Kutuhala, Kutūhala: 16 definitions

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

Kutūhala (कुतूहल):—n.

1) Neugier, das Interesse für eine ungewöhnliche Erscheinung, dringendes Verlangen: ramyavastusamāloke lolatā syātkutūhalam [Sāhityadarpana 150.] praviśantīṃ tu tāṃ dṛṣṭvā anujagmustatra bālā grāmiputrāḥ kutūhalāt [Nalopākhyāna 13, 23.] tasyāḥ samīpe tu nalaṃ praśaśaṃsuḥ kutūhalāt [1, 15.] upakośāmathābhyarthya rājñā tvatikutūhalāt . sadasyudghāṭitā tatra mañjūṣā sphoṭitārgalā .. [Kathāsaritsāgara 4, 80.] ujjhitaśabdena janitaṃ naḥ kutūhalam tadā malācchrotumicchāmaḥ [Chezy’s Ausgabe des Śākuntala 19, 15.] apyasti te śakuntalādarśanaṃ prati kutūhalam [39, 9.] apyasti śakuntalādarśane kutūhalam [Śākuntala] [BÖHT. 29, 4.] tadasmākamapyatra viṣaye mahatkutūhalaṃ vartate [Pañcatantra 97, 10.] [Gītagovinda 1, 3.] nijakutūhalaviracitaṃ dhūrtasamāgamanāma prahasanam aus eigenem Verlangen d. i. zu meinem eigenen Vergnügen [Dhūrtasamāgama 67, 12.] mit dem obj. comp.: devarājakutūhalāt [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 48, 19.] kutūhalena mit Gier, gierig: papāvanāsvāditapūrvamāśugaḥ kutūhaleneva manuṣyaśoṇitam [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 54.] —

2) was Neugier —, Theilnahme erregt, eine unterhaltende Erscheinung, Spass: paśya paśya kutūhalam [Pañcatantra 124, 9.] paryaṭanadṛṣṭānekakutūhalakathanena [163, 22.] — Nach [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 31.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 926] und [Medinīkoṣa l. 151] = kutuka, kautuka, kautūhala (nach [Śabdakalpadruma] = apūrvavastudidṛkṣādyatiśaya d. i. Neugier); nach [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 288] = adbhuta; nach [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] und [Medinīkoṣa] = śasta oder praśasta. Nach [Śabdakalpadruma] und [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] in den beiden letzten Bedd. adj. — In diesem Worte scheint wie in kutuka das pron. interr., viell. sogar kutas, enthalten zu sein; hala bed. hier wohl Ruf, Geschrei (vgl. kolāhala, halāhala). — Vgl. karaṇakutūhala.

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

Kutūhala (कुतूहल):—n.

1) Neugier , Interesse für , Verlangen nach ( prati , Loc. oder im Comp. vorangehend) , Vergnügen , Lust an Etwas. kṛt Adj. Neugier erregend , curios [Harṣacarita 185,7.] —

2) was Neugier erregt , einer interessante Erscheinung , etwas Amüsantes.

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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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