Kun, Kuṇ, Kūṇ, Kūṉ: 11 definitions
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Kun means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology, 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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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Kun in India is the name of a plant defined with Sophora mollis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Edwardsia hortensis Boiss. & Buhse (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· The Flora of British India (1878)
· Nouveau Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (1860)
· of the Himalayan Mountains (1835)
· Flora Orientalis (1872)
· Linnaea (1841)
· Illustrations of the Botany
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKuṇ (कुण्).—I. 6 P. (kuṇati, kuṇita)
1) To support, aid.
2) To sound. -II. 1 P. (kuṇayati)
1) To counsel, advise.
2) To converse or speak with.
3) To invite.
4) To salute.
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Kūṇ (कूण्).—1 U. (kūṇayati-te, kūṇita)
1) To speak, converse.
2) To contract, close (said to be Ātm. in this sense).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuṇ (कुण्).—[kuṇa] r. 6th cl. (kuṇati) 1. To sound. 2. To cherish, to support or aid with gifts, &c. 3. To be in pain. r. 10th cl. (kuṇayati) 1. To converse with, to speak to or address. 2. To counsel or advise.
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Kūṇ (कूण्).—[kūṇa] r. 10th cl. (kūṇayate-ti) To contract or close.
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Kūn (कून्).—[kūna] r. 10th cl. (kūnayati) To contract or close.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuṇ (कुण्).—i, 6, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To sound. 2. To cherish; to support (or to pain). i. 10, [Parasmaipada.] kuṇaya, 1. To address. 2. To converse with. 3. To invite.
— Cf. kvaṇ.
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Kūṇ (कूण्).— (derived from kuṣṇā, the base of the present of kuṣ), i. 10, [Parasmaipada.], [Ātmanepada.] To contract; kūṇita, [Suśruta] 1, 362. 1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKūṇ (कूण्).—kūṇati [participle] kūṇita contract, close ([intransitive]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kuṇ (कुण्):—[class] 6. [Parasmaipada] kuṇati, to sound, [Dhātupāṭha xxviii, 45];
—to support or aid (with gifts, etc.), [ib.];
—to be in pain (?), [ib.] : [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] kuṇayati, to converse with, address, invite, [Dhātupāṭha xxxv, 41];
2) cf. [Latin] cano
3) Kūṇ (कूण्):—[class] 1. kūṇati, to contract, shrink, shorten, [Kāvyaprakāśa] :—[Causal] [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] kūṇayati, te, to draw together, contract, close, [Dhātupāṭha xxxiii, 15];—[xxxv, 42].
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kuṇ (कुण्):—(śa) kuṇati 6. a. To sound; to cherish; to be in pain. (ka) koṇayati 10. a. To converse with, to counsel, or advice.
2) Kūṇ (कूण्):—[(ña-ka) kūṇayati te] 10. c. To contract or close.
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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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKūn (ಕೂನ್):—[verb] (the body, esp. the back) to bend forward or in a crouch; to stoop.
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Kūn (ಕೂನ್):—
1) [noun] abnormal curvature of the spine resulting in a hump; a humped, deformed back; kyphosis.
2) [noun] the condition of being crooked; crookedness.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKūṉ (கூன்) noun < கூனு-. [kunu-.] [Telugu: Travancore usage gūnu, Kanarese, Malayalam: kūn.]
1. Bend, curve; வளைவு. கூனிரும்பினிற் குறைத்து [valaivu. kunirumbinir kuraithu] (நைடதம் நாட்டுப். [naidatham nattup.] 10).
2. Hump on the back of the body; உடற்கூனல். (திவா.) [udarkunal. (thiva.)]
3. Humpback; கூனன். சிறுகுறுங் கூனுங் குறளுஞ் சென்று [kunan. sirugurung kunung kuralugn senru] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 27, 214).
4. Snail; நத்தை. (திவா.) [nathai. (thiva.)]
5. Owl; ஆந்தை. (உரிச்சொல்நிகண்டு) [anthai. (uricholnigandu)]
6. Cauldron; பெரும் பாத்திரம். குருதி சாறெனப் பாய்வது குரைகடற் கூனில் [perum pathiram. kuruthi sarenap payvathu kuraigadar kunil] (கம்பராமாயணம் கிங்கர. [kambaramayanam kingara.] 40).
7. Extra detached foot of a verse; செய்யுளில் அளவுக்குமேல்வரும் அசையுஞ் சீரும். சீர் கூனாத னேரடிக் குரித்தே [seyyulil alavukkumelvarum asaiyugn sirum. sir kunatha neradig kurithe] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 361).
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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Starts with (+1434): Koonch, Kudomdu, Kumcadiga, Kumcaka, Kumcambidi, Kumcanige, Kumcanmadhya, Kumcanmula, Kumcatiga, Kumcavadiga, Kumcavaduga, Kumci, Kumciga, Kumcige, Kumcike, Kumcisu, Kumcitakesha, Kumcitakeshapasha, Kumcitiga, Kumciya.
Ends with (+30): Abayunkun, Abokun, Ahon ekun, Akunkun, Apawa okun, Apshakun, Awun-ekun, Dewol-yakun, Eekanna ekun, Ejinrin olokun, Epakun, Glanchi bokun, Goekun, Ijokun, Iku ekun, Iran akun, Irankun, Jubukun, Kaikun, Kakun.
Full-text (+101): Nikun, Kunitekshana, Vikunika, Kuṇita, Vikunana, Kunirumpu, Tun, Kunkitai, Kuni, Kula-cirainayanar, Ashtaveccam, Kunala, Krinanja, Kuṇinda, Phi-kun, Kunitahi, Kharakona, Kun lun kua, Shing-kun, Vella kun dumani.
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Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 3.4 (Commentary) < [Chapter 3 (text and commentary)]
Text 15.18 (Commentary) < [Chapter 15 (Text and Commentary)]
Text 15.12 (Commentary) < [Chapter 15 (Text and Commentary)]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 13 - Staglungpa (viii): Ratna guru < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]
Chapter 14 - Kun spang and the founding of monastery at Jo nang < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
Chapter 6 - First incarnation series (xi): rang byung kun mkhyen chos kyi rgyal po < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 162 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Life Story Of Dzongsar Khenpo Kunga Wangchuk < [Introduction Text]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 1b.1f - How consciousness dissolves < [B. The extensive explanation of the nature of karma]
Tibet (Myth, Religion and History) (by Tsewang Gyalpo Arya)
4. Justification of the Monkey Myth < [Chapter 1 - Early Tibetan Origin Myth]
1. The Advent of Buddhism < [Chapter 7 - Buddhism in Tibet]
2. The Teacher (Tonpa Shenrab) < [Chapter 6 - Tonpa Shenrab Mibo and Bon Religion]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 9 - The Praśānta-sūtra < [Chapter XXXIX - The Ten Powers of the Buddha according to the Abhidharma]
Appendix 13 - Notes on the stanzas spoken by Vaiśravaṇa in honor of the Buddha < [Chapter VIII - The Bodhisattvas]
Conditions and Causes: Preliminary note < [Part 1 - Understanding the Conditions (pratyaya)]
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