kūṭa कूट kū́ṭa n. the bone of the forehead with its projections or prominences, horn, [RV. x, 102, 4]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.] a kind of vessel or implement, [Kauś. 16] kū́ṭa m. n. any prominence or projection (e.g. aṃsa-k°, akṣi-k°, qq.vv.) summit, peak or summit of a mountain, [MBh.] &c. summit, head i.e. the highest, most excellent, first, [BhP. ii, 9, 19] a heap, multitude (e.g. abhra-k°, a multitude of clouds), [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.] part of a plough, ploughshare, body of a plough, [L.] an iron mallet, [MBh. xvi, 4, 6] a trap for catching deer, concealed weapon (as a dagger in a wooden case, sword-stick, &c.), [R.]; [Pañcat.] (as, [L.]; am) illusion, fraud, trick, untruth, falsehood, [L.] a puzzling question, enigma, [BhP. vi, 5, 10] and [29] kū́ṭa m. a kind of hall (= maṇḍapa), [Hcat.] N. of a particular constellation, [VarBṛ. xii, 8] and [16] a subdivision of Graha-yuddha, [Sūryas.] a mystical N. of the letter kṣa, [RāmatUp.] N. of Agastya (cf. kuṭaja), [L.] of an enemy of Viṣṇu, [R.]; [BhP. x] kū́ṭa m. n. uniform substance (as the ethereal element, &c.), [L.] a water-jar, [Hcar.] a kind of plant, [L.] kū́ṭa mf(I). a house, dwelling (cf. kuṭa and kuṭī), [L.] kūṭá mf(A/)n. not horned or cornuted (as an animal with incomplete continuations of the bone of the forehead), [AV. xii, 4, 3]; [TS. i]; [Kāṭh.] &c. false, untrue, deceitful, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [Kathās.] &c. base (as coins), [Yājñ. ii, 241] kū́ṭa m. an ox whose horns are broken, [L.] kū́ṭa n. counterfeited objects (of a merchant), [VarBṛ. xiv, 3.] kūṭaja कूटज kūṭa—ja m. (= kuṭ°) the tree Wrightia antidysenterica, [R. iv, 29, 10.] kūṭaka कूटक mfn. base (as a coin), [Yājñ. ii, 241] m. a braid or tress of hair, [L.] N. of a fragrant plant, [L.] of a mountain, [BhP. v, 19, 16] n. elevation, prominence, projection, [L.] (see akṣik°) ‘a ploughshare’, or ‘the body of a plough (i.e. the wood without the ploughshare and pole)’, [L.] kūṭatā कूटता kūṭa—tā f. falsehood. kūṭaśas कूटशस् kūṭa—śas ind. in heaps, by crowds, [MBh.] kūṭakṛt कूटकृत् kūṭa—kṛt m. a cheat, briber, falsifier of (gen.), [Yājñ.] a Kāyastha or man of the writer-caste, [L.] N. of Śiva, [L.] kūṭastha कूटस्थ kūṭa—stha mfn. standing at the top, keeping the highest position Comm. on [ŚBr. i, 4, 2, 4] standing in a multitude of or in the midst of (in comp.), [BhP. i, 11, 36] (in phil.) immovable, uniform, unchangeable (as the soul, spirit, space, ether, sound, &c.), [Up.]; [Pat.]; [Bhag. vi], [xii]; [BhP. iii], &c. (Pāli. kūṭaṭṭha, Sāmaññaphala-sutta) kūṭa—stha m. n. a kind of perfume (a species of dried shell-fish, commonly Nathi), [L.] kūṭa—stha n. the soul, [W.] kūṭatva कूटत्व kūṭa—tva n. = -tā. kūṭaśaila कूटशैल kūṭa—śaila m. N. of a mountain, [VP.] kūṭakāra कूटकार kūṭa—kāra m. a cheat, false witness, [W.] kūṭalekha कूटलेख kūṭa—lekha m. a falsified document, [Kathās. cxxiv, 198.] kūṭamāna कूटमान kūṭa—māna n. false measure or weight, [MBh.] kūṭapāśa कूटपाश kūṭa—pāśa m. a trap, [Pañcat.]; [Kād.] kūṭapūrī कूटपूरी kūṭa—pūrī f. (= karāyikā) a kind of crane, [VarBṛS.] (metrically also °ri). kūṭatakṣ कूटतक्ष् kūṭa—takṣ mfn., [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 84], Vārtt. 2, [Pat.] kūṭatulā कूटतुला kūṭa—tulā f. a false pair of scales, [Pañcat.] kūṭadharma कूटधर्म kūṭa—dharma mfn. (a country) where falsehood is considered a duty, [BhP.] kūṭakhaḍga कूटखड्ग kūṭa—khaḍga m. a hidden sword, sword-stick, [R. vi, 80, 4.] kūṭabandha कूटबन्ध kūṭa—bandha m. = -pāśa, [Ragh. xiii, 19] kūṭadanta कूटदन्त kūṭa—danta mfn. having prominent teeth, [Hir.] kūṭaheman कूटहेमन् kūṭa—heman n. id., [Naiṣ. xxii, 52.] kūṭalekhya कूटलेख्य kūṭa—lekhya n. id., [Pañcat.] (ed. Bomb.) kūṭapūrva कूटपूर्व kūṭa—pūrva m. fever in an elephant, [L.] kūṭaparva कूटपर्व kūṭa—parva v.l. for -pūrva, q.v., [L.] kūṭasthatā कूटस्थता kūṭa—stha—tā f. unchangeableness, uniformity kūṭayodhin कूटयोधिन् kūṭa—yodhin mfn. fighting unfairly or treacherously, [R.] kūṭayuddha कूटयुद्ध kūṭa—yuddha n. a treacherous or unfair battle, [Ragh. xvii, 69] kūṭa—yuddha mfn. fighting treacherously, [R. i, 22, 7.] kūṭaśāsana कूटशासन kūṭa—śāsana n. a forged grant or decree, [Mn. ix, 232.] kūṭabandham कूटबन्धम् kūṭa—bandham ind. p, [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 41], [Kāś.] kūṭagrantha कूटग्रन्थ kūṭa—grantha m. N. of wk. (attributed to Vyāsa). kūṭakāraka कूटकारक kūṭa—kāraka m. id., [Mn. iii, 158] (= [MBh. xiii, 4276]). kūṭakarman कूटकर्मन् kūṭa—karman n. fraudulent act, trick, [Daś.] kūṭamohana कूटमोहन kūṭa—mohana m. ‘baffling or bewildering rogues’, N. of Skanda, [MBh. iii, 14632.] kūṭapākala कूटपाकल kūṭa—pākala m. a bilious fever (of men), [Bhpr.] fever in an elephant, [Mālatīm.] kūṭapālaka कूटपालक kūṭa—pālaka m. a potter's kiln, [L.] v.l. for -pākala, q.v. kūṭaracanā कूटरचना kūṭa—racanā f. artifice, trick, [Kathās. lvii, 115] a laid trap, [Pañcat.] kūṭasākṣin कूटसाक्षिन् kūṭa—sākṣin m. a false witness, [Gaut.]; [Yājñ. ii, 77]; [MārkP.] kūṭasākṣya कूटसाक्ष्य kūṭa—sākṣya n. a false testimony, [HYog. ii, 54.] kūṭasthatva कूटस्थत्व kūṭa—stha—tva n. id. Comm. on [KapS.] kūṭasvarṇa कूटस्वर्ण kūṭa—svarṇa n. alloyed or counterfeit gold, [Yājñ. ii, 297]; [Hcat.] kūṭatāpasa कूटतापस kūṭa—tāpasa m. a pretended ascetic, [Kathās.] kūṭayantra कूटयन्त्र kūṭa—yantra n. a trap or snare, [L.] kūṭaśālmalī कूटशाल्मली kūṭa—śālmalī f. See -śālmali. kūṭaśālmali कूटशाल्मलि kūṭa—śālmali m. f. the plant Andersonia Rohitaka, [L.] a fabulous cotton plant with sharp thorns (with which the wicked are tortured in the world of Yama), [MBh.] (also °lika, m.), [R.] (°lī, f.), [Ragh. xii, 95] N. of a hell, [PadmaP.] kūṭacchadman कूटच्छद्मन् kūṭa—cchadman m. a rogue, cheat, [Pañcat.] kūṭakākhyāna कूटकाख्यान n. a tale containing passages of ambiguous meanings. kūṭamudgara कूटमुद्गर kūṭa—mudgara m. a concealed weapon similar to a hammer, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; [MārkP.] N. of wk. kūṭasthadīpa कूटस्थदीप kūṭa—stha—dīpa m. N. of a treatise forming part of the [Pañcadaśī]. kūṭasaṃdoha कूटसंदोह kūṭa—saṃdoha m. id. kūṭaśālmalika कूटशाल्मलिक kūṭa—śālmalika m. See -śālmali. kūṭasaṃkrānti कूटसंक्रान्ति kūṭa—saṃkrānti f. the entrance of the sun into another zodiacal sign after midnight, [L.] kūṭavyavahārin कूटव्यवहारिन् kūṭa—vyavahārin m. a deceitful merchant, [Viṣṇ.] kūṭaghaṭitalakṣaṇa कूटघटितलक्षण kūṭa—ghaṭita-lakṣaṇa n. N. of a Nyāya wk. kūṭasaṃghaṭitalakṣaṇa कूटसंघटितलक्षण kūṭa—saṃghaṭita-lakṣaṇa n. N. of wk.