Kukshi, Kukṣi, Kukṣī: 23 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Kukṣi and Kukṣī can be transliterated into English as Kuksi or Kukshi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1) Kukṣi (कुक्षि).—To Svāyambhuva Manu the son of Brahmā were born two sons called Priyavrata and Uttānapāda by his wife Śatarūpā, and Kardama Prajāpati married the daughter of Priyavrata. And, to them were born three sons called Samrāṭ, Kukṣi and Virāṭ. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 18).
2) Kukṣi (कुक्षि).—A well known Asura King. An aspect of this Asura was later reborn as King Pārvatīya. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Verse 56).
1) Kukṣi (कुक्षि).—A disciple of Pauṣyañti. Learnt a hundred Sāmasamhītas.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa XII. 6. 79.
2a) Kukṣī (कुक्षी).—A daughter of the Progenitor Kardama.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 14. 8.
2b) A daughter of Priyavrata.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 33. 8; Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 1. 5.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Kukṣi (कुक्षि) refers to the “belly” representing a especially dangerous spot to get bitten by snake, as taught in the Marma (“vital points of the body”) section of the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā, which represents the Ayurvedic study on Toxicology (Agadatantra or Sarpavidyā).—The Kāśyapasaṃhitā specifically mentions that snake-bite in the sense organs, heart, between the eye-brows, bosom, belly (kukṣi), palate, joints, neck, forehead, chin, middle of the navel and joints of the feet, is highly risky.
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Kukṣi (कुक्षि) refers to the “belly” (of elephants), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 2, “on favorable marks”]: “3. (Good is) an elephant whose feet are distinguished by nails numbering twenty, the elevation of whose temporal bosses is great, whose two ears are red and their edges not frayed, whose girth is very smooth, whose tusks are honey-colored and the right one higher, whose belly is well filled out (sampūrṇa-kukṣi), whose tail and trunk are regularly stout, straight, long, and handsome, who is swarthy like betel nuts”.
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Kukṣi (कुक्षि) or Kukṣipuṣpa refers to “flowers that develop singly or in clusters at the leaf axil”; representing a type a Puṣpa (“flower”); it is a technical term related to the morphology branch of “plant science”, which ultimately involves the study of life history of plants, including its origin and development, their external and internal structures and the relation of the members of the plant body with one another.—The word ‘puṣpa’ denotes the blossomed stage when the parts of the flower such as petals, stamens etc. are opened and manifested. According to their location on the stem, flowers may be grouped into three types, viz. kukṣi, kāṇḍa, vallarī. The flowers that develop singly or in clusters at the leaf axil are termed kukṣi-puṣpa. They are also called ekapuṣpa-vallarī.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Kukṣi (कुक्षि):—(1) Abdomen , (2) Flank. The portion of the trunk located between the pelvis and the thorax.
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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
1) Kukṣi (कुक्षि) refers to the “stomach”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If the middle of the eclipsed disc should be dark while the disc continues bright all round, the eclipse is known as Madhyatama (centrally dark)—annular eclipse: the Central Provinces will be afflicted with miseries, mankind will suffer from stomach pain [i.e., kukṣi-āmaya] and there will be fear in the land. If all round the disc, the darkness be thick and in the middle, it be slight, the eclipse is technically known as Antyātma (terminally dark): the crops will be injured and mankind will suffer from robbers”.
2) Kukṣi (कुक्षि, “abdomen”) refers to several types of mokṣa (“termination”) of solar and lunar eclipses, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5).—Accordingly, “If the lunar eclipse should terminate at the southern point of the disc, the termination is known as dakṣiṇa-kukṣi (right abdomen): the king’s son will suffer and the enemies in the south may then be defeated in wars. If the lunar eclipse should terminate at the northern point of the disc, the termination is techincally known as vāma-kukṣi (left abdomen): pregnant women will miscarry and crops will suffer to some extent”
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Kukshi is a King of the Solar dynasty. He is the son of Ikshvaku and the father of Vikukshi. Rama, the hero of Ramayana was his descendant.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Kukṣi (कुक्षि) refers to the “belly”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 22, v2).—Accordingly, “In all his births, the Bodhisattva is born apparitionally.—(a) According to some, the Bodhisattva mounted on a white elephant, surrounded, venerated, respected, esteemed and served by innumerable Tuṣita gods, penetrated along with them into the belly of his mother (mātṛ-kukṣi).—(b) According to others, the Bodhisattva’s mother, possessing the concentration like a magic show caused her belly to expand inordinately; all the Bodhisattvas of the trisāhasramahāsāhasradlokadhātu, the Devas, Nāgas and Asuras were able to enter into it and come out. In this belly there is a palace and a platform. The deities set a bed there, hung banners, spread it with flowers and burned incense; all this was the result of the meritorious actions of the Bodhisattva. Next the Bodhisattva comes down and takes his place there and, by the power of his concentration, enters into the womb while staying as previously in the heaven of the Tuṣita gods”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
kukṣi (कुक्षि).—m (S Amongst the unlearned fem) A side of the body, a flank. 2 The belly, or cavity of the abdomen.
kukṣi (कुक्षि).—m f A side of the body. The belly.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Kukṣi (कुक्षि).—
1) The belly (in general); जिह्मिताध्मातकुक्षिः (jihmitādhmātakukṣiḥ) (bhujagapatiḥ) Mṛcchakaṭika 9.12.
2) The womb, the part of the belly containing the foetus; कुम्भीनस्याश्च कुक्षिजः (kumbhīnasyāśca kukṣijaḥ) R.15.15; Śiśupālavadha 13.4.
3) The interior of anything; विभक्तात्मा विभु- स्तासामेकः कुक्षिष्वनेकधा (vibhaktātmā vibhu- stāsāmekaḥ kukṣiṣvanekadhā) R.1.65 (where the word is used in sense 2 also.)
4) A cavity in general.
5) A cavern, cave; अद्रिकुक्षौ हैमवताच्च कुक्षेः (adrikukṣau haimavatācca kukṣeḥ) R.2.38,67; a valley; अस्तीह हिमवत्कुक्षौ देशः पृथ्वीशिरोमणिः (astīha himavatkukṣau deśaḥ pṛthvīśiromaṇiḥ) Kathāsaritsāgara 65.214.
6) The sheath of a sword.
7) Name of Bali.
8) A bay, gulf.
Derivable forms: kukṣiḥ (कुक्षिः).
Kukṣi (कुक्षि).—(and kukṣimatī; in Sanskrit only m., except according to one Lex. f., and meaning only belly or womb; so also Pali, Prakrit kucchi), as fem., Lalitavistara 75.6 (verse) kukṣiye (loc. sg.) pratiṣṭhitaṃ; (like garbha) with meaning embryo (and hence kukṣimatī, pregnant): Mahāvastu ii.432.11 devīye kukṣiḥ pratilab- dhā (the queen conceived); evaṃ dāni pañca devīśatāni kukṣimantāni (so Senart; mss. °matinī, °matīnāṃ; read °matīni?) saṃvṛttāni; Divyāvadāna 264.10 kukṣimaty eṣā nūnam asyāḥ prasavakāla iti.
Kukṣi (कुक्षि).—m.
(-kṣiḥ) The belly, the cavity of the abdomen. E. kuṣi to extract, and ksi affix; see the preceding.
Kukṣi (कुक्षि).— (vb. kuc), m. 1. The belly, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 70, 34. 2. Cavity, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 281. 3. A cavern, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 38. 4. A bay, Mahābhārata 3, 793. 5. A proper name, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 70, 21.
Kukṣi (कुक्षि).—[masculine] belly, womb (also kukṣī [feminine]); cave, valley.
1) Kukṣī (कुक्षी):—[from kukṣa] f. idem, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
2) Kukṣi (कुक्षि):—[from kukṣa] m. ([f., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]]) the belly, cavity of the abdomen (in the earlier language generally used in [dual number] [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Atharva-veda])
3) [v.s. ...] the interior of anything, [Horace H. Wilson]
4) [v.s. ...] the womb, [Rāmāyaṇa; Raghuvaṃśa x, 60 etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] a cavity in general (e.g. adri-kukṣi, cavity of a mountain, [Raghuvaṃśa ii, 38]), [Mahābhārata iii, 10694 etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] a valley, [Kathāsaritsāgara lxv, 214]
7) [v.s. ...] (with sāgara or samudra) an ocean-cavity id est. a bay, gulf, [Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra]
8) [v.s. ...] the sheath of a sword, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] steel, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) [v.s. ...] Name of a son of Priya-vrata and Kāmyā, [Harivaṃśa 59]
11) [v.s. ...] of Bali, [Harivaṃśa 191]
12) [v.s. ...] of a king, [Mahābhārata i, 2692]
13) [v.s. ...] of a son of Ikṣvāku and father of Vikukṣi, [Rāmāyaṇa]
14) [v.s. ...] of a teacher, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
15) [v.s. ...] of a region [gana] dhūmādi
16) [v.s. ...] (is) f. Name of a daughter of Priyavrata and Kāmyā, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa];
17) [v.s. ...] cf. [Latin] coxa, coxendix; [Greek] κοχώνη ?; Old [German] būh; [modern] [German] Bauch.
Kukṣi (कुक्षि):—(kṣiḥ) 1. m. Idem; the cavity of the abdomen.
Kukṣi (कुक्षि):—m. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.3,5,3.] [Siddhāntakaumudī 250,a,4.]
1) Bauch, Unterleib [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 3. 153.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 2, 9,] [Scholiast] [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 28. 3, 4, 22, 138.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 604] (nach [GAUḌA] beim Sch. auch f.). yaḥ ku.ṣiḥ soma.ātamaḥ [Ṛgveda 1, 8, 7. 8, 21, 24. 9, 80, 3. 109, 18.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7, 111, 1. 9, 7, 12.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7, 5, 1, 38.] [Mahābhārata 3, 13496.] [Suśruta 1, 49, 9. 189, 7.] [Bhartṛhari 3, 97.] bhāgena dambhavījena kukṣibhastrāmapūrayat [Kathāsaritsāgara 24. 101.] jihmitādhmātakukṣirbhujagapatiḥ [Mṛcchakaṭikā 143, 22.] In der älteren Sprache gewöhnlich im du. [Ṛgveda 2, 11, 11. 3, 51, 12.] ā te siñcāmi ku.ṣyoranu.gātrā.vi dhāvatu [8, 17, 5. 10, 28, 2.] u.hā ku.ṣī pṛṇanti me [86, 14.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 25, 8.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2, 5, 4. 33, 4. 4, 16, 3. 9, 5, 20. 10, 9, 17.] pl.: hra.ā iva ku.ṣayaḥ soma.hānāḥ [Ṛgveda 3, 36, 8.] Vom weiblichen Leibe, als dem Behälter der Leibesfrucht: tava kukṣau mahābhāge acirātsaṃjaniṣyati . graheṇa sahitaḥ śrīmān [Rāmāyaṇa 1. 70. 34.] [Raghuvaṃśa 10, 66.] (māsaiḥ) ṣaḍbhirjarāyunāvītaḥ kukṣau bhrāmyati dakṣiṇe (der Fötus) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 31, 4.] kumbhīnasyāśca kukṣijaḥ der aus dem Leibe der K. Geborene d. i. ihr Sohn [Raghuvaṃśa 15, 15.] Uebertr. (vgl. udara) Höhlung: adrikukṣi Berghöhle [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 38.] haimavatācca kukṣeḥ [67.] svātau sāgaraśuktikukṣipatitaṃ (payaḥ) tajjāyate mauktikam (v. l. madhya st. kukṣi) [Pañcatantra I, 280.] Mit dem Bauche des Meeres ist der Meerbusen gemeint: tataḥ sāgaramāsādya kukṣau tasya mahormiṇaḥ . samudranābhyāṃ śālvo bhūtsaubhamāsthāya [Mahābhārata 3, 793.] sāgarakukṣisthānmlecchān [2, 1198.] samudrakukṣau [1, 1282.] [Arjunasamāgama 5, 11.] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes (nach [Viṣṇupurāṇa 161] einer Tochter) von Priyavrata und der Kāmyā [Harivaṃśa 59.] von Bali 191. eines Königs [Mahābhārata 1, 2692.] eines Sohnes von Ikṣvāku und Vaters von Vikukṣi [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 70, 21. 22. 2, 110, 8.] —
3) Nomen proprium einer Gegend gaṇa dhūmādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 127.] — Nach einem nicht näher bezeichneten Koṣa bei [BHARATA][Manu’s Gesetzbuch] zu [Bhaṭṭikavya.4, 31] bedeutet kukṣi auch Degenscheide und Stahl (tīkṣṇaloha). Die erste Bed. scheint eher als die zweite aus kaukṣeyaka geschlossen werden zu dürfen, da der Begriff Scheide, Behälter sich ohne alle Schwierigkeit mit dem von Bauch vermitteln lässt und da wir dadurch auch eine nähere Verbindung zwischen kukṣi und kośa oder koṣa gewinnen.
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Kukṣi (कुक्षि):—
1) kukṣau mainākasya Höhle [Mahābhārata 3, 10694.] astīha himavatkukṣau deśaḥ pṛthvīśiromaṇiḥ . kaśmīra iti so v. a. Thäler [Kathāsaritsāgara 65, 214.] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Lehrers [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 6, 79.]
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Kukṣī (कुक्षी):—f. = kukṣi Bauch [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 50, 13.]
Kukṣi (कुक्षि):——
1) m. — a) Bauch , Unterleib. In der älteren Sprache gewöhnlich Du. Auch *f. — b) Mutterleib. — c) Höhlung , Höhle , Thal. — d) in Verbindung mit sāgara und samudra Meerbusen. — e) *Degenscheide. — f) *Stahl. — g) Nomen proprium — α) verschiedener Männer. — β) *einer Oertlichkeit. —
2) f. Nomen proprium einer Tochter Priyavrata's.
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Kukṣī (कुक्षी):—f. = kukṣi Bauch.
Kukṣi (कुक्षि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kukkhi, Kucchi.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Kukṣi (कुक्षि):—(nf) the womb.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Kukṣi (ಕುಕ್ಷಿ):—
1) [noun] the part of the body cavity from the thorax to the pelvic girdle, containing the digestive organs, etc.; the belly; the abdomen.
2) [noun] the interior of anything.
3) [noun] a large hollow in the side of a cliff, hill, etc. or underground; a cave.
4) [noun] a hollow place within something; a cavity.
5) [noun] a case for the blade of a sword; a sheath.
6) [noun] a portion of ocean reaching into land; a bay; a gulf.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+8): Kukshibandha, Kukshibheda, Kukshibhuma, Kukshigata, Kukshigatikri, Kukshigraha, Kukshija, Kukshika, Kukshikujita, Kukshila, Kukshima, Kukshimanta, Kukshimati, Kukshimbhari, Kukshimbharika, Kukshime, Kukshimitra, Kukshinivasa, Kukshinivasi, Kukshipushpa.
Full-text (+106): Kukshimbhari, Vikukshi, Kukshirandhra, Kukshishula, Vamakukshi, Sakukshi, Brihatkukshi, Apakukshi, Kukshyamaya, Kukshigata, Kukshija, Vajrakukshi, Himavatkukshi, Indrakukshi, Kukshibheda, Hiranyakukshi, Kukshimati, Sagarakukshi, Sukukshi, Shatkukshi.
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