[कौ जले ऊर्मिर्वेगोऽस्य पृषोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Tv.]
- A tortoise; गूहे- त्कूर्म इवाङ्गानि रक्षेद्विवरमात्मनः Ms.7.15; Bg.2.58; कूर्मः पादोऽत्र यष्टिर्भुजगपतिरसौ भाजनं भूतधात्री Udb.
- Viṣṇu in his second or Kūrma incarnation.
- One of the outer winds of the body.
- A particular gesticulation with the fingers.
Derived forms and compounds
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-र्मी A female tortoise.
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-अवतारः the Kūrma incarnation of Viṣṇu; Compare Gīt.1: क्षिति- रतिविपुलतरे तव तिष्ठति पृष्ठे धरणिधरणकिणचक्रगरिष्ठे । केशवधृत- कच्छरूप जय जगदीश हरे ॥ -आसनम् a particular posture in sitting (practised by ascetics).
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-द्वादशी the twelvth day in the light (or dark ?) half of पौष month.
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-पुराणम्
- one of the eighteen Purāṇas. पृष्ठम्, पृष्ठकम् the back or shell of a tortoise.
- a lid or cover of a dish.
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-राजः Viṣṇu in the shape of tortoise in his second incarnation; पृथ्वि स्थिरा भव भुजङ्गम धारयैनाम् । त्वं कूर्मराज तदिदं द्वितयं दधीथाः ॥ Mahān.
Source: Apte
