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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 कुरु

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कुरुkuru(pl.)
    1. (Plural)
    2. Name of a country situated in the north of India about the site of the modern Delhi; श्रियः कुरूणा- मधिपस्य पालनीम् Ki.1.1; चिराय तस्मिन् कुरवश्चकासति 1.17.
    3. The kings of this country.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रुः

      1. A priest.
      2. Boiled rice.

    • -क्षेत्रम् Name of an extensive plain near Delhi, the scene of the great war between the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas; धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः Bg.1.1; Ms.2.19.

    • -क्षेत्रियोगः a solar day in the course of which three lunar days, three asterisms and three yogas occur. The yoga is indicative of death; पञ्चग्रहयुते मृत्यौ लग्नसंस्थे बृहस्पतौ । सौम्यक्षेत्रगते लग्ने कुरुक्षेत्रे मृति- र्भवेत् ॥ -चिल्लः a crab.

    • -जाङ्गलम् Equivalent to कुरुक्षेत्र quod vide, which see

    • -नन्दनः epithet of Arjuna; Bg.2.41;6.43.

    • -पञ्चालाः Name of a country; कुरुपञ्चालानां ब्राह्मणाः Bṛi. Up.3.9.19.

    • -बिल्वः a ruby.

    • -राज् Masculine

    • -राजः

      1. an epithet of Duryodhana. स्वस्था भवन्तु कुरुराजसुताः सभृत्याः Ve.1.7.
      2. Name of Yudhi- ṣṭhira; कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः Mb.16.1.7.

    • -विस्तः a weight of gold equal to about 7 Troy grains.

    • -वृद्धः an epithet of Bhīṣma; तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः Bg.1.12.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कुरुkurum. pl. N. of a people of India and of their country (situated near the country of the Pan5ca1las पञ्चाल s…
    1. masculine gender plural Name of a people of India and of their country (situated near the country of the Pan5ca1las पञ्चाल s; hence often connected with Pan5ca1la पञ्चाल or Pan5ca1la पञ्चाल [see कुरु-पञ्च्that the rest of a word is to be supplied below]: the उत्तर-कुरवः, or उत्तराः कुरवः are the northern Kurus कुरु s, the most northerly of the four Maha1-dvi1pas महा-द्वीप s or principal divisions of the known world [distinguished from the दक्षिणाः कुरवः or southern Kurus कुरु s MBh. i, 4346], by other systems regarded as one of the nine divisions or Varshas वर्ष s of the same; it was probably a country beyond the most northern range of the Hima7laya हिमा*लय, often described as a country of everlasting happiness [AitBr. MBh. etc.], and considered by some to be the ancient home of the A1ryan Aryan race)
    2. masculine gender Equivalent to ऋत्विजस् (priests) Naigh.
    3. masculine gender Equivalent to कर्तारस् ("doers", from √1. कृ) commentator or commentary on ChUp.
    4. masculine gender Name of the ancestor of the Kurus कुरु s (son of Sam2varan2a संवरण and Tapati1 तपती, daughter of the sun [MBh. i, 3738 ff. Hariv. 1799 etc.]; Kuru कुरु is the ancestor of both Pa1n2d2u पाण्डु and Dhr2ita-ra1sht2ra धृत-राष्ट्र, though the patronymic derived from his name is usually applied only to the sons of the latter, the sons and descendants of the former being called Pa1n2d2avas पाण्डव s)
    5. masculine gender Name of a son of A1gni1dhra आग्नीध्र and grandson of Priya-vrata प्रिय-व्रत VP. BhP.
    6. masculine gender boiled rice Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender the plant Solanum Jacquini (Equivalent to कण्टकारिका) Lexicographers
    8. feminine (ऊस्) a princess of the Kuru कुरु race Pa1n2. 4-1, 66 & 176 (confer, compare कौरव, etc.)
    9. (in compound)
    Source: Monier-Williams

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