कुमारkumāraone who takes care of children.
Derived forms and compounds
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-पालनः
- one who takes care of children.
- Name of king Śālivāhana.
- an epithet of Pārvati.
- Name of the Ganges. (-Masculine) an epithet of Agni.
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-संभवम् Name of Kalidāsa's epic.
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-भृत्या
- care of young children.
- care of a woman in pregnancy or confinement, midwifery; कुमार- भृत्याकुशलैरनुष्ठिते भिषग्भिराप्तैरथ गर्भभर्मणि R.3.12.
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-ललिता
- Feminine
- delicate love-dalliance.
- Name of a metre consisting of seven syllables in a quarter.
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-लीढः also कुब्जालीढः Name of the founder of a sect.
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-वाहिन्, -वाहनः a peacock.
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-व्रतम् a vow of eternal celibacy.
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-सूः Feminine
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कुमारः kumārḥ
- Compare Uṇ.3.138
- A son, boy; a youth; यदात्थ राजन्यकुमार तत्तथा यशस्तु रक्ष्यं परतो यशोधनैः R.3.48.
- A boy below five.
- A prince, an heir-apparent (especially in dramas); विप्रोषितकुमारं तद्राज्यमस्तमितेश्वरम् R.12.11; कुमारस्यायुषो बाणः V.5; उपवेष्टुमर्हति कुमारः Mu. 4 (said by Rākṣasa to Malayaketu).
- Name of Kārtikeya, the god of war; कुमारकल्पं सुषुवे कुमारम् R.5.36; कुमारोऽपि कुमारविक्रमः 3.55.
- Name of Agni.
- A parrot.
- Name of the author of a Dharmaśāstra.
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-रम् pure gold.
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-जीवः Name of the plant पुत्रंजीव.
