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Results for कौर्म

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कौर्मkaurmaa.Belonging to a tortoise.
[कूर्म-अण्]
1. Belonging to a tortoise.
2. Belonging to the Avatāra of Viṣṇu as a tortoise; (denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपुराण); कौर्मे धृतोऽद्रिरमृतोन्मथने स्वपृष्ठे Bhāg.11.4.18.
Derived forms and compounds
- -र्मः Name of a Kalpa.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

कौर्मkaurma[kaurma] a. peculiar to the tortoise.

[kaurma] adjective peculiar to the tortoise.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कौर्मkaurmamfn. (fr. कूर्म), relating or belonging or peculiar to a tortoise Pan5cat.
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from कूर्म), relating or belonging or peculiar to a tortoise Pan5cat.
2. masculine gender (scilicet अवतार) the Avata1ra अवतार of Vishn2u विष्णु as a tortoise BhP. xi, 4, 18
3. masculine gender Name of a great period or Kalpa कल्प (the day of full moon of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा)
4. neuter gender (scilicet आसन) a particular manner of being seated, Na1rP.
5. neuter gender (scilicet पुराण) Name of a Pura1n2a पुराण (on the subject of Vishn2u विष्णु 's descent as a tortoise) Sarvad.
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कौर्मोपपुराणkaurmopapurāṇan. N. of an Upa-pura1n2a उप-पुराण .

neuter gender Name of an Upa-pura1n2a उप-पुराण .

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