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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 कुहु

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कुहुkuhuकुहूः [kuhūḥ], कुहूः f.
    1. कुहूः kuhūḥ, कुहूः Feminine
    2. New moon day id est, that is the last day of a lunar month when the moon is invisible; Mb.8.34.32; करगतैव गता यदियं कुहूः Name4.57.
    3. The deity that presides over this day; Ms.3.86.
    4. The cry of the (Indian) cuckoo; पिकेन रोषारुणचक्षुषा मुहुःकुहूरुताहूयत चन्द्र- वैरिणी Name1.1; उन्मीलन्ति कुहूः कुहूरिति कलोत्तालाः पिकानां गिरः Gīt.1; पिकविधुस्तव हन्ति समन्तमस्त्वमपि चन्द्रविरोधि-कुहूरवः Udb.
    5. The first day of the first quarter on which the moon rises.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कण्ठः, -मुखः, -रवः, -शब्दः the (Indian) cuckoo.

    • -कालः The last day of the lunar month when the moon is invisible; न च कुहूकालेऽपि संक्षीयते ...... त्वत्कीर्तिचन्द्रः सदा Sūktisundar 5.83.

    • -पालः the king of turtles.

    • -मुखः

      1. The Indian cuckoo.
      2. a calamity.

    • -मुखम् new moon.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कुहुkuhum. N. of a particular weight Hcat.
    1. masculine gender Name of a particular weight Hcat.
    2. feminine (Equivalent to 1. कुहु) the new moon Pa1n2. Siddh.
    3. indeclinable onomatopoetic (formed from imitation of sounds) from the cry of the Kolika, etc., only in compound
    4. indeclinable confer, compare 2. कुहू .
    Source: Monier-Williams

Analysis (Beta) · कुहु

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