thanka

Noun

thangka (plural thangka or thangkas)

1. A painted or embroidered linen banner, usually depicting Buddhist themes, originating in Tibet; a prayer flag.
   • When the talks by Lama Thubten Yeshe on Buddhist and Christian meditation were published, the text included a reproduction of a Christian icon and a Tibetan thangka.1996, Gerald Christianson, Thomas M. Izbicki, editors, Nicholas of Cusa on Christ and the Church, BRILL, →ISBN, page 265

Noun (1)

tanka (plural tankas or tanka)

1. A form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 morae.
   • Like haiku, tanka is a short, classical verse form that has attracted considerable attention in this century.1996, Makoto Ueda, Modern Japanese Tanka: An Anthology, →ISBN

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tanka (plural tankas or tanka)

1. A kind of boat used in Guangdong, about 25 feet long and often rowed by Tanka women; junk.
   • Immediately on our nearing the harbour, a race took place among the amphibious damsels that inhabit the numerous sampans, tanka or egg-boats, which always lie within a short distance of the shore.1837, Edmund Roberts, Embassy to the eastern courts of CochinChina, Siam and Muscat

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tanka (plural tankas)

1. (historical) A coin and unit of currency of varying value, formerly used in parts of India and Central Asia.
   • In Uzbek Turan Shah Rukh's tanka remained the standard silver coin and weighed an average of slightly more than 5 g throughout the sixteenth century.1994, Stephen Frederic Dale, Indian Merchants and Eurasian Trade, 1600-1750, page 29

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