Kautuka: 19 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKautuka (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 FassungKautuka (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.]
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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Starts with (+18): Kautukabandhanaprayoga, Kautukabera, Kautukacintamani, Kautukadarshaka, Kautukagara, Kautukagriha, Kautukajanaka, Kautukakriya, Kautukalakshana, Kautukalam, Kautukalamkara, Kautukalilavati, Kautukamangala, Kautukamanjari, Kautukamaya, Kautukambadu, Kautukamdal, Kautukamgol, Kautukamgolisu, Kautukani.
Ends with (+10): Adbhutakautuka, Agnikautuka, Ahnikakautuka, Autthanikakautuka, Danakautuka, Grahakautuka, Harililakrishnakautuka, Hridayakautuka, Ishvarikautuka, Jatakautuka, Kalanirnayakautuka, Karatikautuka, Kathakautuka, Kavikautuka, Kavirajakautuka, Kavyakautuka, Kodakautuka, Kridakautuka, Kritakautuka, Mahakautuka.
Full-text (+104): Kautukin, Kautukamangala, Kutuka, Kautukagara, Vikautuka, Kautukatorana, Kridakautuka, Sakautukam, Jatakautuka, Kritakautuka, Kautukakriya, Kautukagriha, Mithyajivatu, Mrishavacana, Mithyarnava, Dharmanala, Panditapidavisharada, Bhandaniya, Pandaravayasa, Kautukacintamani.
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Search found 15 books and stories containing Kautuka; (plurals include: Kautukas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.2.144 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 2.4.32-33 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
Verse 1.4.1 < [Chapter 4 - Bhakta (the devotee)]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.1.345 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
Verse 4.6.4 < [Part 5 - Dread (bhayānaka-rasa)]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 19 - Rājaśekhara’s Praśasti < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.17.30 < [Chapter 17 - The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvīpa and Descriptions of the Devotees’ Glories]
Verse 2.22.82 < [Chapter 22 - Delivering Śacīdevī from Offense and Descriptions of Nityānanda’s Qualities]
Verse 2.18.101 < [Chapter 18 - Mahāprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopī]
Jivanandana of Anandaraya Makhin (Study) (by G. D. Jayalakshmi)
Analysis of Śṛṅgāra-rasa < [Chapter 6 - Dramatic aspects of the Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Analysis of Śānta-rasa < [Chapter 6 - Dramatic aspects of the Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Advaitic aspects of Act I < [Chapter 5 - Advaitic principles in Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 2e - Rasa (5): Karuṇa or the sentiment of pathos < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Part 5 - Some prominent Kashmiri Sanskrit poets < [Chapter I - Introduction]