Kunkuma, Kuṅkumā, Kuṅkuma, Kuṃkumā, Kuṃkuma, Kumkuma: 41 definitions

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Kunkuma means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology. 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

Kuṅkuma (कुङ्कुम):—n. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.3,5,7.] [Siddhāntakaumudī 249,a,3 v. u.] Safran, Crocus sativus (sowohl die Pflanze als auch der Blumenstaub) [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 25.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 6, 35.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 645.] [Hārāvalī 106.] [Suśruta 1, 103, 16. 139, 10. 223, 20. 2, 35, 4. 286, 6. 327, 16. 515, 3.] kuṅkumapaṅkakalaṅkitadehā [Bhartṛhari 1, 9. 24.] kuṅkumārdre tasyāḥ payodharayuge [Pañcatantra I, 224. III, 32.] skandhā~llagnakuṅkumakesarān [Raghuvaṃśa 4, 67.] kuṅkumarāgapiṅga [Ṛtusaṃhāra 4, 2.] kuṅkumarāgapiñjara [?5, 9. 6, 12. Prabodhacandrodaja 71, 4. Amaruśataka 54. Vetālapañcaviṃśati 10, 2. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 1, 7. 8, 8, 18. Bhāvaprakāśa im Śabdakalpadruma] kennt drei Arten: kāśmīradeśaje kṣetre kuṅkumaṃ yadbhaveddhi tat . sūkṣmakeśaramāraktaṃ padmagandhi taduttamam .. bāhlīkadeśasaṃjātaṃ kuṅkumaṃ pāṇḍuraṃ bhavet . ketakīgandhayuktaṃ tanmadhyamaṃ sūkṣmakeśaram .. kuṅkumaṃ pārasīkeyaṃ madhugandhi tadīritam . īṣatpāṇḍuravarṇaṃ tadadhamaṃ sthūlakeśaram ..

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Kuṅkuma (कुङ्कुम):—, uṣṭraṅkumavahanavat [Kapila 3, 58.] śūraśoṇitakuṅkumaiḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 109, 120.]

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

Kuṅkuma (कुङ्कुम):—n. Crocus sativus (die Pflanze und der Blüthenstaub.)

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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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