तनु [ tanu ] [ tanú ] m. f. n. thin , slender , attenuated , emaciated , small , little , minute , delicate , fine (texture Lit. Ṛitus. i , 7) Lit. ŚBr. iii , 5 , 4 , 21 Lit. KātyŚr. viii , 5 Lit. MBh. (in comp. g. [ kaḍārādi ] ; also = [ -dagdha ] Lit. Sarvad. xv , 189)

  (said of a speech or hymn) accomplished (in metre) Lit. RV. viii , 1 , 18 and (acc. f. [ °nvám ] ) Lit. 76 , 12

  [ tanu ] m. (g. 2. [ lohitādi ] , not in Lit. Kāś.) N. of a Ṛishi with a very emaciated body Lit. MBh. xii , 4665

  f. ( [ us ] ) ( once m. Lit. Bhām. ii , 79) = [ °nū́ ] (see s.v.) , the body , person , self ( cf. [ duṣ-ṭanu ] , [ priyá- ] ) Lit. AitBr. viii , 24 , 4 (ifc.) Lit. Mn. ( [ svakā t ] , " one's own person " , Lit. iv , 184) Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. (acc. pl. irr. [ °navas ] , Lit. 3813) ( [ iyaṃ tanur mama ] , " this my self. i.e. I myself here " Lit. Ratnâv. iv , 4 ; [ °nuṃ-√ tyaj ] or [ hā ] , " to give up one's life " Lit. Mn. vi , 32 Lit. BhP. iii Lit. Kathās.)

  m. form or manifestation Lit. Śak. i , 1

  the skin Lit. L.

  = [ -gṛha ] Lit. VarBṛ. Lit. Laghuj.

  [ tanvī ] f. a slender or delicate woman Lit. Śak. Lit. Mālav. v Lit. Bhartṛ.

  [ tanu ] m. Desmodium gangeticum Lit. L.

  Balanites Roxburghii (vv.ll. [ tannī ] , [ °nni ] , " Hemionitis cordifolia " ; [ tajvi ] ) Lit. L.

  a metre of 4 + 24 syllables

  N. of a wife of Kṛishṇa (?) Lit. Hariv. 6703

  ( ( cf. 1 ; Lat. (tenuis) ) )