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कुमार

कुमार

 kumārá [ kumAra ]

m. ( fr. 1. ku + māra, √ mṚ ? ' easily dying ' ; fr. √ 2. kam Uṇ. iii, 138 ) a child, boy, youth

son RV. AV. etc.

a prince, heir-apparent associated in the kingdom with the reigning monarch ( especially in theatrical language ) Ragh. Mālav. etc.

a groom L.

N. of Skanda ( or Kārittikeya, q.v.

represented as a beautiful youth

also as the author of certain grammatical Sūtras, cf. kalâpa

also as causing certain diseases Suśr. ) MBh. Hariv. etc.

N. of a son of Agni ( who is the author of some Vedic hymns ) RAnukr.

one of the nine names of Agni ŚBr. vi

N. of a Prajāpati VāyuP.

of Mañju-śrī Buddh.

of a river VP.

of the Sindhu river L.

of the author of a Dharmaśāstra

of the attendant of the twelfth Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī Jain.

a parrot L.

the tree Capparis trifoliata ( cf. kumāraka )

( ās ), m. pl., N. of a people MBh. ii, 1075 and 1870 ( cf. kumālaka )

( ī' ), f. a young girl, one from ten to twelve years old, maiden, daughter AV. AitBr. etc.

or ( in the Tantras ) any virgin up to the age of sixteen or before menstruation has commenced

N. of certain flags ( set up along with Indra's banner ) VarBṛS.

N. of the wife of Bhīma-sena ( son of Parīkshit ) MBh. i, 3796

of a daughter of Vasu-deva by Rohiṇī Hariv. 1952

of Sītā ( Rāma's wife ) L.

of the goddess Durgā Hariv. 9425

of Dākshāyaṇī ( in Māyā-purī ) MatsyaP.

of a metre ( a kind of Śakvarī, consisting of four lines of sixteen syllables each )

the bird commonly called Śyāmā L.

the plant Aloe perfoliata L.

the plant Clitoria ternatea ( = a-parājitā ) L.

the plant Jasminum Sambac L.

the plant commonly called bandhyā-karkoṭakī L.

the blossom of the plants Taruṇī and Modinī L.

great cardamoms L.

the most southerly of the nine portions of the known continent or of Jambū-dvīpa ( the southern extremity of the peninsula, whence the modern name Cape Comorin Kumārī ) W.

the central part of the universe ( according to Hindū geography, Jambū- dvīpa or India ) L.

N. of a river flowing from the mountain Śuktimat MBh. Hariv. VP.

of another river Hcat

( when a name is given to a pupil to indicate his attachment to any particular master, kumārī may be prefixed to denote that the pupil's object is to gain the affections of the master's daughter, e.g. kumārī- dākṣa, q.v. s.v. kumārī )

( am ), n. N. of a Varsha governed by Kumāra ( the son of Bhavya ) VP.

pure gold L.

kumārá-kulaṭā [ kumArakulaTA ]

f. unchaste while still a girl, g. śramaṇâdi

kumārá-kuśala [ kumArakuzala ]

mfn. skilful while still a boy ib.

kumārá-garbhiṇī [ kumAragarbhiNI ]

f. pregnant while still a girl ib.

kumārá-gupta [ kumAragupta ]

m. ' protected by the god of war ', N. of several princes, Daś Hcar. etc.

kumārá-ghātin [ kumAraghAtin ]

m. the slayer of a boy or child Pāṇ. 3-2, 51

kumārá-capala [ kumAracapala ]

mfn. giddy while still a boy, g. śramaṇâdi

kumārá-jīva [ kumArajIva ]

m. the plant Putraṃ-jīva Roxburghii Car.

kumārá-tāpasī [ kumAratApasI ]

f. an ascetic while still a girl, g. śramaṇâdi

kumārá-tva [ kumAratva ]

n. boyhood, youth Ragh. xvii, 30

kumārá-datta [ kumAradatta ]

m. ' given by the god of war ', N. of a son of Nidhipati Kathās

kumārá-darśana [ kumAradarzana ]

m. N. of a prince of the Gandharvas Kāraṇḍ. [ 292 , 2 ]

kumārá-dāsa [ kumAradAsa ]

m. N. of a poet

( ī ), f. a slave while still a girl, g. śramaṇâdi

kumārá-devī [ kumAradevI ]

f. N. of the mother of Samudra-gupta

kumārá-deṣṇa [ kumAradeSNa ]

( °rá- ), mfn. granting perishable gifts [ ' granting children ' Sāy. ] RV. x, 34, 7

kumārá-dhārā [ kumAradhArA ]

f. N. of a river MBh. iii, 8127 Kathās

kumārá-nipuṇa [ kumAranipuNa ]

mfn. = -kuśala g. śramaṇâdi

kumārá-paṭu [ kumArapaTu ]

mfn. id. ib.

kumārá-paṇḍita [ kumArapaNDita ]

m. a scholar while still a boy ib.

kumārá-pāla [ kumArapAla ]

m. N. of a king ( = śāli-vāhana W. )

N. of a king of Guzerat W.

kumārá-pravrajitā [ kumArapravrajitA ]

f. religious while still a girl, g. śramaṇâdi

kumārá-bandhakī [ kumArabandhakI ]

f. = -kulaṭā ib.

kumārá-bhaṭṭa [ kumArabhaTTa ]

m. N. of a poet

kumārá-bhṛtyā [ kumArabhRtyA ]

f. care of a young child or of a pregnant or lying-in woman, midwifery Ragh. iii, 12

kumārá-lalitā [ kumAralalitA ]

f. ' boy's play ', N. of a metre ( consisting of four lines of eight syllables each )

kumārá-vana [ kumAravana ]

n. Kumāra's ( i.e. Kārttikeya's ) grove

kumārá-vāri-dhārā [ kumAravAridhArA ]

f. = -dhārā Kathās

kumārá-vāhin [ kumAravAhin ]

m. ' carrying Skanda ', a peacock ( as being Skanda's usual vehicle ) L.

kumārá-vrata [ kumAravrata ]

n. a vow of eternal chastity Vikr

kumārá-śiras [ kumAraziras ]

m. N. of the physician Bharadvāja Car.

kumārá-śramaṇā [ kumArazramaNA ]

f. = -tāpasī g. śramaṇâdi

kumārá-sambhava [ kumArasambhava ]

m. the birth of Skanda or Kārttikeya R. i, 38, 31

N. of a poem by Kālidāsa

kumārá-siṃha [ kumArasiMha ]

m. N. of an astronomer

kumārá-sū [ kumArasU ]

m. ' the father of the god of war ', N. of Agni MBh. ii, 1148

( ūs ), f. ' the mother of the god of war ', N. of the river Gaṅgā L.

of Durgā L.

kumārá-sena [ kumArasena ]

m. N. of a minister Rājat. iii, 382

kumārá-svāmin [ kumArasvAmin ]

m. N. of the author of a Comm. on the Mīmāṃsā-bhāshya

kumārá-hāritá [ kumArahArita ]

m. N. of a teacher ŚBr. xiv

kumārâgāra [ kumArAgAra ]

m. ' child's room ', nursery Car. iv, 8

kumārâdhyāpaka [ kumArAdhyApaka ]

m. a teacher while still a youth, g. śramaṇâdi

kumārâbhirūpaka [ kumArAbhirUpaka ]

mfn. instructed while still a boy ib.

kumārâbhiṣeka [ kumArAbhiSeka ]

m. ' inauguration of Kumāra ', N. of Kum. xiii

kumārêśvara-tīrtha [ kumArezvaratIrtha ]

n. N. of a Tīrtha ŚivaP.