(p. 442) tantu thread, yarn, string; fibre; gut; handloom. ̃কীট n. the silkworm; the caterpillar. ̃নাভ n. a spider. ̃বায় n. a weaver (by trade or caste). ̃মূল n. fibrous root. ̃শালা n. weaver's workshop. ̃সার n. betel-nut tree. a. very lean and thin, emaciated. 123)

(p. 452) tasara a fawn-coloured silk from wild Indian silkworms, a coarse variety of Indian silk, tusser. 19)

(p. 872) mugā a kind of silkworm; a kind of coarse silk spun by the aforesaid silkworms. 16)