कौमारkaumāraa.(-री f.) [कुमार-अण्]
- (-री Feminine) कुमार-अण्
- Juvenile, youthful, virgin, maidenly (of men and women); कौमारः पतिः a man who marries a virgin; कौमारी भार्या a virgin wife; Compare Mbh. on ParasmaipadaIV.2.13.
- Soft, tender.
- Belonging to the god of war; Māl.1.1.
- Of principal incarnation; स एव प्रथमं देवः कौमारं सर्गमास्थितः Bhāg.1.3.6.
Derived forms and compounds
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-री
- The wife of one who has not married another wife.
- The Śakti (power) of Kārtikeya.
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-रम्
- Childhood (to the age of five).
- Maidenhood (to the age of sixteen), virginity; पीता रक्षति कौमारे भर्ता रक्षति यौवने Ms.9.3; देहिनोऽ- स्मिन् यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा Bg.2.13.
- -(ब्रह्म) चारिन् Adjective abstinent, chaste; Ks.66.155.
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-तन्त्रम् the section of a medical work, treating of the rearing or education of children.
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-बन्धकी a harlot; Māl.7.
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-भृत्यम् the rearing and general treatment of children.
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-राज्यम् the position of an heir-apparent; कौमार (Vartious reading कुमार) राज्ये जीवस्व Rām.2.58.23.
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-व्रतः (तम्) a vow of abstinence.
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-हर
- Adjective
- marrying or gaining a woman as a girl.
- devirginating; यः कौमारहरः स एव हि वरः K. Parasmaipada1.
Source: Apte