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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कूर्मkūrmaA tortoise; गूहे- त्कूर्म इवाङ्गानि रक्षेद्विवरमात्मनः Ms.7.15; Bg.2.58; कूर्मः पादोऽत्र यष्टिर्भुजगपतिरसौ…

    [कौ जले ऊर्मिर्वेगोऽस्य पृषोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Tv.]

    1. A tortoise; गूहे- त्कूर्म इवाङ्गानि रक्षेद्विवरमात्मनः Ms.7.15; Bg.2.58; कूर्मः पादोऽत्र यष्टिर्भुजगपतिरसौ भाजनं भूतधात्री Udb.
    2. Viṣṇu in his second or Kūrma incarnation.
    3. One of the outer winds of the body.
    4. A particular gesticulation with the fingers.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -र्मी A female tortoise.

    • -अवतारः the Kūrma incarnation of Viṣṇu; Compare Gīt.1: क्षिति- रतिविपुलतरे तव तिष्ठति पृष्ठे धरणिधरणकिणचक्रगरिष्ठे । केशवधृत- कच्छरूप जय जगदीश हरे ॥ -आसनम् a particular posture in sitting (practised by ascetics).

    • -द्वादशी the twelvth day in the light (or dark ?) half of पौष month.

    • -पुराणम्

      1. one of the eighteen Purāṇas. पृष्ठम्, पृष्ठकम् the back or shell of a tortoise.
      2. a lid or cover of a dish.

    • -राजः Viṣṇu in the shape of tortoise in his second incarnation; पृथ्वि स्थिरा भव भुजङ्गम धारयैनाम् । त्वं कूर्मराज तदिदं द्वितयं दधीथाः ॥ Mahān.

    In the Gita2·58

    यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः ।

    yadā saṁharate cāyaṁ kūrmo'ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ, — Who draws away the senses from the objects of sense, as the tortoise draws in his limbs into the shell, his intelligence sits firmly founded in… 2·58
    • कूर्मःkūrmaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun kūrma (the tortoise).
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  2. कूर्मकkūrmakaa.(A pearl) shaped like a tortoise; Kau. A.2.11.

    (A pearl) shaped like a tortoise; Kau. Atmanepada 2.11.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. कूर्मkūrma[kûrmá] m. (f. î) tortoise; one of the vital airs which causes the eyes to close; -pati, m. king of the…

    [kûrmá] masculine (feminine; also equal for î) tortoise; one of the vital airs which causes the eyes to close; -pati, masculine king of the tortoises (who supports the earth).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कूर्मkūrmam. a tortoise, turtle VS. TS. &c. (ifc. f(आ). MBh. iv, 2016)
    1. masculine gender a tortoise, turtle VS. TS. etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ). MBh. iv, 2016)
    2. masculine gender the earth considered as a tortoise swimming on the waters (see -विभाग)
    3. masculine gender (hence) Name of the fourteenth Adhya1ya अध्याय of VarBr2S. VarYogay. ix, 4
    4. masculine gender a particular figure or intertwining of the fingers (मुद्रा) Tantras.
    5. masculine gender one of the outer winds of the body (causing the closing of the eyes) Veda7ntas.
    6. masculine gender Name of a deity Rasik.
    7. masculine gender of a serpent or Ka1draveya काद्रवेय king MBh. i, 2549
    8. masculine gender of a R2ishi ऋषि (son of Gr2itsa-mada गृत्स-मद, author of fg-veda ii, 27-29) RAnukr.
    9. masculine gender Vishn2u विष्णु 's second incarnation (descent in the form of a tortoise to support the mountain Mandara मन्दर at the churning of the ocean) NarasP. etc.
    10. feminine ([confer, compare κλέμμυς, χέλυς, χελώνη .])
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  2. अकूर्मपृषत्akūrmapṛṣatmfn. not spotted like a turtle, A1s3vGr2.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not spotted like a turtle, A1s3vGr2.

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  3. अम्बुकूर्मambukūrmam. a porpoise (especially the Gangetic, Delphinus Gangeticus) L.

    masculine gender a porpoise (especially the Gangetic, Delphinus Gangeticus) Lexicographers

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  4. उत्तानकूर्मकuttānakūrmakan. a particular posture in sitting.

    neuter gender a particular posture in sitting.

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  5. काककूर्ममृगाखुkākakūrmamṛgākhum. pl. the crow, tortoise, deer, and mouse Hit.

    masculine gender plural the crow, tortoise, deer, and mouse Hit.

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  6. काककूर्मादिkākakūrmādim. pl. the crow, the tortoise, and the rest Hit.

    masculine gender plural the crow, the tortoise, and the rest Hit.

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  7. कूपकूर्मkūpakūrmam. = -कच्छप .

    masculine gender Equivalent to -कच्छप .

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