tān

1. ṭa the 1st cerebral consonant (pronounced like t in true , but properly by keeping back the tip of the tongue and slightly turning it upwards).

2. ta pronom. base See tad

3. ta m. a tail ( esp. of a jackal), any tail except that of Bos gaurus , L.

1. tan cl. 1. 10. nati, tānayati, to believe in Dhātup. ; ‘to assist’ or ‘to afflict with pain’, ib.

2. tan (= √ stan) cl. 4. nyati ( aor. 2. sg. tatanas) to resound, roar, RV. i, 38, 14 ; vi, 38, 2 ; [ cf. τόνος &c.]

3. tan cl. 8. P. Ā. noti, nute (3. pl. nvate [ā and vitanvate, RV. ] AV. xii, 1, 13 ; Impv. nu [ava and vitanuhi, RV. ; cf. Pāṇ. vi, 4, 106 , Vārtt. 1, Pat. ] RV. i, 120, 11 ; nuṣva, RV. ; Subj. 2. sg. nuthās, v, 79, 9 ; 1. du. navāvahai, i, 170, 4 ; impf. 3. pl. atanvata, x, 90, 6 ; AV. vii, 5, 4 ; pf. P. tatāna, once tāt, RV. i, 105, 12 ; 2. sg. tatantha [ RV. ], class. tenitha [ Pāṇ. vii, 2, 64 , Kāś. ]; Ā. 1. 2. 3. sg. [ā] tatane, abhitatniṣe, vitatne, RV. ; 3. sg. irr. tate, i, 83, 5 ; 3. pl. tatnire [ 164, 5 vi, AV. xiv, 1, 45 ] or ten [ iv, 14, 4 (vi) &c.; cf. Pāṇ. vi, 4, 99 ]; aor. P. atan, RV. vi, 61, 9 ; āatān, 67, 6 ; AV. ix, 4, 1 ; [pari, vi] atanat, RV. ; anvāatāṃsīt, VS. xv, 53 ; atānīt, MaitrS. ; tatanat, abhitanāma, tanan, RV. ; 2. pl. ataniṣṭa, Pāṇ. ii, 4, 79 , Kāś. ; 3. du. atāniṣṭām, Bhaṭṭ. xv, 91 ; Ā. atata or ataniṣṭa, atathās or ataniṣṭhās, Pāṇ. ii, 4, 79 ; 3. pl. atnata, RV. ; tatananta, i, 52, 11 ; 1. sg. atasi pl. ataṃsmahi, Br. ; fut. 2nd taṃsyate, ŚBr. ; fut. 1st vitāyitā, BhP. viii, 13, 36 ; p. pr. tanvat, vāna; pf. tatanvas; ind.p. tatvā, tvāya, tatya, Br. ; [vi] tāya, BhP. vii, 10, 2 ; inf. tantum, Br. ; Pass. tāyate, RV. i, 110, 1 & [ p. yamāna] x, 17, 7 ; AV. &c.; tanyate, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 44 ; aor. atāyi, Br. ) to extend, spread, be diffused (as light) over, shine, extend towards, reach to, RV. &c.; to be protracted, continue, endure, RV. ; to stretch (a cord), extend or bend (a bow), spread, spin out, weave, RV. &c.; to emboss, ŚBr. xiv, 7, 2, 5 ; to prepare (a way for), RV. i, 83, 5 ; to direct (one's way, gatim) towards, Nalod. i, 20 ; to propagate (one's self or one's family, tanūs, tantum), Hariv. 2386 ; BhP. ii, 3, 8 ; to (spread i.e. to) speak (words), Daś. i, 87 ; to protract, RV. v, 79, 9 ; Kathās. li, 226 ; to put forth, show, manifest, display, augment, Ragh. iii, 25 ; Śak. ; Bhartṛ. &c. ( Pass. to be put forth or extended, increase, Bhaṭṭ. ); to accomplish, perform (a ceremony), RV. ; VS. ii, 13 ; AV. iv, 15, 16 ; ŚBr. &c.; to sacrifice, xiii, 2, 5, 2 ; Kauś. 127 ; to compose (a literary work), Hemac. ; Caurap. , Sch. ; to render (any one thirsty, double acc. ), Kuval. 455 : Desid. titaniṣati, taṃsati, tāṃs, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 17 ; vii, 2, 49 , Kāś. : Intens. tantanyate, tantanīti, vi, 4, 44 & vii, 4, 85 , Kāś. ; [ cf. τάνομαι , τείνω &c.]