Kutashalmali, Kūṭaśālmali, Kuta-shalmali: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kūṭaśālmali can be transliterated into English as Kutasalmali or Kutashalmali, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKūṭaśālmali (कूटशाल्मलि):—(1. kūṭa [10.] + śā) m. f., lī f. und lika eine mythische Baumwollenstaude mit scharfen Dornen, mit der die Verbrecher in Yama's Welt gemartert werden: nadī vaitaraṇī caiva kūṭaśālmalinā saha [Mahābhārata 18, 84.] ayaḥśaṅkucitāṃ rakṣaḥ śataghnīmatha śatrave . hṛtāṃ vaivasvatasyeva kūṭaśālmalimakṣipat .. [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 95.] asipatravanaṃ ghoraṃ vālukāṃ kūṭaśālmalīm . etānyanyāśca vahvīḥ sa yamasya viṣayaṃ gataḥ .. yātanāḥ prāpya tatrogrāḥ [Mahābhārata 13, 5491.] tato raktajalaṃ ghoraṃ lohitaṃ nāma sāgaram . gatvā drakṣyatha tāṃ caiva vṛhatīṃ kūṭaśālmalīm .. [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 40, 39.] kūṭaśālmalikaṃ cāpi duḥsparśaṃ tīkṣṇakaṇṭakam . dadarśa cāpi kaunteyo yātanāḥ pāpakarmiṇām .. [Mahābhārata 18, 51.] Nach [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 27] und [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 256] ist kūṭaśālmali eine Varietät der Baumwollenstaude.
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Kūṭaśālmali (कूटशाल्मलि):—Name einer Hölle [Oxforder Handschriften 16,b,25.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKūṭaśālmali (कूटशाल्मलि):—m. f. —
1) *Andersonia Rohitaka [Rājan 8,14.] —
2) eine mythische Baumwollenstaude mit scharfe Dornen , mit der Verbrecher in Yama’s Welt gemartert werden , und eine Hölle mit diesen Martern. auch lī f. und lika m.
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Partial matches: Shalmali, Kuta.
Starts with: Kutashalmalika.
Full-text: Kutacanmali, Kashalmali.
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