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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Kuraṇḍa (कुरण्ड).—A commander of Bhaṇḍa expert in māyā and skilled in citrayuddha or kūṭayuddha; an elder brother of Durmada; killed by Devī.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 21. 77; 22. 71-108.

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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.

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Kuraṇḍa (कुरण्ड) or Kuraṇḍaka is the name of a mountain whose lord is named Kācaraka: a great warrior (mahāratha) who fought on Śrutaśarman’s side but was slain by Prabhāsa, who participated in the war against Sūryaprabha, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 48.  Accordingly: “... then four more great warriors, armed with bows, sent by Śrutaśarman, surrounded Prabhāsa:... one was named Kācaraka, the lord of the mountain Kuraṇḍa”. Kuraṇḍa is also known as Kuraṇḍagiri.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Kuraṇḍa, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kuranda in India is the name of a plant defined with Ammannia baccifera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ammannia baccifera subsp. viridis (Willd. ex Hornem.) Koehne (among others).

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

· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1985)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles (1916)
· African Journal of Biomedical Research (2007)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1820)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1880)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kuranda, for example side effects, chemical composition, extract dosage, health benefits, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, 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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kuranda (कुरंद) [or कुरंदी, kurandī].—See kurunda & kurundī.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

kuranda (कुरंद).—m A kind of stone, Corundum.

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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 dictionary

Kuraṇḍa (कुरण्ड).—Enlargement of the testicles or of the scrotum, hydrocele.

Derivable forms: kuraṇḍaḥ (कुरण्डः).

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

Kuraṇḍa (कुरण्ड).—m.

(-ṇḍaḥ) Enlargement of the testicles or rather of the scrotum, including inguinal hernia, hydrocele, &c. E. ku bad, ill, ram to play, and ḍa aff.

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

1) Kuraṇḍa (कुरण्ड):—[from kuraṇṭa] m. the plant commonly called sākuruṇḍa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] enlargement of the testicles or rather of the scrotum (including inguinal hernia etc.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kuraṇḍa (कुरण्ड):—(ṇḍaḥ) 1. m. Enlargement of the testicles or scrotum.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kuranda 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kuraṃda (ಕುರಂದ):—[noun] a common mineral, aluminium oxide, Al2O3, second only to the diamond in hardness, a dark, granular variety of which is used for grinding and polishing; corundum.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kurandagiri, Kurandaka, Kurandakagiri, Kurantakam, Kurantam.

Ends with: Kukuranda, Pulasakakuranda, Pulasakuranda.

Full-text: Pulasakuranda, Pulasakakuranda, Kuramji, Kutayuddha, Sakurunda, Citrayuddha, Kuranga, Kutilaksha, Aparajita, Kurandagiri, Kurandaka, Kacaraka.

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Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)

Chapter 22 - Durmada and Kuraṇḍa slain

Chapter 23 - Five Asura generals slain

Chapter 21 - Boasting of Bhaṇḍāsura

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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)

Yogaratnākara (Āyurveda book) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]

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The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)

Chapter 49 - Ilāvṛta sub-continent < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]

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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Chapter XLVIII < [Book VIII - Sūryaprabha]

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