]
Verse 2.16.141 < [Chapter 16 - The Lord’s Acceptance of Śuklāmbara’s Rice]
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 19 < [Chapter 3 - Tṛtīya-yāma-sādhana (Pūrvāhna-kālīya-bhajana–niṣṭhā-bhajana)]
Text 22 < [Chapter 5 - Pañcama-yāma-sādhana (Aparāhna-kālīya-bhajana–kṛṣṇa-āsakti)]
Text 44 < [Chapter 2 - Dvitīya-yāma-sādhana (Prātaḥ-kālīya-bhajana)]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
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