Kautuka: 19 definitions

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

Kautuka (कौतुक):—(von kutuka) n. gaṇa yuvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 130.]

1) Neugier, ein Interesse für eine Sache, ein dringendes Verlangen nach Etwas: cakratuḥ kautukodgrivāṃ sabhāṃ citrārpitāmiva [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 359.] saṃjātakautukaḥ [434.] upajātakautukaḥ [Hitopadeśa 123, 15.] kautukāviṣṭahṛdayaḥ [Pañcatantra 128, 18.] kiṃ tu kautukaṃ me mahatprabho . ājanmacaritaṃ tāvacchaṃsa me [Kathāsaritsāgara 6, 6.] kautukāt [Hitopadeśa 80, 4.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 4, 182. 5, 134.] tacceṣṭālokanakrīḍākautukāt [18, 153.] (tam) kautukālokitaṃ janaiḥ [125.] paśyantyāstaṃ nṛpaṃ tasyā lajjākautukayordṛśi . abhūdanyonyasaṃmardo racayantyāṃ gatāgatam .. [3, 66.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati 43, 16. 18.] yaścatvāri śatāni -ślokānāṃ vidadhāti kautukavaśādekāhamātre kaviḥ [Dhūrtasamāgama 68, 13.] —

2) was Neugier —, Interesse erregt, eine seltsame —, unterhaltende Erscheinung: yāsāṃ nāmnāpi kāmaḥ syātsaṃgamaṃ darśanaṃ vinā . tāsāṃ dṛkaṃgamaṃ prāpya yanna dravati kautukam .. [Pañcatantra IV, 35.] paśyakautukam [V, 14.] evaṃprāyāṇyahaṃ paśyaṃkautukāni pade pade [Kathāsaritsāgara 6, 65.] kautukānveṣin [Vetālapañcaviṃśati 43, 11.] karaṭikautuka Titel eines Werkes [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 945.] —

3) Feierlichkeit, Festlichkeit, eine feierliche Cerimonie, insbes. die einer Vermählung vorangehende Cerimonie mit der Hochzeitsschnur; die Hochzeitsschnur selbst: asmākaṃ tu manorathoparacitaprāsādavāpītaṭakrīḍākānanakelikautukajuṣāmāyuḥ paraṃ kṣīyate [Bhartṛhari 3, 15.] vaivāhikaiḥ kautukasaṃvighānaiḥ [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 2.] kathaṃ sutāyāḥ pitṛgehakautukaṃ niśamya dehaḥ suravarya neṅgate [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 3, 13.] iyaṃ ca bhūrbhagavatā nyāsitorubharā satī . śrīmadbhistatpadanyāsaiḥ sarvataḥ kṛtakautukā .. [?1, 17, 26 (BURNOUF:] et recevant de ses beaux pieds l'impression du plaisir). praviśya magadheśasya vatseśo pyatha mandiram . sanāthaṃ pativatnībhiḥ kautukāgāramāyayau .. tatra padmāvatīmantardadarśa kṛtakautukām (darauf folgt die Vermählung) [Kathāsaritsāgara 16, 77.] kautukaṃ ca sa kila kṣapāvasāne vivāha ityabadhnāt [Daśakumāracarita 94, 5.] Vgl. die folgenden compp. — Nach den Lexicographen: = kutuka, kutūhala, kautūhala [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 31.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 926.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 29.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 75.] = icchā, abhilāṣa Verlangen [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 9.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = mud, harṣa Freude; utsava Fest; narman Belustigung, Scherz; vivāhasūtra Hochzeitsschnur [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = maṅgala [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = paraṃparāyātamaṅgala [Medinīkoṣa] = pāraṃparyāgatakhyāta [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = bhegya [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] = gītādibhoga Genuss von Gesang u.s.w. [Medinīkoṣa] = gītādi Gesang u.s.w.; bhogakāla Zeit des Genusses [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] — Vgl. kutūhala, kautūhala .

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Kautuka (कौतुक):—

1) kautukāt [Kathāsaritsāgara 60, 190.] prajānāṃ dattakautukaḥ [52, 214.] sa adj. (f. ā) voller Erwartung [53, 110. 61, 227. 65, 39.] sakautukam adv. [54, 172.] —

3) Fest, feierliche Cerimonie [VṚDDHA-Cāṇakya 11, 10.] kautukābaddhatoraṇā pūḥ (vgl. kautukatoraṇa) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 50, 39.] autthānikakautukāplava [7, 4.] kṛtakautukā (vor der Hochzeit) [Kathāsaritsāgara 103,188.] [Oxforder Handschriften 122,b,24.] bhṛt die Hochzeitsschnur tragend, mit der H. geschmückt [Kathāsaritsāgara 51, 223.]

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

Kautuka (कौतुक):—n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) —

1) Neugier , Interesse für eine Sache , ein dringendes Verlangen nach ; die Ergänzung im Loc. ([321,23]) oder im Comp. vorangehend. —

2) was Neugier — , Interesse erregt , eine seltsame — , unterhaltende Erscheinung , — Geschichte [Kād. (1872) 162,7.] —

3) Feierlichkeit , Festlichkeit , eine feierliche Ceremonie , insbes. die einer Vermählung vorangehende Ceremonie mit der Hochzeitsschnur. Auch eine best. Ceremonie vor dem Einnehmen einer Arzenei [Bhāvaprakāśa 4,16.] —

4) Hochzeitsschnur.

5) Glück , Heil , Segen [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1,17,26.] —

6) Bez. bestimmter Stoffe , neun an der Zahl , [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,110,19.2,49,10.]

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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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