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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for करभ

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. करभkarabhaThe back of the hand from the wrist to the root of the fingers; metacarpus, as in करभोपमोरूः R.6.83; see…

    [कॄ-अभच् Uṇ.3.122; करे-भाति भा-क Tv.]

    1. The back of the hand from the wrist to the root of the fingers; metacarpus, as in करभोपमोरूः R.6.83; see करभोरू below.
    2. The trunk of an elephant.
    3. A young elephant.
    4. A young camel; उष्ट्री च करभश्चेति Mbh. on ParasmaipadaI.2.66. पृथ्वीरजः करभकण्ठकडारमाशाः (संविव्युः) Śi.5.3.
    5. A camel in general.
    6. A kind of perfume.
    7. The hip.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -भी A she camel.

    • -ऊरूः Feminine a lady whose thighs resemble the back of the fore-arm; अङ्के निधाय करभोरु यथासुखं ते Ś.3.2; Śi.1.69; Amaru.71; or (according to another explanation), whose thighs resemble the trunk of an elephant; Compare Ku.1.36.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. करभkarabha&c., for 1. see p. 254, col. 2
    1. etc., for 1. see page and participle 254, column 2
    2. for 2., page and participle 254, column 3 .
    3. masculine gender (for 2. see column 3) (√कॄ Un2. iii, 122; but more probably connected with 1. कर), the trunk of an elephant MBh. S3ak. etc.
    4. masculine gender a young elephant BhP.
    5. masculine gender a camel MBh. Sus3r. etc.
    6. masculine gender a young camel Pan5cat.
    7. masculine gender the metacarpus (the hand from the wrist to the root of the fingers) Sa1h. commentator or commentary on Un2. etc.
    8. masculine gender (in mus.) a singer who wrinkles the forehead when singing
    9. masculine gender a kind of perfume Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender a wall Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender Name of Danta-vakra दन्त-वक्र (king of the Karu1shas करूष s) MBh. ii, 577
    12. (for 1. see column 2) neuter gender the lunar mansion called Hasta हस्त Hcat.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Analysis (Beta) · करभ

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