Kuntha, Kuṇṭha, Kumtha: 18 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kuṇṭha (कुण्ठ):—kann im comp. vorangehen oder folgen gaṇa kaḍārādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 2, 38.] adj. stumpf: śastra [Suśruta 1, 27, 15. 361, 17.] cakramakuṇṭhamaṇḍalam [Mahābhārata 1, 1178.] (śarāḥ) kuṇṭhadhārāḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 32, 16.] vajraṃ tapovīryamahatsu kuṇṭham [Kumārasaṃbhava 3, 12.] nakhaśreṇi [Prabodhacandrodaja 81, 11.] Uebertr. stumpf, matt, abgenutzt, mitgenommen; akuṇṭha scharf, frisch: akuṇṭhadṛṣṭi [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 2, 21.] rajasā kuṇṭhamanasaḥ [3, 32, 17.] akuṇṭhamedhasaṃ munim [1, 19, 31. 9, 11, 7.] devamakuṇṭhasattvam [3, 8, 3.] akuṇṭhādhiṣṭhya [5, 45.] tatra dānavadaityānāṃ saṅgātte bhāva āsuraḥ . dṛṣṭvā madanubhāvaṃ vai sadyaḥ kuṇṭho vinaṅkṣyati .. [8, 22, 36.] rajaḥkuṇṭhamukhāmbhoja [7, 2, 30.] vāṣpakuṇṭhakaṇṭha [Daśakumāracarita 140, 14.] kuṇṭhatā f. Stumpfheit, Gefühllosigkeit in einem Gliede [Suśruta 1, 349, 6.] — Nach [Amarakoṣa 3, 1, 7.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 353.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 105] und [Medinīkoṣa ṭh. 3] : indolent; nach [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] und [Medinīkoṣa] ausserdem: einfältig. — Vgl. kuṇṭhita unter 1. kuṇṭh und kālakuṇṭha, vikuṇṭha .

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Kuṇṭha (कुण्ठ):—eig. [Spr. 4267.] viṣāṇa [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 12. 50, 4.] übertr.: akuṇṭhabodha [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 83, 4.] kuṇṭhatva Stumpfheit (des Geistes) [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 618.] — Vgl. bāhu .

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Kuntha (कुन्थ):—vgl. bāhu .

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

Kuṇṭha (कुण्ठ):—Adj. —

1) stumpft.

2) abgestumpft , so v.a. ermattet , erschlafft.

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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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