Kumudvat: 4 definitions
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Kumudvat 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.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKumudvat (कुमुद्वत्).—a. Abounding in lotuses; कुमुद्वत्सु च वारिषु (kumudvatsu ca vāriṣu) R.4.19.
-tī 1 A water-lily with white flowers (opening at moon-rise); अन्तर्हिते शशिनि सैव कुमुद्वती मे दृष्टिं न नन्दयति संस्मरणीयशोभा (antarhite śaśini saiva kumudvatī me dṛṣṭiṃ na nandayati saṃsmaraṇīyaśobhā) Ś.4.2;3.17; कुमुद्वतीं भानुमतीव भावम् (kumudvatīṃ bhānumatīva bhāvam) (na babandha) R.6.36. कुमुद्वती तीरतरुर्दिनादौ (kumudvatī tīratarurdinādau) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.4; कुमुद्वतीरेणुपिशंगविग्रहम् (kumudvatīreṇupiśaṃgavigraham) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.6.
2) A collection of lotuses.
3) A place abounding in lotuses. °ईशः (īśaḥ) the moon.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKumudvat (कुमुद्वत्).—mfn. (-dvān-dvatī-dvat) A place abounding in the flowers of the Nymphæa esculenta. f. (-tī) 1. The same. 2. A multitude of lotus flowers. 3. The flexible stalk of a water lily. 4. A sort of water lily, (Menyanthes Indica or cristata.) E. kumuda the water lily, and matup poss. affix, or vati affix of comparison, fem. ṅīṣ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kumudvat (कुमुद्वत्):—[=kumud-vat] [from ku-mud] mfn. (kumud-) ([Pāṇini 4-2, 87]) abounding in lotuses, [Raghuvaṃśa iv, 19; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] m. (ān) the moon, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa x, 29, 3]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a wind, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā iv, 9, 8]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKumudvat (कुमुद्वत्):—[(dvān-dvatī-dvat) a.] Abounding with the Nymphoea esculenta.
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Starts with: Kumudvati, Kumudvatisha, Kumudvatishruti.
Ends with: Padmotpalakumudvat.
Full-text: Padmotpalakumudvat, Kumudvatisha, Kumudvati.
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