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kuकुa pronom. base appearing in kútas, kútra, kuvíd, kúha, kvá, and as a prefix implying deterioration, depreciation, deficiency, want, littleness, hindrance, reproach, contempt, guilt
originally perhaps signified ‘how (strange!)’
as a separate word occurs only in the lengthened form 3. kū́, q.v.
f. the earth, [Āryabh.]; [VarBṛS.]; [VarBṛ.]; [BhP. vi, 1, 42]
the ground or base of a triangle or other plane figure, Comm. on [Āryabh.]
the number ‘one’.
See √ 1. kū.
kuṇकुण्cl. 6. P. kuṇati, to sound, [Dhātup. xxviii, 45]; to support or aid (with gifts, &c.), [ib.]; to be in pain (?), [ib.] : cl. 10. P. kuṇayati, to converse with, address, invite, [Dhātup. xxxv, 41];
[cf. Lat. cano]
kuśकुश्cl. 4. P. kuśyati, to embrace, enfold, [Dhātup. xxvi, 109] (v.l. kus).
kuthकुथ्cl. 4. kuthyati, to stink, become putrid, [Dhātup. xxvi, 11] : Caus. P. kothayati, to cause to putrefy, [Suśr.]
kucकुच्cl. 1. P. kocati, to sound high, utter a shrill cry (as a bird), [Dhātup.]; to polish, [ib.]; to go, [ib.] [vii, 2]; to connect, mix, [ib.]; to bend, make curved, [ib.]; to be curved or crooked, [ib.]; to oppose, impede, [ib.] : to mark with lines, write, [ib.] [xx, 27] : cl. 6. P. kucati, to contract, [Dhātup. xxviii, 75]; to be or make small, [ib.] [vii, 3] (cf. √ kuñc.)
kudकुद्cl. 10. P. kodayati, to tell a lie, [Dhātup. xxxii, 6]; (v.l. for √ kundr.)
kuhकुह्cl. 10. Ā. kuhayate, to surprise or astonish or cheat by trickery or jugglery, [Dhātup. xxxv, 47.]
See viṣū-k°.
kujकुज्cl. 1. P. kojati, to steal, [Dhātup. vii, 19] : cl. 6. P. kujati, to be crooked, [Nir. vii, 12.]
kukकुक्cl. 1. Ā. kokate, to take, accept, seize, [Dhātup. iv, 17.]
kulकुल्cl. 1. kolati, to accumulate, collect, [Dhātup. xx, 12]; to be of kin, behave as a kinsman, [ib.]; to proceed continuously or without interruption, [ib.]; to count, [ib.]
kumकुम्ind. an interjection g. cādi.
kupकुप्cl. 4. P. Ā. kupyati, °te (perf. cukopa), to be moved or excited or agitated, [Suśr.]; [BhP.]; to swell, heave or boil with rage or emotion, be angry, be angry with (dat.; also gen., once [[R. i, 49, 7]] acc.; or with upari and gen., e.g. tasmai or tasya or tasyopari cukopa, he was angry with him), [MBh.] &c.: Caus. P. kopáyati, to move, shake, agitate, [RV. i, 54, 4]; [v, 57, 3]; [x, 44, 8]; [Suśr.]; P. Ā. kopayati, °te, to cause to swell with anger, provoke, make angry, [MBh.] &c.;
[cf. Lat. cupio; Eng. hope; Germ. hoffe.]
cl. 10. P. kopayati, ‘to speak’ or ‘to shine’, [Dhātup. xxxiii, 106];
[cf. Hib. cubhas, ‘word, promise’, Lat. nun-cupo; Goth. huf, ‘to lament’.]
kuḍकुड्cl. 6. P. kuḍati, to play or act as a child, trifle, [Dhātup. xxviii, 89]; to eat, [ib.]; to heap, [ib.]; to plunge, dive, [ib.] [101.]
kurकुर्cl. 6. P. kurati, to utter a sound, [Dhātup. xxviii, 51.]
kusकुस्v.l. for √ kuś, q.v.
kutकुत्a Sautra root (i.e. one found in grammatical Sūtras only), to spread.
kuṭकुट्cl. 6. P. kuṭati, to become crooked or curved, bend, curve, curl, [Dhātup. xxviii, 73]; ? [Nir. vi, 30]; to be dishonest, cheat, [Dhātup.] : cl. 4. P. kuṭyati, or cl. 10. Ā. koṭayate, to break into pieces, tear asunder, divide, [Dhātup. xxxiii, 25]; to speak indistinctly, [ib.]; to be warm, burn, [ib.] (cf. √ kuṭṭ and √ kuṇṭ.)
kuṣकुष्cl. 9. P. kuṣṇāti (ind.p. kuṣitvā, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 7]; aor. akoṣīt, [Pāṇ.], Sch.), to tear asunder, [Bhaṭṭ.]; to pinch, [Car. i, 8]; [VP. iii, 12, 9]; to force or draw out, extract, [Bhaṭṭ.]; to knead Comm. on [KātyŚr.] (perf. p. kuṣita); to test, examine (?); to shine (?) : cl. 6. kuṣati, to gnaw, nibble, [BhP. iii, 16, 10] : Pass. kuṣyati and °te, ‘to weigh, balance’ [[NBD.]], [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 90.]
kubhāकुभाkúbhā f. the Kabul river (Κωϕήν, a river falling into the Indus), [RV. v, 53, 9]; [x, 75, 6.]
kudhīकुधीku—dhī mfn. foolish
ku—dhī m. (īs) a fool, [Pañcat.]; [BhP.]
ku-dhī See 1. ku.
kudhiकुधिm. (= kuvi) an owl, [Gal.]
kuṃśकुंश्or kuṃs cl. 1. or cl. 10. P. kuṃśati, °śayati or kuṃsati, °sayati, ‘to speak’ or ‘to shine’, [Dhātup. xxxiii, 90] and [92.]
kuṃsकुंस्kuṃś or cl. 1. or cl. 10. P. kuṃśati, °śayati or kuṃsati, °sayati, ‘to speak’ or ‘to shine’, [Dhātup. xxxiii, 90] and [92.]
See √ kuṃś.
kuṇṭhकुण्ठ्cl. 1. P. kuṇṭhati to be lame or mutilated or blunted or dulled, [Dhātup. ix, 57]; to be lazy or stupid, [ib.] : cl. 10. kuṇṭhayati, to cover, conceal (cf. √ guṇṭh), [Dhātup. xxxii, 46] (cf. avakuṇṭhana)
kuṇaकुणm. a kind of insect living in clothes
dirt on the navel, [Gal.]
(ifc. with aśvatthapīlu, and other names of trees or flowers) the time when a plant bears fruit, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 24.]
kuṇiकुणिmfn. having a crooked or withered arm or an arm without a hand or finger, [MBh. iii, 1270]; [Suśr.]
m. a whitlow, [W.]
the tree Cedrela Toona (= tunna), [L.]
N. of a prince (son of Jaya), [BhP. ix, 24, 13]
of the author of a Comm. on [Pāṇ.]; [Bhartṛ.] Comm. on [Pat.] of a man, Tāṇḍya, [Br. xiii, 4, 11], Sch.
of a Ṛṣi, [VāyuP.]
of Garga, [MBh. ix, 2981 f.]
of the author of a Dharma-śāstra, [Parāś.]
kuṇḍकुण्ड्cl. 1. P. kuṇḍati, to mutilate, [Dhātup. ix, 37] : cl. 1. Ā. kuṇḍate, to burn, [ib.] [viii, 17] : cl. 10. kuṇḍayati, to protect, [ib.] [xxxii, 45.]
kuṇṭकुण्ट्= √ kuṇḍ, q.v.
kuśāकुशा(ā), f. ([Pāṇ. viii, 3, 46]) a small pin or piece of wood (used as a mark in recitation), [Lāṭy. ii, 6, 1] and [4]
a cord (cf. káśā), [L.]
a horse's bridle (cf. káśā), [L.]
N. of a plant (commonly Madhu-karkaṭikā), [L.]
kuśīकुशीkuśī́ (ī́), f. (= kuśā) a small pin (used as a mark in recitation and consisting of wood [[MaitrS. iv]] or of metal [[TBr. i]; [ŚBr. iii]])
a ploughshare, [L.]
a pod of cotton, [L.]
kuśaकुशkuśá as, m. grass, [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]
(the Brāhmaṇas commonly call it darbhá)
the sacred grass used at certain religious ceremonies (Poa cynosuroides, a grass with long pointed stalks), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.
a rope (made of Kuśa grass) used for connecting the yoke of a plough with the pole, [L.]
N. of a son of Vasu Uparicara, [Hariv. 1806]
of the founder of Kuśathalī, [SkandaP.]
of a son of Balākāśva (grandson of Balāka, father of Kuśāmba or Kuśa-nābha), [R.]; [BhP. ix, 19, 4]
of a son of Suhotra (cf. kāśa), [BhP.]
of a son of Vidarbha, [ib.]
of a son of Rāma (cf. kuśīlava), [Hariv. 822]; [BhP.]; [Ragh. xvi, 72]
of a son of Lava (king of Kaśmīra), [Rājat. i, 88]
one of the great Dvīpas or divisions of the universe (surrounded by the sea of liquefied butter), [BhP. v, 1, 32]; [VP.]
kuśá (am), n. water
kuśá mfn. wicked, depraved, [L.]
kuśá n. mad, inebriate, [L.]
kuśiकुशि(in comp. for kuśin).
m. an owl, [L.]
kuthaकुथas, ā, m. f. [am, n., [L.]] a painted or variegated cloth (serving as an elephant's housings), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.;
m. sacrificial or Kuśa grass (Poa cynosuroides), [L.] Śākya-muni in one of his former thirty-four births, [L.]
kuṭhaकुठm. a tree (cf. kuṭa), [L.]
kuṭhiकुठिmfn. ‘leafless, bare’ or ‘crooked, wry’ (Comm.; said of a tree), [ṢaḍvBr.]
m. a tree, [L.]
a mountain, [L.]
kuñcकुञ्च्cl. 1. P. kuñcati, to make crooked, [Dhātup.] : to bend or curve, move crookedly, [Suśr.] : Caus. kuñcayati, to curl, crisp, frounce Comm. on [Uṇ. iv, 117];
[cf. Hib. cuachaim, ‘I fold, plait’; cuach, ‘a curl’; cuachach, ‘curled’.]
kuñjकुञ्ज्cl. 1. P. kuñjati, to murmur (= √ kūj), [Hcar.]
kucaकुचm. (generally du. au; ifc. f(A). ), the female breast, teat, [Suśr.]; [Śak.] &c.
kugoकुगोku—go m. a miserable or weak bull, [R. vi, 112, 6.]
kuhāकुहाf. a kind of Zizyphus tree, [Bhpr.]
kuhīकुहीf. a mist, fog, [Gal.]
kuhūकुहूkuhū́ ūs, f. (fr. √ kuh = guh?), the new moon (personified as a daughter of Aṅgiras), [AV.]; [Kāṭh.]; [TS.]; [AitBr.] &c.
the first day of the first quarter (on which the moon rises invisible), [W.]
N. of one of the seven rivers of Plakṣa-dvīpa, [VP.]; [BhP. v, 20, 10.]
ind. = kuhu.
kuhaकुहm. ([Pāṇ. vi, 1, 216]) N. of Kubera, [L.]
a rogue, cheat, [R. ii, 109, 27] (a-k°, ‘no deceiver’).
kúha ind. (fr. 1. ku), where? [RV.]
kuhuकुहुm. N. of a particular weight, [Hcat.]
f. (= 1. ) the new moon, [Pāṇ.]; [Siddh.]
ind. onomat. from the cry of the Kolika, &c., only in comp.
cf. 2. kuhū.
kujāकुजाku—jā f. ‘earth-daughter’, Durgā, [L.]
of Sītā, [W.]
kujaकुजku—ja m. ‘born from the earth’, a tree, [L.]
‘the son of the earth’, N. of the planet Mars, [VarBṛS.]
of the Daitya Naraka (conquered by Kṛṣṇa), [BhP.]
ku—ja n. the horizon (= kṣiti-ja)
ku-ja See 2. ku.
kukaकुकmfn. taking, accepting, [W.]
kulāकुलाkúlā (ā), f. ‘a principal day’, N. of the 4th and 8th and 12th and 14th day in a pakṣa, or half-month, [Tantras.]
kulīकुलीkúlī (ī), f. a wife's elder sister, [L.]
the plant Solanum Jacquini or Solanum longum, [L.]
See kúla.
kulaकुलkúla am, n. (ifc. f(A). ) a herd, troop, flock, assemblage, multitude, number, &c. (of quadrupeds, birds, insects, &c., or of inanimate objects, e.g. go-kula, a herd of cows, [R.] &c.; mahiṣīk°, a herd of female buffaloes, [Ṛtus.]; ali-k°, a swarm of bees, [Śiś.]; [Gīt.] &c.; alaka-k°, a multitude of curls, [BhP.])
a race, family, community, tribe, caste, set, company (e.g. brāhmaṇa-k°, the caste of the Brāhmans, [BhP.]; padātīnāṃ kula, infantry, [Rājat. v, 247])
(ifc. with a gen. sg.) a lot, gang (e.g. caurasya-k°, a gang of thieves), [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 21], [Kāś.]
the residence of a family, seat of a community, inhabited country (as much ground as can be ploughed by two ploughs each drawn by six bulls Comm. on [Mn. vii, 119])
a house, abode, [MBh.]
a noble or eminent family or race, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
high station (in comp. ‘chief, principal’, cf. kula-giri, &c.)
the body, [L.]
the front, forepart, [W.]
a blue stone, [L.]
(with Śāktas) N. of Śakti and of the rites observed in her worship (cf. kaula)
= kula-nakṣatra, q.v., [Tantras.]
kúla (as), m. the chief of a corporation or guild, [L.]
= kula-vāra, q.v., [Tantras.]
N. of a man, [R. vii, 43, 2]
kuliकुलिm. the hand, [L.]
f. (= °lī) Solanum Jacquini (prickly nightshade), [L.]
kumbhकुम्भ्v.l. for √ kumb, q.v.
kumbकुम्ब्cl. 6. 10.P. kumbati, °bayati, to cover, [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 105]; [Dhātup.]
kumpकुम्प्v.l. for √ kumb, q.v.
kunthकुन्थ्cl. 1. kunthati, to hurt, injure, [Dhātup. iii, 6]; to suffer pain, want, &c., [ib.] : cl. 9. kuthnāti, to cling to, twine round, embrace, [Dhātup. xxxi, 42]; to injure, [ib.];
[cf. Lat. quatio, percutio.]
kupaकुपkupá m. the beam or lever of a pair of scales, [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]
field-lark, [Npr.]
kuḍīकुडीf. (a wrong reading) for kuṭī, q.v., [MBh. xiii, 6471.]
kuḍiकुडिm. (= kuṭi) the body, [Uṇ.]
kurīकुरीf. a kind of grass or corn, [L.]
kurdकुर्द्for kūrd, q.v.
kuruकुरुkúru m. pl. N. of a people of India and of their country (situated near the country of the Pañcālas; hence often connected with Pañcāla or Pañcāla [see kuru-pañc° below] : the uttara-kuravaḥ, or uttarāḥ kuravaḥ are the northern Kurus, the most northerly of the four Mahā-dvīpas or principal divisions of the known world [distinguished from the dakṣiṇāḥ kuravaḥ or southern Kurus, [MBh. i, 4346]], by other systems regarded as one of the nine divisions or Varṣas of the same; it was probably a country beyond the most northern range of the Himālaya, often described as a country of everlasting happiness [[AitBr.]; [MBh.] &c.], and considered by some to be the ancient home of the Āryan race)
= ṛtvijas (priests), [Naigh.]
= kartāras (‘doers’, fr. √ 1. kṛ) Comm. on [ChUp.]
N. of the ancestor of the Kurus (son of Saṃvaraṇa and Tapatī, daughter of the sun [[MBh. i, 3738 ff.]; [Hariv. 1799] &c.]; Kuru is the ancestor of both Pāṇḍu and Dhṛtarāṣṭra, though the patronymic derived from his name is usually applied only to the sons of the latter, the sons and descendants of the former being called Pāṇḍavas)
N. of a son of Āgnīdhra and grandson of Priya-vrata, [VP.]; [BhP.]
boiled rice, [L.]
the plant Solanum Jacquini (= kaṇṭakārikā), [L.]
kúru (ūs), f. a princess of the Kuru race, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 66] & [176] (cf. kaurava, &c.)
kusūकुसूku—sū m. ‘earth-born’, an earth-worm, [L.]
ku-sū See 2. ku.
kutūकुतूf. a leathern oil-bottle, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 89.]
kutaकुतm. N. of one of the eighteen attendants of the sun (identified with the god of the ocean), [L.]
kutoकुतो(in comp. for kutas).
kutsकुत्स्(perhaps related to kútas) cl. 10. P. kutsayati [also Ā. °yate, [Dhātup.]; rarely cl. 1. P. kutsati, [MBh. ii, 2298] and [2303]; once cl. 4. P. kutsyati, [R. vii, 43, 18]], to despise, abuse, revile, contemn, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; &c.;
[cf. Lith. kussinu.]
kuvaकुवn. a water-lily, lotus, [L.] (cf. kuvala, &c.)
kuṭīकुटीf. g. gaurādi ([Gaṇar. 47]).
f. ‘a curvature, curve’, see bhṛk°, bhruk°
a hut, cottage, house, hall, shop, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
a room with openings used for fumigations, [Car.]; [Suśr.]
a bawd, [L.]
a nosegay, bundle or tuft of flowers or vegetables, [L.]
a kind of perfume (commonly Murā), or = surā (spirituous liquor), [L.]
&c. See [ib.]
kuṭaकुटkúṭa m. n. a house, family (cf. kuṭi), [RV. i, 46, 4] [? = kṛta, [Nir. v, 24]]
a water-pot, pitcher, [L.]
kúṭa m. a fort, stronghold, [L.]
a hammer, mallet for breaking small stones, ax, [L.]
a tree, [L.]
a mountain, [L.]
N. of a man g. aśvādi and kurv-ādi [also, [RV. i, 46, 4], accord. to [Gmn.]]
kuṭiकुटिf. ‘a curvature, curve’, see bhṛk°, bhruk°
a hut, cottage, hall, shop (= kuṭī, q.v.), [Uṇ. iv, 144]
m. a tree, [L.]
the body, [L.]
&c. See [ib.]
kuṭṭकुट्ट्cl. 10. kuṭṭayati ([Dhātup. xxxii, 23]), to crush, bruise, [Bhpr.]; [AV.Pariś.]; to grind or pound, paw (the ground), [VarBṛS.]; to strike slightly, [Bālar.] Comm. on [KātyŚr.]; to multiply; to censure, abuse, [Dhātup.]; to fill, [ib.]
kubhṛtकुभृत्ku—bhṛt m. = -dhara
(hence) the number ‘seven’,
ku-bhṛt See 2. ku.
kubhraकुभ्रkubhrá as, m. a hump-backed bull, [MaitrS. ii, 5, 3]
(unnatá, [TS. ii, 1, 5, 2.])
kudhraकुध्रku—dhra m. id. g. mūla-vibhujādi.
ku-dhra See 2. ku.
kuṃśaकुंशSee bhṛk°, bhrak°, bhru-k°, bhrū-k°.
kuṃsaकुंसSee bhṛk°, bhrak°, bhru-k°, bhrū-k°.
See kuṃśa.
kuṇṭhaकुण्ठmfn. (g. kaḍārādi) blunt, dull, [MBh. i, 1178]; [R.] &c.
stupid, indolent, lazy, foolish.
kuṇinकुणिन्m. a kind of savage (= kaṇabha), [Suśr.]
kuṇḍāकुण्डाf. (√ kuṇḍ) mutilation, [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 103], [Kāś.]
N. of Durgā, [L.]
kuṇḍīकुण्डीf. ([Pāṇ. iv, 1, 42]) a bowl, pitcher, pot, [Hcat.]; [Prasannar.]
kuṇḍaकुण्डn. [as m., [L.]], a bowl-shaped vessel, basin, bowl, pitcher, pot, water-pot, [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.
a vessel for coals, [R. v, 10, 16] &c.
a round hole in the ground (for receiving and preserving water or fire, cf. agni-kuṇḍa), pit, well, spring or basin of water (especially consecrated to some holy purpose or person), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
crippled, lame, [Mahāvy.]
m. an adulterine, son of a woman by another man than her husband while the husband is alive, [Mn. iii, 174]
(see gola and -golaka below)
N. of Śiva, [MBh. xii, 10358]
of a Nāga, [MBh. i, 4828]
of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [MBh. i, 4550]
n. ifc. a clump (e.g. darbha-k°, a clump of Darbha grass), [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 136]
a particular measure, [L.]
N. of certain mystical figures
a particular appearance of the moon (surrounded by a circle), [VarBṛS. iv, 15.]
kuṇḍiकुण्डिm. or f. a water-jar, [L.]
kuśinकुशिन्mfn. furnished with Kuśa grass, [MBh. xiii, 973]
m. N. of Vālmīki (so called with reference to Kuśa the son of Rāma), [L.]
kuśriकुश्रिkuśrí or kúśri m. N. of a teacher, [ŚBr. x], [xiv.]
kuñcīकुञ्चीf. cummin, [Bhpr.]
(= kuñcikā) Trigonella foenum graecum, [L.]
kuñciकुञ्चिf. a measure of capacity (equal to eight handfuls, = kiṃ-cid), [Hcat.] Comm. on [Mn. vii, 126.]
kuñjaकुञ्जm. [am n., [L.]] a place overrun with plants or overgrown with creepers, bower, arbour, [MBh.] &c.
(with sarasvatyās) ‘the bower of Sarasvatī’, N. of a Tīrtha, [MBh. iii, 6078 ff.]
the lower jaw, [L.]
an elephant's tusk or jaw, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 107], Vārtt.
a tooth, [L.]
N. of a man, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 98.]
kubjāकुब्जाkubjā́ (ā), f. a kind of musical instrument
kubjaकुब्जkubjá mf(A)n. hump-backed, crooked, [VS. xxx, 10]; [ṢaḍvBr.]; [MBh.] &c.
kubjá (as), m. N. of a person born under certain constellations and being an attendant of the model man Haṃsa, [VarBṛS.]
a curved sword, [L.]
a sort of fish (Bola Cuja), [W.]
the plant Achyranthes aspera (= apāmārgá), [L.]
[cf. nyubja and kanya-kubja; cf. also Lith. kupra, kupotas; Gk. κυϕός, κύπτω; Lat. gibbus, gibba, gibber.]
kubjiकुब्जिkubjí f. (prob.) a tiger's den, [MaitrS.]
kubraकुब्रn. a forest, [Uṇ. ii, 29]
a hole for sacrificial fire, [L.]
a ring, ear-ring, [L.]
a thread, [L.]
a cart, [L.]
kucchaकुच्छn. the white water-lily, [L.]
kudriकुद्रिm. N. of a man g. gṛṣṭyādi
m. pl. (ayas) his descendants g. yaskādi.
kudyaकुद्यfor kuḍya, q.v.
kuhūsकुहूस्ind. = 2. kuhu, [Gīt. i, 47.]
kujyāकुज्याku—jyā f. = kṣiti-jyā.
ku-jyā See 2. ku.
kukṣīकुक्षीf. id., [VarBṛS.]
kukṣaकुक्षn. the belly, [Uṇ. iii, 67]
kukṣiकुक्षिkukṣí is, m. [f., [L.]] the belly, cavity of the abdomen (in the earlier language generally used in du. [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.])
the interior of anything, [W.]
the womb, [R.]; [Ragh. x, 60] &c.
a cavity in general (e.g. adri-kukṣi, cavity of a mountain, [Ragh. ii, 38]), [MBh. iii, 10694] &c.
a valley, [Kathās. lxv, 214]
(with sāgara or samudra) an ocean-cavity i.e. a bay, gulf, [MBh.]; [Pañcat.]
the sheath of a sword, [L.]
steel, [L.]
N. of a son of Priya-vrata and Kāmyā, [Hariv. 59]
of Bali, [Hariv. 191]
of a king, [MBh. i, 2692]
of a son of Ikṣvāku and father of Vikukṣi, [R.]
of a teacher, [BhP.]
of a region g. dhūmādi
kukṣí (is), f. N. of a daughter of Priyavrata and Kāmyā, [VP.];
[cf. Lat. coxa, coxendix; Gk. κοχώνη ?; Old Germ. bûh; Mod. Germ. Bauch.]
kulphaकुल्फkulphá as, m. (= gulphá; √ 3. kal, [Uṇ.]) the ankle, [RV. vii, 50, 2]; [ŚBr. xi]
kulphá (as, am), m. n. a disease, [L.]