Kakuda, Kakud, Kākuda: 23 definitions
Introduction:
Kakuda means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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)
Kakud (ककुद्).—A Marīci god.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 1. 58.
Kakuda (ककुद).—A son of Satyaka and Kāśī king's daughter; his son, Vṛṣṭi.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 96. 115-16.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Kakuda (ककुद) refers to the “hump” (between the backbone and the neck of an elephant), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 12, “On the qualities of elephant drivers, etc.”]: “14. Between the backbone and the neck there is a hump (kakuda); [vaṃśakandharayormadhyaṃ kakudaṃ syāt tadagrataḥ] there are three ways of sitting in front of it, arranged in order as best, middling, and worst 15. One foot is stretched out ; another has the knee bent; and one method of sitting, the last (of the three), is to be recognized by the wise as kneeling (literally, ‘relating to the knees’)”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Jainism
Jain philosophy
Kakuda (ककुद) refers to the “hump on the shoulders of an Indian bull”, as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 385, l. 4]—‘Kakuda’ means the hump on the shoulders of an Indian bull. This word occurs in Mahābhāṣya (p 1). Its Pāiya (Prakrit) equivalent is ‘kauha’ or ‘kakuha’. Cf the Gujarati word ‘khūndha’.
-
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Kakud (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).
Kakuda (ककुद).—
1) The peak or summit of a mountain.
2) A hump (on the shoulders of an Indian bull). किं यत्तत्सास्नालाङ्गूलककुदखुरविषाण्यर्थरूपं स शब्दः (kiṃ yattatsāsnālāṅgūlakakudakhuraviṣāṇyartharūpaṃ sa śabdaḥ) Mahābhārata I.1.1.
3) Chief, foremost, pre-eminent; ककुदं वेदविदां तपोधनश्च (kakudaṃ vedavidāṃ tapodhanaśca) Mṛcchakaṭika 1.5; इक्ष्वाकुवंश्यः ककुदं नृपाणाम् (ikṣvākuvaṃśyaḥ kakudaṃ nṛpāṇām) R.6.71.
4) A sign or symbol of royalty; नृपतिककुदम् (nṛpatikakudam) R.3.7,17,27.
5) A species of serpent.
Derivable forms: kakudaḥ (ककुदः), kakudam (ककुदम्).
--- OR ---
Kākuda (काकुद).—The palate अनुक्षरन्ति काकुदं सूर्म्यं सुषिरामिव (anukṣaranti kākudaṃ sūrmyaṃ suṣirāmiva) Mahābhārata on P.I.1.1.
Derivable forms: kākudam (काकुदम्).
Kakud (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.
Kākuda (काकुद).—m.
(-daḥ) The palate. E. kakud the head, and aṇ aff.
Kakud (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.
Kakuda (ककुद).—[kakud + a], m. and n. 1. Chief, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 37, 12. 2. The hump of the Indian bull, Mahābhārata 13, 835. 3. An ensign or symbol of royalty, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 3, 70.
Kakud (ककुद्).—[feminine] peak of a mountain, hump on the shoulders of the Indian bull; head, chief.
--- OR ---
Kākud (काकुद्).—[feminine] the hollow of the mouth, palate.
Kakuda (ककुद).—[neuter] ([masculine]) the same.
1) 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.])
1) Kakuda (ककुद):—[from kakud] mn. a peak, summit (of a mountain etc.)
2) [v.s. ...] chief, head, pre-eminent, [Atharva-veda x, 10, 19; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Raghuvaṃśa] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] the hump on the shoulders of the Indian bullock, [Mahābhārata]
4) [v.s. ...] a species of serpent, [Suśruta]
5) [v.s. ...] an ensign or symbol of royalty (as the white parasol etc.), [Raghuvaṃśa]
6) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a king, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
7) Kākuda (काकुद):—[from kākud] n. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Kakud (ककुद्):—(d) 5. f. The hump of the Indian bull; an ensign, &c.
Kākuda (काकुद):—(daḥ) 1. m. The palate.
Kakud (ककुद्):—
--- OR ---
Kākud (काकुद्):—f. Mundhöhle, Gaumen [das 1, 11.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 5, 26.] yā te kā.utsukṛtā.yā variṣṭhā.yayā.śaśva.pibasi.madhva ū.mim [Ṛgveda 6, 41, 2. 8, 58, 12.] u.vīrāpo.na kā.udaḥ [1, 8, 7.] — Vgl. kākuda, kakud und russ. небо Himmel und Gaumen.
--- OR ---
Kakud (ककुद्):—
1) [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 1, 5, 5, 1. 7, 2, 5, 2.] —
2) Höcker beim indischen Büffel [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 13, 30.] Buckel bei einem Menschen [Kathāsaritsāgara 62, 231.] —
5) ein best. Metrum, = kakubh [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 4, 11, 1. 3, 1, 6, 3. 4, 3, 5, 1. 12, 2. 5, 2, 11, 1.] Ueberall in flexionsloser Form, sonst kakubh . — Vgl. trikakud, kākud, kākuda .
Kakuda (ककुद):—
--- OR ---
Kākuda (काकुद):—n. dass. [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 42.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 585.]
--- OR ---
Kakuda (ककुद):—
1) vṛkṣāṇāṃ kakudo (so die ed. Bomb.) si [Mahābhārata 12, 10403.] —
2) [Harivaṃśa 4102.]
Kakud (ककुद्):—f. —
1) Kuppe , Gipfel. —
2) Haupt von , der Oberste unter (Gen.). —
3) jede hervortretende Spitze. —
4) der Höcker des indischen Büffels. —
5) Buckel. —
6) die königlichen Insignien. —
7) ein best. Metrum , = kakubh aber nur in flexionsloser Form.
--- OR ---
Kākud (काकुद्):—f. und kākuda n. Mundhöhle , Gaumen.
Kakuda (ककुद):—m. (selten) und n. —
1) = kakud 1). —
2) = kakud 2). —
3) = kakud 4). —
4) = kakud 6). —
5) m. eine Schlangenart. —
6) m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [VP.².4,97.]
Kakuda (ककुद) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kauḍa, Kauha.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Kakuda (ಕಕುದ):—
1) [noun] the highest point, part or elevation of a mountain; the peak; the summit.
2) [noun] the slope of a mountain.
3) [noun] a rounded, protruding lump, as the fleshy mass on the back of a bull; the hump.
4) [noun] a hard, hollow, bony, permanent projection that grows on the head of various hoofed animals, as of an ox; a horn.
5) [noun] the face of a bull.
6) [noun] a bull.
7) [noun] an eminent man in his field of activity, knowledge, etc.
8) [noun] a royal sign; a symbol of royalty.
9) [noun] a long, sharp edged, pointed weapon to cut or pierce; a sword.
10) [noun] the sky, the apparent canopy on our head.
11) [noun] a species of snake.
--- OR ---
Kākuda (ಕಾಕುದ):—[noun] the roof of the mouth; the palate.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Kakuda (ककुद):—n. 1. a peak; a summit; 2. the bull’s hump; 3. an ensign/symbol of royalty;
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): Kakudacakra, Kakudaiva, KakudaKatyayana, Kakudaksha, Kakudakshika, Kakudarupin, Kakudavant, Kakudavarta, Kakudavartin, Kakudavat.
Full-text (+65): Kakutstha, Kakudmin, Utkakud, Trikakuda, Trikakud, Purnakakud, KakudaKatyayana, Purnakakuda, Dvikakud, Ajatakakud, Kakudman, Vikakud, Kakudmat, Kakudarupin, Kakudra, Kakubh, Kakudavartin, Shitikakud, Kakunmati, Kakuddruma.
Relevant text
Search found 45 books and stories containing Kakuda, Kakauda, Kakud, Kākud, Kākuda; (plurals include: Kakudas, Kakaudas, Kakuds, Kākuds, Kākudas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 362 - Words having many meanings (nānārtha-varga)
Chapter 352 - Narration of the finished forms of the substantives in the feminine
Nighantu (critical study) (by Gopalakrishna N. Bhat)
Part 11 - Vannamani (Vac Nama) < [Chapter 3 - First Adhyaya (chapter) of the Nighantu (study)]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 60 < [Volume 5 (1909)]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Saptadvīpa (3): Kuśadvīpa < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Samrajya Lakshmi Pithika (Study) (by Artatrana Sarangi)
Gifts performed in Vaisakha, Purnima, their nature etc. < [Chapter 3 - General Ritual mentioned in Samrajya-lakshmi-pithika]
Physical features and bodily marks of an Emperor < [Chapter 4 - King and his Paraphernalia]
Hypology—The ancient Indian study of Horses < [Chapter 5 - Forts, Castrametation and the Royal Army]