Kuccha: 10 definitions
Introduction:
Kuccha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Kuchchha.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKuccha (कुच्छ).—A species of lotus (white water lily).
Derivable forms: kuccham (कुच्छम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuccha (कुच्छ).—n.
(-cchaṃ) The white water lily.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuccha (कुच्छ):—n. the white water-lily, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuccha (कुच्छ):—(chaṃ) 1. n. The white water-lily.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Kuccha (कुच्छ) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Kuts.
2) Kuccha (कुच्छ) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Kutsa.
3) Kucchā (कुच्छा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Kutsā.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryKuccha is another spelling for कच्छ [kaccha].—n. 1. the end of a dhoti drawn under the legs; 2. ground bordering on water; 3. border; margin;
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.
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary1) kuccha (ကုစ္ဆ) [(na) (န)]—
[kuca+cha]
[ကုစ+ဆ]
2) kucchā (ကုစ္ဆာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[kuccha+a+ā．kusa+cha+ā．,ṭī．121．kuca+cha+ā．rū．66va．(kutā-saṃ)]
[ကုစ္ဆ+အ+အာ။ ကုသ+ဆ+အာ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၁၂၁။ ကုစ+ဆ+အာ။ ရူ။၆၆ဝ။(ကုတာ-သံ)]
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)1) kuccha—
(Burmese text): (၁) ကြာ၊ ကြာပင်။ (၂) ကြာရွက်သဏ္ဌာန်ပြုလုပ်ထားသော အင်္ဂတေကိုင်စရာ အရာဝတ္ထု၊ သံလက်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Long, long vine. (2) An object made in the shape of a long leaf, like a metal handle.
2) kucchā—
(Burmese text): (၁) ကဲ့ရဲ့-စက်ဆုပ်-ရွံ့ရှာ-ခြင်း။ (၂) စွပ်စွဲခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Ongoing - machinery - disturbance - action. (2) Accusation.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Koccha, A, Cha, Kusha, Caya.
Starts with: Koccha, Kucchaga, Kucchakarana, Kucchalangoti Kuccharoti, Kucchalinga, Kucchambhari, Kucchanattha, Kucchasena, Kucchati, Kucchita.
Full-text: Koccha, Kucchita, Kutsa, Kucchakarana, Kuts, Kaccha, Kucchasena, Marukuccha.
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