Kimuta, Kim-uta: 4 definitions

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Kimuta 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.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kimuta (किमुत).—

1) whether-or (showing doubt or uncertainty); किमु विष- विसर्पः किमु मदः (kimu viṣa- visarpaḥ kimu madaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 1.35; Amaruśataka 12.

2) why (indeed) कं च ते परमं कामं करोमि किमु हर्षितः (kaṃ ca te paramaṃ kāmaṃ karomi kimu harṣitaḥ) Rām.1.18.52. प्रियसुहृ- त्सार्थः किमु त्यज्यते (priyasuhṛ- tsārthaḥ kimu tyajyate).

3) how much more, how much less; यौवनं धनसंपत्तिः प्रभुत्वमविवेकिता । एकैकम यनर्थाय किमु यत्र चतुष्टयम् (yauvanaṃ dhanasaṃpattiḥ prabhutvamavivekitā | ekaikama yanarthāya kimu yatra catuṣṭayam) || .II Pr.11; सर्वाविनयानामेकैकमप्येषामायतनं किमुत समवायः (sarvāvinayānāmekaikamapyeṣāmāyatanaṃ kimuta samavāyaḥ) K.13; R.14.35; Kumārasambhava 7.65.

Kimuta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kim and uta (उत). See also (synonyms): kimu.

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

Kimuta (किमुत).—ind. 1. Either, or, whether, implying. 2. Doubt or discrimination. 3. Much, exceeding; a particle of magnitude or quantity. 4. An interogative, how, what, &c. see kim. E. kim and the particle uta.

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

Kimuta (किमुत):—conj. Idem; much; how.

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

Kimuta (किमुत) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kimuya.

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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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Verse 2.18.25 < [Chapter 18 - The Sight of Śrī Kṛṣṇacandra]

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Verse 4.2.13 < [Part 2 - Astonishment (adbhuta-rasa)]

Verse 3.3.75 < [Part 3 - Fraternal Devotion (sakhya-rasa)]

Verse 2.1.94 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]

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Verse 30 [Spoken word incapable of revealing Parāmbā] < [Chapter 2 - Second Vimarśa]

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Verse 1.12.157 < [Chapter 12 - The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvīpa]

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6. Dress and Decoration < [Chapter 5]

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