Akalakushmanda, Akālakūṣmāṇḍa, Akala-kushmanda: 3 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Akālakūṣmāṇḍa can be transliterated into English as Akalakusmanda or Akalakushmanda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Akālakūṣmāṇḍa (अकालकूष्माण्ड).—a pumpkin produced out of season; (fig.) of a useless birth.

Derivable forms: akālakūṣmāṇḍaḥ (अकालकूष्माण्डः).

Akālakūṣmāṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms akāla and kūṣmāṇḍa (कूष्माण्ड).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Akālakuṣmāṇḍa (अकालकुष्माण्ड):—[=a-kāla-kuṣmāṇḍa] [from a-kāla] m. a pumpkin produced out of season

2) [v.s. ...] a useless birth.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Akālakuṣmāṇḍa (अकालकुष्माण्ड):—[karmadharaya compound] m.

(-ṇḍaḥ) 1) A pumpkin born out of season.

2) (Fig.) A useless birth. E. akāla and kuṣmāṇḍa.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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