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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 कौमुदी

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कौमुदीkaumudīMoonlight; शशिना सह याति कौमुदी Ku.4.33; शशिनमुपगतेयं कौमुदी मेघमुक्तम् R.6.85; (the word is thus popularly…

    [कुमुदस्येयं प्रकाशकत्वात् अण् ङीष् Tv.]

    1. Moonlight; शशिना सह याति कौमुदी Ku.4.33; शशिनमुपगतेयं कौमुदी मेघमुक्तम् R.6.85; (the word is thus popularly derived: कौ मोदन्ते जना यस्यां तेनासौ कौमुदी मता).
    2. Anything serving as moonlight, id est, that is causing delight and balmy coolness; त्वं कौमुदी नयनयोरमृतं त्वमङ्गे Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2; त्वमस्य लोकस्य च नेत्रकौमुदी Ku.5.71; या कौमुदी नयनयो- र्भवतः सुजन्मा Māl.1.34; Compare चन्द्रिका.
    3. The full moon day in Kārtika; तस्मात्तु कपिला देया कौमुद्यां ज्येष्ठपुष्करे Mb.13.13.32.
    4. The full moon day in Āśvina.
    5. Festivity (in general).
    6. Particularly, a festive day on which temples, houses etc. are illuminated.
    7. (At the end of titles of works etc.) Elucidation, throwing light on the subject treated; Exempli gratia, for example तर्ककौमुदी, साख्यतत्त्वकौमुदी, सिद्धान्तकौमुदी etc.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -चारः the day of full moon in the month Āśvina.

    • -तरुः the stick of a lamp.

    • -पतिः the moon.

    • -मुखम् appearance of moonlight; सखीजनोद्वी- क्षणकौमुदीमुखम् R.3.1.

    • -वृक्षः the stick or stand of a lamp.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कौमुदीkaumudīf. moonlight, moonshine (from its causing the Kumudas कुमुद s to blossom; also Moonlight personified as the…
    1. feminine moonlight, moonshine (from its causing the Kumudas कुमुद s to blossom; also Moonlight personified as the wife of Candra चन्द्र or the moon) Ragh. Kum. Bhartr2. etc.
    2. feminine elucidation (the word Kaumudi1 कौमुदी being metaphorically used like other words of similar import [confer, compare चन्द्रिका] at the end of grammatical commentaries and other explanatory works to imply that the book so designated throws much light on the subject of which it treats exempli gratia, 'for example' पदा*र्थ-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, प्रक्रिया-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, लघु-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, वैषम्य-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, सिद्धा*न्त-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    3. feminine the day of full moon in the month Ka1rttika कार्त्तिक (sacred to Ka1rttikeya कार्त्तिकेय), festival in honour of Ka1rttikeya कार्त्तिकेय held on that day MBh. i, 7648; xiii, 6132 PSarv.
    4. feminine the day of full moon in the month A1s3vina आश्विन Lexicographers
    5. feminine a festival in general Lexicographers
    6. feminine (Equivalent to कुमुद्-वती) the water-lily (Nymphaea esculenta) BhP. x, 65, 18
    7. feminine a metre (of 2 x 24 syllables)
    8. feminine Name of a river S3am2kar.
    9. (feminine of that the rest of a word is to be suppliedद quod vide)
    Source: Monier-Williams

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