kukṣí 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.]