Kulinga, Kuliṅga, Kulimga: 13 definitions
Introduction:
Kulinga means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kuliṅga (कुलिङ्ग)—Sanskrit word for a bird corresponding to “sparrow”. This animal is from the group called Pratuda (which peck). Pratuda itself is a sub-group of the group of animals known as Jāṅghala (living in high ground and in a jungle).
The flesh of the Kulinga is sweet, demulcent, and spermatopoietic, and increases the bodily Kapham.
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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
The name of a clan, probably Sinhalese. Mahinda VI. belonged to this clan (Cv.lxxx.15). The Kulingas were among the tribes sent to Ceylon by Asoka with the Bodhi tree. Mhv.xix.2; see also Mhv. Trs.128, n.2, and Cv.Trs.i.29, n.2, and ii.126, n.5.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Kuliṅga (कुलिङ्ग).—
1) A kind of bird, bird (in general); आद्यः पन्थाः कुलिङ्गानां ये चान्ये धान्यजीविनः (ādyaḥ panthāḥ kuliṅgānāṃ ye cānye dhānyajīvinaḥ) Rām.4.58.24.
2) A kind of mouse.
3) A sparrow; कुलिङ्गशकुनौ राजन्नीडं शिरसि चक्रतः (kuliṅgaśakunau rājannīḍaṃ śirasi cakrataḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.261.2.
4) A serpant; 'कुलिङ्गो भूमिकूष्माण्डे मत्ङ्गजभुजङ्गयोः (kuliṅgo bhūmikūṣmāṇḍe matṅgajabhujaṅgayoḥ)' Medini. पारावतकुलिङ्गाक्षाः सर्वे शूराः प्रमाथिनः (pārāvatakuliṅgākṣāḥ sarve śūrāḥ pramāthinaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.11.7.
Derivable forms: kuliṅgaḥ (कुलिङ्गः).
Kuliṅga (कुलिङ्ग).—m.
(-ṅgaḥ) 1. The fork-tailed shrike. 2. A sparrow; also kaliṅga.
Kuliṅga (कुलिङ्ग).—I. m. 1. A kind of mouse, [Suśruta] 2, 278, 3. 2. The forktailed shrike, [Suśruta] 1, 201, 18. 3. A proper name, Mahābhārata 1, 2239. Ii. f. gā, The name of a city, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 68, 16.
Kuliṅga (कुलिङ्ग).—[masculine] a kind of mouse or bird.
1) Kuliṅga (कुलिङ्ग):—[=ku-liṅga] [from ku] a m. ‘having bad marks’, kind of mouse, [Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] the fork-tailed shrike, [Mahābhārata i, 2239; Suśruta; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] a sparrow, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
4) Kuliṅgā (कुलिङ्गा):—[=ku-liṅgā] [from ku-liṅga > ku] f. a kind of oak-apple, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of a town (or of a river), [Rāmāyaṇa ii, 68, 16]
6) Kuliṅga (कुलिङ्ग):—[=ku-liṅga] b ṅgaka See 1. ku.
Kuliṅga (कुलिङ्ग):—(ṅgaḥ) 1. m. Fork-tailed shrike.
Kuliṅga (कुलिङ्ग):—(1. ku + liṅga)
1) m. a) eine Art Maus [Suśruta 2, 278, 3.] dasselbe Thier ist wohl auch [155, 20] gemeint. — b) ein best. Vogel, der gabelschwänzige Würger (vgl. kaliṅga) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] kuliṅga und gṛhakuliṅga [Suśruta 1, 201, 18.] kuliṅga und kuliṅgī f. das Weibchen [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 2, 51. 52. 56.] — c) Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Mahābhārata 1, 2239.] —
2) f. kuliṅgā Nomen proprium einer Stadt [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 68, 16.] [ Kunde des Morgenlandes II, 24,] [Nalopākhyāna] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde II, 523.] —
3) f. kṛliṅgī Name einer Pflanze (s. karkaṭaśṛṅgī) [Ratnamālā im Śabdakalpadruma]
Kuliṅga (कुलिङ्ग):——
1) m. — a) eine Art Maus. — b) der gabelschwänzige Würger [Mahābhārata 1,61,9.] — c) Sperling [Bhāvaprakāśa 2,8.3,92.] —
2) f. ā — a) eine Art Galläpfel [Rājan 6,158.] — b) Nomen proprium — α) einer Stadt. — β) eines Flusses [R.ed.Bomb.2,71,6.] —
3) f. ī — a) das Weibchen des gabelschwänzigen Würgers. — b) *eine best. Pflanze.
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
Kuliṃga (ಕುಲಿಂಗ):—[noun] a mark, sign etc. that is considered as offensive or forbidden.
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Kuliṃga (ಕುಲಿಂಗ):—
1) [noun] any of warm-blooded, two-legged, egg-laying vertebrates, ofthe class of Aves, with feathers and wings; a bird.
2) [noun] a member of Bandicota or Nesokia genus of large rats (family Muridae), found esp. in India and Sri Lanka, that destroys grain and root crops; a bandicoot.
3) [noun] any of small finchlike birds, Passer domesticus of the family Ploceidae, with brown and grey plumage; a house sparrow.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
kuliṅga (ကုလိင်္ဂ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[ku+liṅga+a．kuyaṃ pathabyaṃ liṅgati caraṇatthaṃ gacchati．thoma．]
[ကု+လိင်္ဂ+အ။ ကုယံ ပထဗျံ လိင်္ဂတိ စရဏတ္ထံ ဂစ္ဆတိ။ ထောမ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
kuliṅga—
(Burmese text): (၁) နွားမြီးဆွဲ-လင်းမြီးဆွဲ-ငှက်။ (၂) အိမ်စာ၊ စာကလေး။ (န) (၃) စက်ဆုပ်ဖွယ်အသွင်။ (ထိ) (၄) ပုဇွန်ဆူးတောင်။ (တိ) (၅) စက်ဆုပ်ဖွယ်အသွင်ရှိသော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Cow, buffalo, bird. (2) Home labor, child labor. (3) In a machine-like form. (4) Shrimp pen. (5) In a machine-like form, a person.
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 (+0): Ku, Jue, A, Linga.
Starts with (+0): Kulimgala, Kulingaka, Kulingakshi, Kulingasakuna, Kulinkam.
Full-text (+0): Kalinga, Grihakulinga, Veshmakulinga, Kulingasakuna, Kulinkam, Phingaka, Kulingakshi, Kuccarar, Kulingi, Pulinkam, Pratuda, Shukrajanana, Kalinda.
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