1. a braid of hair, i.e. the hair twisted & unadorned AN.iii.56
2. a mat, cover DN.i.7 ≈ (see *ajina*˚).
3. custom, usage, wont, tradition Ja.i.89 Ja.ii.353; Ja.v.285; Ja.vi.380 (kula-tanti, kula-paveṇi); Dpvs.xviii.1; Mil.134 (˚upaccheda break of tradition), Mil.190, Mil.226 (+ vaṃsa), Mil.227; Dhp-a.i.284 (tanti +); Pv-a.131.
4. succession, lineage, breed, race Snp.26 (cp Snp-a.39); Dhp-a.i.174.

• -pālaka guardian of tradition Vism.99 (tanti-dhara vaṃsanurakkhaka +); Dhp-a.iii.386.

pa + veṇi; cp. late Sk. praveṇi in meanings 1 & 2