Kakud: 9 definitions
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Kakud means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKakud (ककुद्).—A Marīci god.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 1. 58.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKakud (ककुद्).—f.
1) A summit, peak.
2) Chief, head; see ककुद (kakuda) below; अग्निर्मूर्धा दिवः ककुत् (agnirmūrdhā divaḥ kakut) Ṛgveda 8.44.16.
3) The hump on the shoulders of the Indian bull; ककुद्दोषणीं याचते महादेवः (kakuddoṣaṇīṃ yācate mahādevaḥ) Mahābhārata on VI.1.63. ककुदे वृषस्य कृतबाहुम् (kakude vṛṣasya kṛtabāhum) Kirātārjunīya 12.2; R.4.22.
4) A horn.
5) An ensign or symbol of royalty (as the chatra, cāmara &c.); 'ककुद्धत्ककुदं श्रेष्ठे वृषाङ्के राजलक्ष्मणि (kakuddhatkakudaṃ śreṣṭhe vṛṣāṅke rājalakṣmaṇi)' इति विश्वः (iti viśvaḥ); नृपतिककुदं दत्त्वा यूने सितातपवारणम् (nṛpatikakudaṃ dattvā yūne sitātapavāraṇam) R.3.7.
6) Any projecting corner; Bhāgavata 5.25.7.
7) Name of a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma. According to Pāṇini V.4.146-147 ककुद् (kakud) is the form to be substituted for ककुद (kakuda) in adj. or Bah. comps.; e. g. त्रिककुद् (trikakud).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKakud (ककुद्).—f. (-t) or kakuda mn.
(-daḥ-daṃ) 1. The hump on the shoulders of the Indian bull. 2. An ensign or symbol of royalty, as the white parasol, &c. 3. Chief, pre-eminent. 4. The peak or summit of a mountain. E. ka happiness, ku to sound, affixes kvip and tuk; ta becomes da; or with a final vowel, taking an additional affix ac.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKakud (ककुद्).— (a reduplicated form of a lost base, kud, probably akin to etc., cf. kakudmant), f. 1. A summit, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 25, 7. 2. The hump of the Indian bull, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 9, 6, 15.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKakud (ककुद्).—[feminine] peak of a mountain, hump on the shoulders of the Indian bull; head, chief.
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Kākud (काकुद्).—[feminine] the hollow of the mouth, palate.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kakud (ककुद्):—f. a peak or summit ([Latin] cacumen)
2) chief, head, [Ṛg-veda viii, 44, 16; Atharva-veda vi, 86, 3; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
3) any projecting corner or projection (as of a plough), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 25, 7]
4) the hump on the shoulders of the Indian bullock, [Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] etc.
5) the hump (of a man), [Kathāsaritsāgara]
6) Name of a metre (= kakubh), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā]
7) an ensign or symbol of royalty (as the white parasol etc.)
8) Name of a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma
9) (cf. tri-kakud, sthūla-kakud, etc., where the form kakud is said to be substituted for kakuda below, [Pāṇini 5-4, 146; 147.])
10) Kākud (काकुद्):—f. the hollow of the mouth, the palate (cf. kakud, [Latin] cacūmen), [Ṛg-veda i, 8, 7; vi, 41, 2 and viii, 69, 12]
11) ([Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska i, 11; Nirukta, by Yāska v, 26.])
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKakud (ककुद्):—(d) 5. f. The hump of the Indian bull; an ensign, &c.
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Starts with (+16): Kakuda, Kakudacakra, Kakudaiva, KakudaKatyayana, Kakudaksha, Kakudakshika, Kakudarupin, Kakudavant, Kakudavarta, Kakudavartin, Kakudavat, Kakuddruma, Kakudgiri, Kakudgirimahatmya, Kakudha, Kakudha Sutta, Kakudha Vagga, Kakudhabhanda, Kakudhaphala, Kakudi.
Full-text (+32): Kakutstha, Trikakud, Kakudmin, Dvikakud, Utkakud, Purnakakud, Ajatakakud, Kakudman, Vikakud, Kakuda, Kakudmat, Kakubh, Shitikakud, Kakunmati, Kakuddruma, Halakakud, Kakunmi, Kakudvat, Kakudra, Chandomatrikakud.
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Ramayana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter XIX < [Book 1 - Bāla-kāṇḍa]
Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 24 - On the installation of Durgā Devī in the city of Benares < [Book 3]
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