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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कच्छkacchaच्छम् [ccham], च्छम् 1 Bank, margin, skirt, bordering region (whether near water or not); यमुनाकच्छमवतीर्णः…
    1. च्छम् ccham, च्छम् 1 Bank, margin, skirt, bordering region (whether near water or not); यमुनाकच्छमवतीर्णः Pt.1; गन्धमादनकच्छोऽध्यासितः V.5; Śi.3.8; Māl.9.16.
    2. A marsh, morass, fen. 'जलप्रायमनूपं स्यात्पुंसि कच्छस्तथाविधः' Nm.
    3. The hem of the lower garment tucked into the waistband; see कक्षा.
    4. A part of boat.
    5. A particular part of a tortoise (in कच्छप).
    6. A tree, the timber of which is used for making furniture of (तुन्न, Marâthî नांदुरकी); Mb.1.7.21.
    7. A populous region. च्छा A cricket.
    8. The plant Lycopodium Imbricatum (वाराही).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अन्तः the border of a lake or stream; marshy place; Ki.7.39; कच्छान्ते सुरसरितो निधाय सेनाम् 12.54.

    • -देशः Name of a place in the South.

    • -पः

      1. (-पी Feminine)
      2. a turtle, tortoise; केशव धृतकच्छपरूप जय जगदीश हरे Gīt.1; Ms.1.44,12.42 (thus explained by Durga; कच्छं आत्मनो मुखसंपुटं पाति स हि किंचित् दृष्ट्वा शरीर एव मुखसंपुटं प्रवेशयति).
      3. a tumour on the palate.
      4. an apparatus used in the distillation of spirituous liquor.
      5. an attitude in wrestling.
      6. the tree Cedrela Toona (Marâthî नांदुरकी)
      7. one of the nine treasures of Kubera.
      8. (पी) a female tortoise.
      9. a cutaneous disease, wart or blotch.
      10. a kind of lute; also the lute of Sarasvatī.

    • -भूः Feminine marshy ground, morass.

    • -रुहा a kind of grass (दूर्वा).

    • कच्छ kaccha च्छा cchā टिका ṭikā कच्छाटी kacchāṭī, (च्छा) टिका कच्छाटी The end or hem of a lower garment which, after being carried round the body, is gathered up behind and tucked into the waist-band.

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  2. अनुकच्छम्anukacchamAlong or near the marshy ground; आविर्भूतप्रथममुकुलाः कन्दलीश्चानुकच्छम् (Me.21).

    Along or near the marshy ground; आविर्भूतप्रथममुकुलाः कन्दलीश्चानुकच्छम् (Me.21).

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  3. उत्कच्छाutkacchāA metre of six lines, each line containing eleven syllabic instants.

    A metre of six lines, each line containing eleven syllabic instants.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. कच्छkaccha[kakkha] m. bank; marshy land; *m., â, f. edge, border; -pa, m. tortoise; N. of a Nâga; N. of a country…

    [kakkha] masculine bank; marshy land; *masculine, â, feminine; also equal for edge, border; -pa, masculine tortoise; noun of a Nâga; noun of a country (Cutch).

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  2. अनुकच्छम्anukaccham[anu-kakkham] ad. on every bank.

    [anu-kakkham] adverb, -ial, -ially on every bank.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कच्छkacchamfn. a bank or any ground bordering on water, shore; ([cf. Zd. kasha, voura-kaSa, the "wide-shored", the…
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective a bank or any ground bordering on water, shore; ([confer, compare Zend kasha, voura-kaSa, the "wide-shored", the Caspian Sea; confer, compare कक्ष])
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective a mound or causeway
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective watery soil, marshy ground, marsh, morass MBh. Megh. Pan5cat.
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective Name of several places exempli gratia, 'for example' Cutch Pa1n2. VarBr2S.
    5. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective Cedrela Toona (the timber of which is used for making furniture etc.) Lexicographers
    6. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective Hibiscus Populneoides Lexicographers
    7. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective a particular part of a tortoise Lexicographers
    8. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective a particular part of a boat Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender plural Name of a people (varia lectio for कक्ष) VP.
    10. mf. the hem or end of a lower garment (tucked into the girdle or waistband) Lexicographers, (probably a Pra1kr2it Prakrit form for कक्ष)
    11. mf. Name of a plant Lexicographers
    12. mf. girdle, girth (varia lectio for कक्षा) Ni1lak. on MBh. (edition Bombay edition) iv, 13, 22.
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  2. अङ्कच्छेदaṅkacchedam. (in dram.) interruption (of the action) by the close of an Act, Bhar.

    masculine gender (in dramatic language) interruption (of the action) by the close of an Act, Bhar.

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  3. अनुकच्छम्anukacchamind. along or on the shore, Megh.

    indeclinable along or on the shore, Megh.

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  4. अवटकच्छपavaṭakacchapam. a tortoise in a hole (said of an inexperienced man who has seen nothing of the world), (g. पात्रेस्मिता*दि…

    masculine gender a tortoise in a hole (said of an inexperienced man who has seen nothing of the world), (gaRa पात्रेस्मिता*दि quod vide)

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  5. उत्कच्छाutkacchāf. a metre of six verses (each verse containing eleven syllabic instants).

    feminine a metre of six verses (each verse containing eleven syllabic instants).

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