ताण्डवtāṇḍava

ताण्डव (tāṇḍava) is a Sanskrit word meaning a tribrach, saccharum procerum, a sort of grass, frenzied dancing, particularly the dance of Shiva, a type of grass, in prosody, a foot of three short syllables. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Polysemous: Dance, Grass, Prosody, Vigorous/Frantic Dance (especially Śiva's), A type of grass (Saccharum procerum).

Etymology: E. तण्डु the name of the Muni, by whom the style of dancing was first taught, affix अण्; or तडि to beat, and अव aff
Definitions: 10

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Meanings by context

Polysemous: Dance, Grass, Prosody

4 definitions

1. Frenzied dancing, particularly the dance of Shiva. 2. A type of grass. 3. In prosody, a foot of three short syllables.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Dancing with violent gesticulation. 2. A grass. 3. A tribrach.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Vigorous or frantic dancing, particularly the dance of Shiva. 2. A type of grass. 3. A prosodic foot of three short syllables.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Dancing, especially with violent gesticulation, and particularly applied to the frantic dance of the god Shiva. 2. A tribrach or foot of three short syllables. 3. A sort of grass.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Vigorous/Frantic Dance (especially Śiva's)

4 definitions

a frantic dance, especially with violent gesticulation, such as the dance of Shiva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

frantic dance

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Frantic dancing

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a wild dance, especially of the god Shiva

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A type of grass (Saccharum procerum)

1 definition

Saccharum procerum

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Prosodic Term (a tribrach)

1 definition

a tribrach

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 8 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.