India history and geography

Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1

Kudure (“horse”) is one of the gotras (clans) among the Kurnis (a tribe of South India). Kurni is, according to the Census Report 1901, “a corruption of kuri (sheep) and vanni (wool), the caste having been originally weavers of wool”. The gotras (viz., Kudure) are described as being of the Brāhman, Kshatriya, and Vaisya sub-divisions of the caste, and of Shanmukha’s Sudra caste.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Kudure in India is the name of a plant defined with Withania somnifera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Physalis somnifera L. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. (1983)
· Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (1978)
· Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. Munchen (1951)
· Cytologia (1997)
· Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. (1927)
· Pakistan Journal of Botany (1982)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kudure, for example chemical composition, side effects, diet and recipes, health benefits, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kudure (ಕುದುರೆ):—

1) [noun] any of several large, strong mammal, of Equus caballus species, having a long, flowing tail, the domesticated ones of which are used for transportation, work, sport, etc.; a horse.

2) [noun] in firearms, a small lever pressed back by the finger to activate the firing mechanism; a trigger.

3) [noun] a piece usu. shaped like a horse’s head in chess, which is moved one square, whether occupied or unoccupied, in any vertical or horizontal direction, and then one square farther diagonally; a knight.

4) [noun] a metal or wooden horse for taking an idol of a deity on in procession.

5) [noun] a small cock, fitted in the central rod, moving with the help of a spring, that stops the closing of an umbrella.

6) [noun] a green hopping insect; a gross-hopper.

7) [noun] a wooden horse with a curved base the convex side of which is placed on the ground and used by children to play by moving to and fro.

8) [noun] (fig.) position; rank; standing; prestige.

9) [noun] ಕುದುರೆಯ ಕೊಂಬು [kudureya kombu] kudureya kombu a thing that is impractical to get, improbable to see, etc.; ಕುದುರೆಯ ಮೂತಿ ಹುಳು [kudureya muti hulu] kudureya mūti huḷu a long snouted, stinking insect that is bred in things decompose and rot; ಕುದುರೆಯ ಸುಂಕ [kudureya sumka] kudureya sunka a tax levied (earlier) on horses one possessed; ಕುದುರೆಯ ಸೇಸೆ [kudureya sese] kudureya sēse = ಕುದುರೆಯ ಸುಂಕ [kudureya sumka]; ಕುದುರೆಯೋದು [kudureyodu] kudureyōdu a reading without cogitating or pondering about the subject; ಕುದುರೆ [kudure](ಯನ್ನು [yannu]) ಕಂಡರೆ ಕಾಲುನೋವು [kamdare kalunovu] kudure(yannu) kaṇḍare kālu nōvu (prov.) availability of a facility makes one dependent helplessly on it; ಕುದುರೆಯ ಬಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ದುಡ್ಡು ಕಟ್ಟು [kudureya balakke duddu kattu] kudureya bālakke duḍḍu kaṭṭu (fig .) to bet (every thing one has) on a racehorse; to spend too much on horse-race; ಕುದುರೆಯ ಮೇಲಿರು [kudureya meliru] kudureya mēliru (coll.) to be under the influence of alcoholic drinks; to be intoxicated; ಕುದುರೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಬರು [kudureya mele baru] kudureya mēle baru to come to a place with an intention to return very fast; to show haste to go back; ದೊಡ್ಡ ಕುದುರೆ ಚೇಷ್ಟೆ [dodda kudure ceshte] doḍḍa kudure cēṣṭe the way of life of fashionable society; a display of false one’s prestige; ಕುದುರೆ ಕಾಣದೆ ಹುರುಳಿ ಬೇಯಿಸುವುದೇಕೆ [kudure kanade huruli beyisuvudeke]? kudure kāṇade huruḷi bēyisuvedēke? (prov.) count not your chickens before they are hatched; ಕುದುರೆಯನ್ನು ನೀರಿನ ತನಕ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗಬಹುದು, ನೀರು ಕುಡಿಸುವುದಕ್ಕಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ [kudureyannu nirina tanaka tegedukomdu hogabahudu, niru kudisuvudakkaguvudilla] kudureyannu nīrina tanaka tegedukoṇḍu hōgabahudu, nīru kuḍisuvudakkāguvudilla (prov.) you can encourage someone to do something but cannot actually force him or her to do so; you can take a horse to the water, but cannot ake it drink; ಬರುಬರುತ್ತಾ ರಾಯರ ಕುದುರೆ ಕತ್ತೆಯಾಯಿತು [barubarutta rayara kudure katteyayitu] barubaruttā rāyara kudure katteyāyitu (prov.) (usu.said of an intelligent student) to become dull gradually; ಸಾವಿರ ಕುದುರೆ ಸರದಾರ, ಮನೆ ಹೆಂಡತಿ ಕಾಸ್ತಾರ [savira kudure saradara, mane hemdati kastara] sāvira kudure saradāra, mane heṇḍati kāstāra (prov.) no man is a hero to his own valet.

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Kudure (ಕುದುರೆ):—[noun] = ಕುದುರು [kuduru]5.

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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 (+27): Kudure balli, Kudure kivi mara, Kudure kivichanar, Kudure kivigena, Kudure masaale, Kudure masaale soppu, Kudure soppu, Kudure-gadde, Kudurebacca, Kudurebaladagida, Kudureballi, Kudurebedaga, Kuduregadi, Kuduregahu, Kuduregal, Kuduregalega, Kuduregalikku, Kuduregalu, Kuduregamdi, Kuduregapu.

Ends with: Agadukudure, Baddukudure, Bisilgudure, Bisilukudure, Kadalakudure, Kadukudure, Kalakudure, Khasakudure, Kilukudure, Kolukudure, Mavukudure, Nirukudure, Pilkudure, Tugukudure, Tumtakudure.

Full-text: Kudure soppu, Kudure masaale, Kudure kivichanar, Kudure kivigena, Kudure masaale soppu, Kudire, Kudure kivi mara, Kudure balli, Kudure-gadde, Tappa, Parati, Raya, Dodda, Tappe, Amke, Arasa.

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