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kūrma

kūrmá as, m. a tortoise, turtle, [VS.]; [TS.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [MBh. iv, 2016])

the earth considered as a tortoise swimming on the waters (see -vibhāga)

(hence) N. of the fourteenth Adhyāya of [VarBṛS.]; [VarYogay. ix, 4]

a particular figure or intertwining of the fingers (mudrā), [Tantras.]

one of the outer winds of the body (causing the closing of the eyes), [Vedāntas.]

N. of a deity, [Rasik.]

of a serpent or Kādraveya king, [MBh. i, 2549]

of a Ṛṣi (son of Gṛtsa-mada, author of [RV. ii, 27]-[29]), [RAnukr.]

Viṣṇu's second incarnation (descent in the form of a tortoise to support the mountain Mandara at the churning of the ocean), [NarasP.] &c.

[cf. κλέμμυς, χέλυς, χελώνη.]