a 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.]
cl. 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];
cl. 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.)
cl. 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.]
cl. 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];
cl. 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.)
cl. 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.]
cl. 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)
cl. 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];
kúla 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.]
kúru 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.)
(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.;
cl. 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.]
n. [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.]