Kakubh: 11 definitions
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Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Kakubh (ककुभ्) represents the number 10 (ten) in the “word-numeral system” (bhūtasaṃkhyā), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.—A system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 10—kakubh] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the Śāstras, connote numbers.
Ganita (गणित) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Kakubh (ककुभ्).—f.
1) A direction, quarter of the compass; वियुक्ताः कान्तेन स्त्रिय इव न राजन्ति ककुभः (viyuktāḥ kāntena striya iva na rājanti kakubhaḥ) Mṛcchakaṭika 5.26; Śiśupālavadha 9.25, 3.33.
2) Splendour, beauty.
3) A wreath of Champaka flowers.
4) A sacred treatise or Śāstra.
5) A peak, summit.
6) A Rāgiṇī or personified mode of music.
7) The personified quarter of the sky.
8) Breath, animation.
9) Unornamented hair; or hair hanging down as a tail.
Kakubh (ककुभ्).—f. (-pa) 1. Space, region or quarter, as east, west, &c. 2. Beauty, splendor. 3. Unornamented hair, or the hair hanging down as a tail. 4. A wreath of Champaka flowers. 5. A Ragini or personified mode of music. 6. A Sastra or sacred treatise. E. ka wind, skubh to spread, kvip affix and the sa is dropped; or kak to be proud, ubh aff.
Kakubh (ककुभ्).— (a reduplicated form of a lost base, kubh; cf. [Latin] cubare, and kumbh), f. 1. A summit (ved.) 2. A quarter or point of the compass, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 21, 13. 3. A proper name, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 6, 6, 4.
Kakubh (ककुभ्).—[feminine] peak, summit; region, quarter; [Name] of a metre.
1) Kakubh (ककुभ्):—f. (cf. kakud) a peak, summit, [Ṛg-veda]
2) space, region or quarter of the heavens, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Mṛcchakaṭikā; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.
3) Name of a metre of three Pādas (consisting of eight, twelve, and eight syllables respectively; so called because the second Pāda exceeds the others by four syllables), [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya 889; Atharva-veda xiii, 1, 15; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.
4) unornamented hair or the hair hanging down like a tail, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) a wreath of Campaka flowers, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) splendour, beauty, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) a Śāstra or science, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) a Rāgiṇī or mode of music, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) Name of a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma (as a personified quarter of the sky), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
10) Kākubh (काकुभ्):—[from kākud] [varia lectio] for kākud, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska i, 11.]
Kakubh (ककुभ्):—(b or p) 1. f. Space, quarter; beauty; hair; wreath; rāginī.
Kakubh (ककुभ्):—
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Kākubh (काकुभ्):—v. l. für kākud [das 1, 11.]
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Kakubh (ककुभ्):—
3) [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 4, 11, 1.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 242.] kakumnyaṅkuśirāḥ [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 16, 22.]
Kakubh (ककुभ्):—f. —
1) Kuppe , Gipfel , cacumen. —
2) Weltgegend. —
3) ein best. Metrum. —
4) *Haarflechte. —
5) *ein Kranz von Campaka-Blüthen. —
6) *Glanz , Schönheit. —
7) *Lehre , Lehrbuch. —
8) Nomen proprium einer Tochter Dakṣa’s und Gattin Dharma's.
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Kākubh (काकुभ्):—v.l. für kākud.
Kakubh (ककुभ्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kauhā.
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.
Nepali dictionary
Kakubh is another spelling for ककुभ [kakubha].—n. 1. tailpiece (in lute); 2. large cinnamon;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Kakubha, Kakubhabarhata, Kakubhadamti, Kakubhadani, Kakubhadini, Kakubhagrama, Kakubhah, Kakubhakara, Kakubhamaya, Kakubhata, Kakubhavasana, Kakubhi, Kakubhvat, Kakubjhaya.
Full-text (+15): Kakubha, Trikakubh, Kakupkaram, Panktakakubha, Kakuda, Mahatrikakud, Gayatrakakubha, Maghavana, Kakuppradaha, Pragatha, Kakubhvat, Kakup, Kakub, Kakum, Akhandalakakubh, Kakubjhaya, Kakuhastina, Ushnihakakubh, Kukubha, Maghavani.
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kanda VIII, adhyaya 6, brahmana 2 < [Eight Kanda]
Kanda VIII, adhyaya 2, brahmana 4 < [Eight Kanda]
Kanda VIII, adhyaya 5, brahmana 2 < [Eight Kanda]
Panchavimsha Brahmana (English translation) (by W. Caland)
Chapter 8 - The Jyotistoma, Ukthya and Atiratra (continued)
Chapter 14 - Chandoma days (of the twelve-day rite) (continued)
Poetic spirit of the Rigvedic Seers (study) (by Pubali Chakraborty)
Part 2.10 - Description of Pragātha (combination of two or more metres) < [Chapter 3 - Application of Metre]
Part 2.2 - Description of the Uṣṇij metre < [Chapter 3 - Application of Metre]
Part 1.1 - Classification of Vedic Metre < [Chapter 3 - Application of Metre]
Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 6 - Progeny of Dakṣa’s Daughters < [Book 6 - Sixth Skandha]
Sankhayana-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)
Page 187 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]