Kucumara, Kucumāra: 5 definitions
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Kucumara 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 Kuchumara.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of RajasekharaKucumāra (कुचुमार) is the name of an important person (viz., an Ācārya or Kavi) mentioned in Rājaśekhara’s 10th-century Kāvyamīmāṃsā.—One of the eighteen disciples of Kāvya-puruṣa. He wrote the famous work of “Kucumaratantra”. In the Kamāsūtra of Vātsāyaṇa (K.S. 1-1-17) refer his name and Rājaśekhara in his Kāvyamīmāṃsā says his as the founder of Anupaniśadik work by saying: ‘aupinaṣidakaṃ ku camāriḥ’.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumKucumāra (कुचुमार) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—on kāmaśāstra. Quoted by Vātsyāyana Oxf. 215.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKucumāra (कुचुमार):—m. Name of the author of the Aupaniṣadādhikaraṇa.
[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.
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Starts with: Kucumarasamhita.
Full-text: Kaucumara.
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Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India (by Remadevi. O.)
3.1. Use of Medicines (Introduction) < [Chapter 1 - Cosmetics]
Kamashastra Discourse (Life in Ancient India) (by Nidheesh Kannan B.)
4.1. Summary of Kāma-sūtra Book 1: Sādhāraṇa < [Chapter 3 - A Thematic Analysis of Vātsyāyanakāmasūtra]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)