f. moonlight, moonshine (from its causing the Kumudas to blossom; also Moonlight personified as the wife of Candra or the moon), [Ragh.]; [Kum.]; [Bhartṛ.] &c.
elucidation (the word Kaumudī being metaphorically used like other words of similar import [cf. candrikā] 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, e.g. padārtha-k°, prakriyā-k°, laghu-k°, vaiṣamya-k°, siddhānta-k°)
the day of full moon in the month Kārttika (sacred to Kārttikeya), festival in honour of Kārttikeya held on that day, [MBh. i, 7648]; [xiii, 6132]; [PSarv.]
the day of full moon in the month Āśvina, [L.]
a festival in general, [L.]
(= kumud-vatī) the water-lily (Nymphaea esculenta), [BhP. x, 65, 18]
a metre (of 2 × 24 syllables)
N. of a river, [Śaṃkar.]
(f. of °da, q.v.)