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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry चमू

  1. चमूcamūf.An army (in general); पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम् Bg.1.3; वासवीनां चमूनाम् Me.43; गजवती…

    [चम्-ऊ Uṇ.1.81]

    1. An army (in general); पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम् Bg.1.3; वासवीनां चमूनाम् Me.43; गजवती जवतीव्रहया चमूः R.9.1.
    2. A division of an army consisting of 729 elephants, as many cars, 2187 horse, and 3645 foot.
    3. Vedic A dish or vessel.
    4. A grave.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -चरः a soldier, warrior.

    • -नाथः, -पः, -पतिः the leader of an army, a general, commander; R.13.74.

    • -हरः an epithet of Śiva.

    In the Gita1·3

    पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम् ।

    paśyaitāṁ pāṇḍuputrāṇāmācārya mahatīṁ camūm, — Behold this mighty host of the sons of Pandu, O Acharya, arrayed by Drupada’s son, thy intelligent disciple. 1·3
    • चमूम्camūmaccusative singular of the feminine noun camū (host, army).
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Headwords under च

Part 2 of 6 चपेट – चाण्डम्All parts
  1. च – चपलायते
  2. चपेट – चाण्डम्
  3. चाण्डाल – चिति
  4. चितिका – चुल्
  5. चुलुक – च्यूत
  6. च्योतम् – च्यौत्न