Kucela, Kucelā, Ku-cela: 12 definitions
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Kucela 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Kuchela.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyKucelā (वेत्राग्र) is a Sanskrit word referring to a vegetable (śāka), according to Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. It is sometimes identified as Pāṭhā, which is the Sanskrit name for Cissampelos pareira (velvetleaf), from the Menispermaceae family, but Caraka specifically lists Kucelā as being part of the Śākavarga group of vegetables.
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaKucela (कुचेल).—Sudāman, better known as Kucela was a brahmin class-mate of Śrī Kṛṣṇa at the Āśrama of sage Sāndīpani. One day Sāndīpani’s wife deputed Kucela and Kṛṣṇa to collect fire-wood from the forest, and they had to stay the whole night there as they could not find out the way back to the āśrama due to heavy rain, thunder etc. After their education was over these two thick friends left the āśrama and went their different ways in life.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa became the lord of Dvārakā, and Kucela a house-holder with many children, and starvation gripped the family. One day, at the instance of his wife, Kucela started for Dvārakā to visit Kṛṣṇa with a packet of rice flakes as a present to him. Kṛṣṇa received his old classmate most cordially, and ate one handful of rice flakes from the packet brought by Kucela. Rukmiṇī prevented him from a second helping of the flakes. After spending some time most happily with his old friend, Kucela started homewards. Only on his way back did he think that Kṛṣṇa had not given him any monetary help. But, by the time he reached home his old dilapidated house had converted itself into a beautiful mansion, and his wife and children were in great happiness. Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s blessings thus converted poor Kucela into a very rich person. (Bhāgavata, 10th Skandha).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKucela (कुचेल).—A son of Vasu.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 19. 81.
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 dictionaryKucela (कुचेल).—a. wearing bad or ragged garments; कपालं वृक्ष- मूलानि कुचेलमसहायता । समता चैव सर्वस्मिन्नेतन्मुक्तस्य लक्षणम् (kapālaṃ vṛkṣa- mūlāni kucelamasahāyatā | samatā caiva sarvasminnetanmuktasya lakṣaṇam) || Manusmṛti 6.44.
Kucela is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ku and cela (चेल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKucela (कुचेल).—mfn.
(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Ill clothed, dressed in dirty or tattered garments. f. (-laḥ-lī) A plant, (Cissampelos hexandra:) see viddhvakarṇī. E. ku bad, and celā a garment.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKucela (कुचेल).—n. coarse vesture, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 6, 44.
Kucela is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ku and cela (चेल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKucela (कुचेल).—[neuter] bad garment; [adjective] badly clothed.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kucela (कुचेल):—[=ku-cela] [from ku] a n. a bad garment, [Manu-smṛti vi, 44]
2) [v.s. ...] rag, [Caraka]
3) [v.s. ...] mfn. badly clothed, dressed in dirty or tattered garments, [Mahābhārata v, 1132]
4) Kucelā (कुचेला):—[=ku-celā] [from ku-cela > ku] f. Name of a plant (= avi-karṇī or viddha-parṇī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) Kucela (कुचेल):—[=ku-cela] b etc. See 1. ku.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKucela (कुचेल):—[ku-cela] (laḥ-lā-laṃ) a. Ill-clothed. m. f. (laḥ-lī) Cissampelos hexandra.
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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 corpusKucēla (ಕುಚೇಲ):—
1) [noun] a waste piece of cloth, esp. one that is old or torn; rag.
2) [noun] a man in rags.
3) [noun] (fig.) a very poor man.
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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Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
Pasuram 6.3.1 < [Section 3 - Third Tiruvaymoli (Nalkuravum, Celvum)]
Pasuram 5.1.7 < [Section 1 - First Tiruvaymoli (Kai ar Cakkarattu)]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CCXLV < [Mokshadharma Parva]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
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