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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ककुभkakubhaa.Ved. Distinguished, superior.

    Vedic Distinguished, superior.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -भः

      1. A crooked piece of wood at the end of the lute.
      2. The tree Arjuna; ककुभसुरभिः शैलः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.33.
      3. A kind of goblin or evil spirit.
      4. One of the Rāgas or personified musical modes.
    • -भा

      1. Space; quarter.
      2. One of the Rāgiṇīs.
    • -भम् A flower of the Kuṭaja tree; कालक्षेपं ककुभसुरभौ पर्वते पर्वते ते (उत्पश्यामि) -Compound

    • -अदनी 'food of the sky, a kind of fragrance or perfume.

  2. ककुभ्kakubhf.A direction, quarter of the compass; वियुक्ताः कान्तेन स्त्रिय इव न राजन्ति ककुभः Mk.5.26; Śi.9.25, 3.33.
    1. A direction, quarter of the compass; वियुक्ताः कान्तेन स्त्रिय इव न राजन्ति ककुभः Mk.5.26; Śi.9.25, 3.33.
    2. Splendour, beauty.
    3. A wreath of Champaka flowers.
    4. A sacred treatise or Śāstra.
    5. A peak, summit.
    6. A Rāgiṇī or personified mode of music.
    7. The personified quarter of the sky.
    8. Breath, animation.
    9. Unornamented hair; or hair hanging down as a tail.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. ककुभkakubha[kakubhá] a. prominent; m. kind of musical mode; a tree; -surabhi, a. fragrant with Kakubha flowers.

    [kakubhá] adjective prominent; masculine kind of musical mode; a tree; -surabhi, adjective fragrant with Kakubha flowers.

  2. ककुभ्kakubh[kakúbh] f. summit; point of the compass; a metre.

    [kakúbh] feminine; also equal for summit; point of the compass; a metre.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ककुभkakubhamfn. lofty, excelling, distinguished VS. TS.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective lofty, excelling, distinguished VS. TS.
    2. masculine gender a kind of evil spirit AV. viii, 6, 10
    3. masculine gender a kind of bird Svapnac.
    4. masculine gender the tree Terminalia Arjuna MBh. Sus3r. etc.
    5. masculine gender a part of the Indian lute called the belly (a wooden vessel covered with leather placed under its neck to render the sound deeper, or a crooked piece of wood at the end of the lute) Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender (in mus.) a particular Ra1ga राग or mode
    7. masculine gender a kind of disease Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender Name of a man gaRa तिक-कितवा*दि Pa1n2. 2-4, 68
    9. masculine gender of a mountain BhP.
    10. masculine gender (in mus.) a particular Ra1gin2i1 रागिणी
    11. neuter gender the flower of Terminalia Arjuna Ka1vya7d.
  2. आखण्डलककुभ्ākhaṇḍalakakubhf. " Indra इन्द्र 's quarter", the east, Va1s.

    feminine " Indra इन्द्र 's quarter", the east, Va1s.

  3. ककुभमयkakubhamayamfn. made of the wood of Terminalia Arjuna VarBr2S.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective made of the wood of Terminalia Arjuna VarBr2S.

  4. ककुभाkakubhāf. space, region L.

    feminine space, region Lexicographers

  5. ककुभाकारkakubhākāram. a kind of bird (cf. ककुभ) L.

    masculine gender a kind of bird (confer, compare ककुभ) Lexicographers

  6. ककुभादिनीkakubhādinīf. "tasting like Kakubha ककुभ" ([T.]), a kind of perfume L. (cf. नली .)

    feminine "tasting like Kakubha ककुभ" ([T.]), a kind of perfume Lexicographers (confer, compare नली .)