Kaumuda: 12 definitions

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Kaumuda means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Kaumuda (कौमुद):—(von kumuda)

1) m. der Monat Kārttika [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 111.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 23.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 330.] [Medinīkoṣa d. 27.] [Hārāvalī 151.] [Mahābhārata 13, 3370. 5656. 5660. 5670.] —

2) f. ī a) Mondschein (weil er die Kumuda zum Aufblühen bringt) [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 2, 18.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 107.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Bhartṛhari 1, 38.] [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 1.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 4, 33. 5, 71.] [Gītagovinda 10, 2.] In dieser Bed. häufig am Ende eines Titels von grammatischen Commentaren und Lehrbüchern; vgl. padārtha, prakiyā, laghu, vaiṣamya, siddhānta. — b) der dem Gotte Kārttikeya geheiligte Vollmondstag im Monat Kārttika [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 18.] [Mahābhārata 13, 6132.] akālakaumudīṃ caiva cakratuḥ sārvakālikīm (v. l. sarvakāminīm) [Mahābhārata 1, 7648.] der Vollmondstag im Monat Āśvina (vgl. kaumudīcāra) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] Festtag [Dharaṇīkoṣa] ebend. — c) ein best. Metrum (2 Mal ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯, ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ˘ ¯;) [Colebrooke II, 165 (VI, 15).]

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Kaumuda (कौमुद):—

2) a) [Naiṣadhacarita 22, 43.] sakaumudīka (śaśin) [Kathāsaritsāgara 55, 104.] — b) jāgara [Oxforder Handschriften 87,a,40.] — d) = kumudvatī Nymphaea esculenta [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 65, 18.] — e) Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Oxforder Handschriften 249,a,9.] — f) abgekürzter Titel verschiedener Werke [Oxforder Handschriften 182,b,33. 201,a, No. 480. 278,a,11. 292,a,9]; vgl. kāla, kṛtya, kṛtyā, jyotiṣkaumudī, smṛti und u.

2) a).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Kaumuda (कौमुद):——

1) Adj. in Verbindung mit vrata n. eine best. Begehung [Agnipurāṇa 207,1.fgg.] —

2) m. — a) Patron. von Kumuda [Ārṣeyabrāhmaṇa] — b) der Monat Kārttika.

3) f. ī — a) Mondschein. — b) der Vollmondstag im Monat Āśvina oder Kārttika. — c) Nymphaea esculenta. — d) ein best. Metrum. — e) abgekürzter Titel verschiedener Werke. — f) Nomen proprium eines Flusses.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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