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Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Kuṇḍagola (कुण्डगोल) refers to the “fecund mixture of male and female seed” (i.e., “the mixture of male and female fluids”), according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Cf. Kadamba (“ecliptic”) and Kadambavṛtti.—In this perspective, the Kadamba bud is the Full Moon. The Moon is ‘full’ because it is replete with all the inner energies of consciousness and also because it is formed from the most complete and perfect union of Śiva and Śakti and, with them, all the polarities. This conjunction is also concretely, externally manifest as the fecund mixture of male and female seed (kuṇḍagola). This is offered to the deity in union in the centre of the maṇḍala, both within the body and externally, and so this too is appropriately identified with the Kadamba bud.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kuṇḍagola (कुण्डगोल).—

1) gruel.

2) a group of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) and गोलक (golaka) (taken together); cf. परदारेषु जायेते द्वौ पुत्रौ कुण्डगोलकौ । पत्यौ जीवति कुण्डः स्यात् मृते भर्तरि गोलकः (paradāreṣu jāyete dvau putrau kuṇḍagolakau | patyau jīvati kuṇḍaḥ syāt mṛte bhartari golakaḥ) || Manusmṛti 3.174.

Derivable forms: kuṇḍagolam (कुण्डगोलम्).

Kuṇḍagola is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kuṇḍa and gola (गोल). See also (synonyms): kuṇḍīgola, kuṇḍagolaka, kuṇḍīgolaka.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kuṇḍagola (कुण्डगोल).—m.

(-laḥ) Sour rice gruel.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kuṇḍagola (कुण्डगोल):—[=kuṇḍa-gola] [from kuṇḍa] m. sour rice, gruel, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] m. [dual number] an adulterine (kuṇḍa) and the son of a widow (gola), [Yājñavalkya i, 222.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kuṇḍagola (कुण्डगोल):—[kuṇḍa-gola] (laḥ) 1. m. Sour gruel.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kundagola in German

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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.

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Partial matches: Gola, Kunda, Kunta.

Starts with: Kundagolaka.

Full-text: Kundagolaka, Kundigolaka, Kundigola.

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