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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Kundara (कुन्दर) is the name of a Gaṇeśvara (attendant of Śiva), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.9 (“Śiva’s campaign”).—Accordingly, as Śiva with the Gods attacked Tripura: “[...] O great Brahmins, all the Gaṇeśvaras went to the three cities. Who can enumerate them fully? I shall mention a few. These were the important ones who were there—[e.g., Kundara] [...]. These and other innumerable lords of Gaṇas who cannot be characterised and classified surrounded Śiva and went ahead. [...] They were capable of burning the entire world including the mobile and immobile beings, within a trice by their very thought. Surrounding Śiva, the great lord, they went ahead. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Kundara in India is the name of a plant defined with Boswellia serrata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Boswellia thurifera Roxb. ex Flem. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Planta Medica (2001)
· Asiatic Researches, or ‘Transactions of the Society’ (1807)
· Pl. Coromandel (1811)
· Phytochem. Anal. (2001)
· European Journal of Herbal Medicine (1998)
· The India Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kundara, for example pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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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 dictionary

Kundara (कुन्दर).—

1) An epithet of Viṣṇu.

2) A kind of grass (Mar. pālakha).

Derivable forms: kundaraḥ (कुन्दरः).

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

Kundara (कुन्दर).—m.

(-raḥ) A sort of grass.

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

1) Kundara (कुन्दर):—m. a kind of grass, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Name of Viṣṇu, [Mahābhārata xiii, 7036.]

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

Kundara (कुन्दर):—(raḥ) 1. m. Kind of grass.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kundara 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kumdaradane, Kumdarakaddihullu, Kumdaramavu, Kundara gaddi, Kundara gaddi hullu, Kundara nattu, Kundaracana, Kundaraka, Kundarakkal Nair Tharavad, Kundarakkal Nair Tharavad, Kundaratnakara, Kundarayana.

Ends with: Kakundara, Kukundara.

Full-text: Kharacchada, Mrigavallabha, Kukundara, Kundara gaddi hullu, Kunduruka, Kundara nattu, Kundara gaddi, Kshetrasambhuta, Kundura, Kunduruki, Kundarika, Kunduru, Kundu, Dirghapattra, Kunda.

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Search found 3 books and stories containing Kundara; (plurals include: Kundaras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

Chapter 197 - The Greatness of Mūlasthāna Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]

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Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)

12. The Keralodayam by Dr. K.N. Ezhuthachan < [Chapter 3 - Historical Details from Mahakavyas]

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The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)

Chapter 9 - Śiva’s campaign < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]

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