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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kausuma (कौसुम).—a. [kusuma-aṇ] Flowery, flowering; सेयं मृदुः कौसुमचापयष्टिः (seyaṃ mṛduḥ kausumacāpayaṣṭiḥ) N.7.28.

-mam 1 The ashes of brass (used as a collyrium).

2) Pollen of flowers (parāga); विनयति सुदृशे दृशः परागं प्रणयिनि कौसुममाननानिलेन (vinayati sudṛśe dṛśaḥ parāgaṃ praṇayini kausumamānanānilena) | Śiśupālavadha 7.57.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kausuma (कौसुम).—mfn.

(-maḥ-mī-maṃ) Flowering. E. kusuma and aṇ aff.

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

Kausuma (कौसुम).—[feminine] ī made of flowers, flowery.

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

1) Kausuma (कौसुम):—mf(ī)n. ([from] kus), coming from or belonging to flowers (as pollen), [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

2) made of flowers, [Naiṣadha-carita vii, 28; Agni-purāṇa xliii, 10; Kathāsaritsāgara civ, 13; Bālarāmāyaṇa]

3) n. (= kusumāñjana) the ashes of brass (used as a collyrium), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) a heap of flowers, [Dharmaśarmābhyudaya]

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

Kausuma (कौसुम):—[(maḥ-mī-maṃ) a.] Flowery.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kausuma (कौसुम) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kosuma.

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Kausuma in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kausuma (ಕೌಸುಮ):—

1) [adjective] of a flower; being like or resembling a flower.

2) [adjective] having flowers in abundance.

3) [adjective] made of a flower or flowers.

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Kausuma (ಕೌಸುಮ):—

1) [noun] the seed bearing part of a plant, brightly coloured and conspicuous; a blossom; a boom; a flower.

2) [noun] sugary fluid produced by plants to attract pollinating insects to their flowers and made into honey by bees; the nectar of flowers.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Starts with: Kausumayudha.

Full-text: Kosuma, Kausumayudha.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Kausuma; (plurals include: Kausumas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)

Text 7.75 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]

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The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)

Chapter 35 - The legend of Yājñavalkya’s receiving the Veda from the Sun-God < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]

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