Tuma: 8 definitions
Introduction:
Tuma means something in Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsTuma [তূমা] in the Bengali language is the name of a plant identified with Millettia peguensis Millettia peguensis Ali from the Fabaceae (Pea) family having the following synonyms: Pongamia ovalifolia, Millettia ovalifolia . For the possible medicinal usage of tuma, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Tuma in India is the name of a plant defined with Acacia nilotica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mimosa arabica Lam. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1905)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1990)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 4
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1928)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Tuma, for example extract dosage, health benefits, diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryTuma, (pron. -adj.) (most likely apostrophe form of ātuma =attā, Sk. ātman self; cp. also Sk. tman oneself. See Oldenberg, KZ. XXV. 319. Less likely=Sk. tva one or the other (Kern, Toev. s. v.). explained by Com. to A. III, 124 as esa. ) oneself, himself, etc.; every or anybody (=quisque) ya� tumo karissati tumo va tena paññāyissati (quid quisque faciat) Vin. II, 186=A. III, 124; Sn. 890 (cp. ātumāna� V. 888), 908; Pv III, 24 (=attāna� PvA. 181). (Page 305)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarytuma (တု�) [(pu) (ပ�)]�
[]taç eta]hūso sabba atū ruḷhī-.]tumo]ti ruḷhīsaddo,idha soti sabbanāmasaddena sadisattho.pā,yo,2�9va.]
['�,ဧ�'ဟူသေ� သဗ္ဗနာမ်ပုဒ်နှင့� အနက်တ� ရုဠှ�-ပုဒ်။ 'တုမေ�'တ� ရုဠှီသဒ္ဒေါ၊ ဣ� သောတ� သဗ္ဗနာမသဒ္ဒေ� သဒိသတ္ထော။ ပါစိတ်၊ ယော၊ ၂။ ၉ဝ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)ٳܳ�
(Burmese text): ['�,ဧ�'ဟူသေ� သဗ္ဗနာမ်ပုဒ်နှင့� အနက်တ� ရုဠှ�-ပုဒ်။ 'တုမေ�'တ� ရုဠှီသဒ္ဒေါ၊ ဣ� သောတ� သဗ္ဗနာမသဒ္ဒေ� သဒိသတ္ထော။ ပါစိတ်၊ ယော၊ ၂။ ၉ဝ။]
(က) ထို...သူ။ (�) ဤ...သူ။
(Auto-Translation): ['Ta, Ayeta' is a term similar to the 'Rubhi' verse. 'Tuma' is the Rubhi scripture, and it is a teaching that is known as 'Thavvana'. Reference: Pa, Yaw, 2. 90.] (a) This... person. (b) That... person.

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryṭūma (टू�).—f (Imit.) Spruceness, flashiness, buckishness: also stately airs; swelling and strutting: also gaudiness, garishness, showiness, splendor of appearance gen. 2 A remarkable or striking point or feature; a particular excellence; a distinguishing air, cast, style: also any new and pretty thing; any curious device or curiosity; a new and striking thought, fancy, invention.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishṭūma (टू�).�f Spruceness, flashiness, buckish- ness. A remarkable or striking point or feature; a particular excellence. Any curious device or curiosity.
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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryTuma (तु�) [Also spelled tum]:�(pro) you.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+20): Dumala, Tuma halu, Tumaan, Tumaca, Tumaciranarokam, Tumada, Tumadara, Tumadi, Tumah dapur, Tumai, Tumaiccilai, Tumaka, Tumakampam, Tumakani, Tumakaram, Tumaketu, Tumakhlung, Tumaki, Tumakkilanku, Tumakkol.
Full-text (+14): Tuma halu, Nalla tuma, Kasturi tuma, Tella tuma, Tumhara, Thum, Tumatosham, Chakana, Tumakaram, Tumatarai, Shakna, Tumamutti, Tumamani, Tumakkutam, Tumakkoti, Tumakkol, Tumakampam, Tumatevan, Tumappirapai, Tumapeti.
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Search found 15 books and stories containing Tuma, Ṭūma; (plurals include: Tumas, Ṭūmas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 328 < [Volume 24 (1918)]
The Divine Warrior < [September 1943]
The Subbulakshmi Epoch in Karnatic Music < [July � September 1974]
The Nervous System in Yoga and Tantra (Study) (by Ashok Majumdar)
5. The concept of Kundalini (the static form of all creative energy) < [Chapter 5 - Exposition of Thought science, Tantra and Mantra]
Shringara-manjari Katha (translation and notes) (by Kumari Kalpalata K. Munshi)
Section 7.4 - caturthi suradharma-kathanika < [Sanskrit text]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Quantum analysis of the effect of cannabidiol on neurotransmitters < [2017: Volume 6, October special issue 13]
A review on recent animal drugs approved in 2021 < [2022: Volume 11, March issue 3]
A case report on opioid induced delirium < [2018: Volume 7, November issue 18]
Preksha meditation: History and Methods (by Samani Pratibha Pragya)
3.2. The Subsidiary Limbs (Upāṅga) < [Chapter 4 - Theory and Methods of Prekṣ�-Dhyāna]