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Kurma means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, 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

Kūrma (कूर्म):—m.

1) Schildkröte [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 21.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1353.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 24, 34.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 6, 3, 3. 5, 2, 8, 4. 5.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 6, 2, 3. 6, 1, 1, 12. 2, 30. 7, 5, 1, 1. 5. 10, 4, 3, 14.] kū.mebhyo adadhuḥ śa.hān [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 9, 4, 16] (vgl. [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 25, 3).] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 17, 4, 27. 9, 4.] [Yogatattva] [Upakośā] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 50.] [Kṣurikopaṇiṣad ebend. 171.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 270. 5, 18.] gūhetkūrma ivāṅgāni [7, 105.] tathā saṃbhinnasarvāṅgaṃ kūrmaṃ sthala ivoddhṛtam [Mahābhārata 4, 794.] yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ [Bhagavadgītā 2, 58.] [Nalopākhyāna] [?(BOPP) 12, 113. Rāmāyaṇa 4, 16, 32. Suśruta 1, 205, 20. 228, 13. 273, 16. Hitopadeśa 8, 18. 26, 13. BRAHMAP. in Lassen’s Anthologie 50, 1. Vetālapañcaviṃśati 6, 7.] kūrmo bibharti dharaṇīṃ khalu cātmapṛṣṭhe [ŚUK. 44, 11.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Mahābhārata 4, 2016] (lies: nāgakūrmām). kūrmī Schildkrötenweibchen [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 19, 134.] kūrmarāja König der Schildkröten [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] trägt die Erde [Mahānāṭaka] ebend. —

2) die als eine auf dem Wasser schwimmende Schildkröte dargestellte Erde: kūrmacakra [JYOTISTATTVA] und [Tantrasāra im Śabdakalpadruma] [Mémoire géographique 116.] kūrmavibhāga [Pariśiṣṭa des Atharvaveda] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 93.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14 ebend. 240.] Vgl. [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 187.] —

3) eine best. Fingerverbindung: vāmahastasya tarjanyāṃ dakṣiṇasya kaniṣṭhayā . tathā dakṣiṇatarjanyāṃ vāmāṅguṣṭhena yojayet .. unnataṃ dakṣiṇāṅguṣṭhaṃ vāmasya madhyamādikāḥ . aṅgulīryojayetpṛṣṭhe dakṣiṇasya karasya ca .. vāmasya pitṛtīrthena madhyamānāmike tathā . adhomukhe ca te kuryāddakṣiṇasya karasya ca .. kūrmapṛṣṭhasamaṃ kuryāddakṣapāṇiṃ ca sarvataḥ . kūrmamudreyamākhyātā devatādhyānakarmaṇi .. [Tantrasāra im Śabdakalpadruma] —

4) einer der äusseren Winde des Körpers (bāhyavāyuviśeṣaḥ . yathā): unmīlane smṛtaḥ kūrmo bhinnāñjanasamaprabhaḥ . iti śāradātilakaṭīkā . [Śabdakalpadruma] kūrmo nimīlanādikaraḥ [Vedāntasāra 31.] —

5) Nomen proprium eines Schlangenkönigs, eines Kādraveya [Mahābhārata 1, 2549.] —

6) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes von Gṛtsamada, Verfassers von [Ṛgveda 2, 27—29.] [Anukramaṇikā]

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Kūrma (कूर्म):—

1) kūrmonnata wie der Rücken einer Schildkröte gewölbt [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 67, 7. 68, 2.] kūrmasamunnata dass. [70, 3.] kūrmaprādurbhāva (Viṣṇu’s) [Oxforder Handschriften 83,a,23.] kūrmāvatāra [129,a,17.] (dhyānena) kūrmī -śiśuṃ pālayate [Spr. 4166.] —

2) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 42.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 175.] Streiche [JYOTISTATTVA] und [Tantrasāra im Śabdakalpadruma] u. vgl. unten u. kūrmacakra. kūrmavibhāga eig. Eintheilung des Globus (Halbglobus) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 2, S. 6.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 209.] —

4) [Oxforder Handschriften 225,b,4. 236,b,12.] —

7) Bez. einer best. Stellung der Hände [Oxforder Handschriften 202,a,16.] —

8) Nomen proprium einer Gottheit ebend. [148,b,33. fg.] — Vgl. mahā .

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Kūrma (कूर्म):—

1) pati trägt die Erde [Spr. (II) 5576.]

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

Kūrma (कूर्म):——

1) m. — a) Schildkröte. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. — b) die als eine auf dem Wasser schwimmende Schildkröte dargestellte Erde. — c) Bez. des 14ten Adhyāya in [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhatsaṃhitā] [Varāhamihira’s Yogayātrā 9,4.] — d) eine best. Stellung der Finger oder Hände. — e) ein best. Wind im menschlichen Körper , der das Schliessen der Augen bewirkt [264,33.265,5.] — f) Nomen proprium — α) einer Gottheit. — β) eines Schlangendämons. — γ) eines Ṛṣi. —

2) f. kūrmī Schildkrötenweibchen.

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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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