India history and geography

Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1

Tolana (“wolf”) refers to one of the exogamous septs (divisions) among the Mogers (the Tulu-speaking fishermen of the South Canara district). The Moger people are called Mogayer, and are a caste of Tulava origin believed to Sudras of a pure descent.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

tōlana (तोलन).—n S Weighing. 2 fig. Comparing.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tolana (तोलन).—Raising, lifting, weighing &c.

Derivable forms: tolanam (तोलनम्).

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Tolana (तोलन).—&c. See under तुल् (tul).

Derivable forms: tolanam (तोलनम्).

See also (synonyms): tola.

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

Tolana (तोलन).—n.

(-naṃ) Weighing. E. tul to weigh, lyuṭ aff.

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

Tolana (तोलन).—i. e. tul + ana, n. Weighing, [Hitopadeśa] 140, 1; balancing, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 67, 10.

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

Tolana (तोलन).—[neuter] lifting up, weighing.

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

1) Tolana (तोलन):—[from tola] n. lifting up, [Rāmāyaṇa i, 66 f.; Sāhitya-darpaṇa v, 4/5]

2) [v.s. ...] weighing [Scholiast or Commentator] on [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra i, 3 and; Yājñavalkya; Subhāṣitāvali]

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

Tolana (तोलन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Weighing.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Tolana (तोलन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Tolaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Tolana in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Tolanā (तोलना):—(v) to weigh; to balance; to assess or to gauge; [tolakara bolo] think/weigh before you speak.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Tolaṇa (तोलण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Tolana.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tōlana (ತೋಲನ):—

1) [noun] the act of weighing by means of a scale or balance.

2) [noun] equal distribution of weight; the state of balance or equilibrium; equipoise.

3) [noun] likeness; resemblance.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Starts with: Tolanake, Tolanam, Tolanayamtra.

Ends with: Asamatolana, Bharottolana, Dhvajottolana, Samatolana, Tatolana, Uttolana.

Full-text: Uttolana, Taulana, Tolanam, Tola, Tolu, Apana, Tul, Tula.

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