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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कौमारkaumāraa.(-री f.) [कुमार-अण्]
    1. (-री Feminine) कुमार-अण्
    2. Juvenile, youthful, virgin, maidenly (of men and women); कौमारः पतिः a man who marries a virgin; कौमारी भार्या a virgin wife; Compare Mbh. on ParasmaipadaIV.2.13.
    3. Soft, tender.
    4. Belonging to the god of war; Māl.1.1.
    5. Of principal incarnation; स एव प्रथमं देवः कौमारं सर्गमास्थितः Bhāg.1.3.6.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -री

      1. The wife of one who has not married another wife.
      2. The Śakti (power) of Kārtikeya.
    • -रम्

      1. Childhood (to the age of five).
      2. Maidenhood (to the age of sixteen), virginity; पीता रक्षति कौमारे भर्ता रक्षति यौवने Ms.9.3; देहिनोऽ- स्मिन् यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा Bg.2.13.
      3. -(ब्रह्म) चारिन् Adjective abstinent, chaste; Ks.66.155.
    • -तन्त्रम् the section of a medical work, treating of the rearing or education of children.

    • -बन्धकी a harlot; Māl.7.

    • -भृत्यम् the rearing and general treatment of children.

    • -राज्यम् the position of an heir-apparent; कौमार (Vartious reading कुमार) राज्ये जीवस्व Rām.2.58.23.

    • -व्रतः (तम्) a vow of abstinence.

    • -हर

      1. Adjective
      2. marrying or gaining a woman as a girl.
      3. devirginating; यः कौमारहरः स एव हि वरः K. Parasmaipada1.

    In the Gita2·13

    देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा ।

    dehino'sminyathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā, — As the soul passes physically through childhood and youth and age, so it passes on to the changing of the body. The self-composed man does not allow… 2·13
    • कौमारम्kaumāramnominative singular of the neuter noun kaumāra (adolescence).
  2. कौमारकम्kaumārakamBoyhood, juvenile or tender age; कौमारकेऽ- पि गिरिवद्गुरुतां दधानः U.6.19.

    Boyhood, juvenile or tender age; कौमारकेऽ- पि गिरिवद्गुरुतां दधानः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.19.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. कौमारkaumāra[kaumâra] a. (î) relating to a youth or virgin; youthful; relating to Kumâra (god of war); n. childhood…

    [kaumâra] adjective (î) relating to a youth or virgin; youthful; relating to Kumâra (god of war); neuter childhood, youth; innocence of youth, virginity; -kârin, adjective practising chas tity; -vrata, neuter vow of chastity: -kârin, adjective practising a vow of chastity.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कौमारkaumāramf(ई)n. (fr. कुमार्/अ, or ˚री Pa1n2. 4-2, 13), juvenile, youthful, belonging to a youth or young girl, maiden…
    1. mf(ई)neuter gender (from कुमार्/अ, or that the rest of a word is to be suppliedरी Pa1n2. 4-2, 13), juvenile, youthful, belonging to a youth or young girl, maiden, maidenly, (क्/औमार लोक्/अ, the youths and girls AV. xii, 3, 47; कौमारी भार्या [Pat. and Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 4-2, 13], "a virgin wife, one who has not had a husband previously" R.; कौमार पति [Ka1s3.; or that the rest of a word is to be suppliedर भर्तृ Pat. on Pa1n2. 4-2, 13], "a man who marries a virgin" Katha1s. cxxvii, 55; कौमार व्रत, a vow of abstinence MBh.)
    2. mf(ई)neuter gender soft, tender W.
    3. mf(ई)neuter gender relating to the god of war, belonging or peculiar to him, relating to Sanat-kuma1ra सनत्-कुमार MBh. BhP. Katha1s. ii, 76 Para1s3. Madhus.
    4. masculine gender the son of a maiden Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender Name of a mountain (confer, compare -पर्वत) MBh. vi, 426
    6. masculine gender plural the followers of Kuma1ra कुमार 's grammar, Praud2h.
    7. masculine gender a kind of bulbous root (Equivalent to वाराही-कन्द) Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender (in music) Name of a Ra1gin2i1 रागिणी
    9. neuter gender childhood, youth (from birth to the age of five), maidenhood (to the age of sixteen) Mn. ix, 3 MBh. R. etc.
    10. neuter gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) Katha1s.
  2. कौमारकkaumārakan. childhood, juvenile age Ma1rkP. Sa1h.

    neuter gender childhood, juvenile age Ma1rkP. Sa1h.

  3. कौमारचारिन्kaumāracārinmfn. abstinent, chaste (= ब्रह्म-च्˚) MBh. xiii, 5853.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective abstinent, chaste (Equivalent to ब्रह्म-च्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) MBh. xiii, 5853.

  4. कौमारतन्त्रkaumāratantran. the section of a medical work treating of the rearing and education of children.

    neuter gender the section of a medical work treating of the rearing and education of children.

  5. कौमारपर्वतkaumāraparvatam. N. of a mountain NarasP.

    masculine gender Name of a mountain NarasP.

  6. कौमारप्रभृत्यकkaumāraprabhṛtyakan. (fr. कुमारप्रभृति), the rearing and education of children (a department of medical science) Car. i, 30.

    neuter gender (from कुमारप्रभृति), the rearing and education of children (a department of medical science) Car. i, 30.

  7. कौमारबन्धकीkaumārabandhakīf. a courtezan, Ma1lati1m.

    feminine a courtezan, Ma1lati1m.