Kumuda, Kumudā: 47 definitions

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

Kumuda (कुमुद):—(1. ku + mudā) gaṇa mūlavibhujādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 5, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 2.]

1) m. n. gaṇa ardharcādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 31.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 5, 10.] Zu belegen nur das neutr. (eine ausserordentliche Freude verursachend) die weisse essbare Wasserlilie, Nymphaea esculenta [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 36.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1164.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 329.] [Medinīkoṣa d. 25.] Nymphaea rubra [Medinīkoṣa] = abja [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 205.] Blüht in der Nacht und tritt hierdurch in nahe Beziehung zum Monde. kumuda [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4, 34, 5.] kumuda [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 161. 2, 2.] (rasātalam) sacandrakumudam den Mond zum Kumuda habend [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 55, 1.] [Suśruta 1, 22, 21. 41, 10. 141, 21. 145, 22. 223, 15. 2, 439, 4.] kumudānyeva śaśāṅkaḥ savitā bodhayati paṅkajānyeva [Śākuntala 124.] [Pañcatantra 50, 10.] [Ṛtusaṃhāra 3, 2. 21. 25. 27.] kumudarucirahāsā [28.] kumudaviśadāni (prekṣitāni) [Meghadūta 41.] kumudaśyenī weiss wie ein Kumuda [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 2,] [Scholiast] —

2) n. Silber (nach der Aehnlichkeit in der Farbe) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1043.] —

3) m. Kampher [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —

4) m. Nomen proprium a) eines Nāga [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Mahābhārata 1, 1560.] [Raghuvaṃśa 16, 76. 81. 86.] — b) eines Weltelephanten [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Hārāvalī 147.] des Südwestens [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 2, 5.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 170.] des Südens [BHĀGURI] beim Sch. zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 170.] — c) eines Daitya [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] — d) eines Wesens im Gefolge von Viṣṇu [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 8, 39. 8, 21, 16.] — e) eines Sohnes von Gada und der Vṛhatī [Harivaṃśa 9193.] — f) eines Vertrauten des Königs Unmattāvanti [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 422. 433.] — g) eines Affen [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Mahābhārata 3, 16468.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 39, 37. 6, 2, 28. 22, 2.] — h) eines Berges [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 16, 12. 20, 10.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 168,] [Nalopākhyāna 6.] — i) eines kleinern Dvīpa [Viṣṇupurāṇa 175,] [Nalopākhyāna 3.] —

4) f. kumudā Name verschiedener Pflanzen: a) Gmelina arborea Roxb. (gambhārī) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) Pistia Stratiotes Lin. (kumbhī, kumbhikā) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — c) Desmodium gangeticum Dec. (śālaparṇī). — d) Grislea tomentosa Roxb. (dhātakī). — e) = kaṭphala [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] Vgl. kumudikā . —

5) f. kumudī = kaṭphala [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma]

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Kumuda (कुमुद):—

1) die Blüthe (nicht die Pflanze, welche kumudinī heisst). vinidro niśi pāṇḍuraḥ . divā saṃkucitastasthāvālambya kumudavratam .. [Kathāsaritsāgara 72, 287.] kumudākāratāṃ (so ist zu lesen) bheje [95, 20.] —

4) N. eines best. Ketu (Kometen) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 11, 43.] Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 2558.] — Nomen proprium eines Schülers des Pathya (vgl. kumudādi) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 7, 2.] eines Dichters [Oxforder Handschriften 123,b,30. - Z. 5] vom Schluss des Artikels lies

5) st. [4); Z. 1] vom Schluss lies [6) Stenzler 5]). —

7) m. eine Art Bdellion; s. u. guggulu . —

8) m. Bez. eines best. Dhruvaka (s. dhruvaka [3.]) [SAM̃GĪTADĀM. im Śabdakalpadruma] —

9) f. ā a) Bez. einer best. Wasserader [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 54, 23.] — b) eine Form der Durgā [Oxforder Handschriften 39,a,33.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10,2,12.] — Vgl. mahā .

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

Kumuda (कुमुद):——

1) (*m.) n. die weisse Blüthe einer in der Nacht sich öffnenden Nymphaea.

2) m. — a) eine Art Bdellion [Bhāvaprakāśa 1,86.] — b) ein best. Dhruvaka (musik.) — c) ein best. Komet. — d) Nomen proprium — α) eines Schlangendämons. — β) eines Wesens im Gefolge Skanda’s und auch Viṣṇu's. — γ) *eines Daitya. — δ) *eines Weltelephanten. — ε) eines Affen. — ζ) verschiedener Männer. — η) verschiedener Berge. — θ) eines Kleineren Dvīpa. —

3) f. ā — a) eine best. Wasserader. — b) eine Form der Durgā. — c) *Gmelina arborea , *Pistia Stratiotes , *Desmodium gangeticum , *Grislea tomentosa und *Myrica sapida ([Rājan 9,20]). —

4) *f. ī Myrica sapida [Rājan 9,20.] —

5) *n. — a) Kampher [Rājan 12,61.] — b) Silber.

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