Kumeru, Kumēru, Ku-meru: 8 definitions
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Kumeru means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Tamil. 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkumēru (कुमेरु).—m South pole.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKumeru (कुमेरु).—The southern hemisphere or pole.
Derivable forms: kumeruḥ (कुमेरुः).
Kumeru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ku and meru (मेरु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKumeru (कुमेरु).—m.
(-ruḥ) The southern hemisphere or pole, the region of the demons and Titans. E. ku, and meru the mountain where the gods reside.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKumeru (कुमेरु):—[=ku-meru] [from ku] m. the southern hemisphere or pole (region of the demons and Titans), [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKumeru (कुमेरु):—[ku-meru] (ruḥ) 1. m. Southern pole.
[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.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKumēru (குமேரு) noun < ku-mēru. South Pole as the region of Demons; பேய்பிசாசுகளுக்கு இருப்பிடமான தென்துருவம். [peypisasugalukku iruppidamana thenthuruvam.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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