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Results for कुष्माण्ड
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Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
कुष्माण्डkuṣmāṇḍa1 A kind of pumpkin gourd.
1 A kind of pumpkin gourd.
A fals conception.
A particular religious formula.
Derived forms and compounds
-डी
A religious ceremony.
An epithet of the wife of Śiva.
-नवमीFeminine The ninth day of the bright half of the month of Kārtika when a golden idol etc. is to be given as a religious gift.
Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
कुष्माण्डkuṣmāṇḍam. (cf. कूष्म्˚) a kind of pumpkin-gourd (Beninkasa cerifera) MBh. xiii, 4364 (कूश्म्˚ ed. Bomb.) Sus3r.
masculine gender (confer, compareकूष्म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) a kind of pumpkin-gourd (Beninkasa cerifera) MBh. xiii, 4364 (कूश्म्that the rest of a word is to be suppliededitionBombay edition) Sus3r.
masculine genderEquivalent toभ्रूणा*न्तर (a state of the womb in gestation W.) Lexicographers
masculine gender false conception (?)
neuter genderName of the verses VS. xx, 14 ff. TA1r. (कूश्म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) MBh. xiii, 6236 ff. (कूश्म्that the rest of a word is to be suppliededitionBombay edition)
masculine genderplural a class of demons (or of demi-gods attached to S3iva शिव; confer, compareकुम्भा*ण्ड) BhP. x VP. (कूष्म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) Katha1s.
masculine genderName of a demon causing disease Hariv. 9560 (varia lectioकूष्म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
पूतिकुष्माण्डायpūtikuṣmāṇḍāyaNom. (fr. प्/ऊति-कुष्माण्ड) A1. ˚यते, to resemble a rotten gourd i.e. be quite worthless Sarvad.
Nominal verb (fromप्/ऊति-कुष्माण्ड) Atmane-padathat the rest of a word is to be suppliedयते, to resemble a rotten gourd id est be quite worthless Sarvad.