Kusumabana, Kusumabāṇa, Kusuma-bana: 4 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKusumabāṇa (कुसुमबाण).—
1) a flowery arrow.
2) Name of the god of love; अभिनवः कुसुमेषुव्यापारः (abhinavaḥ kusumeṣuvyāpāraḥ) Māl. 1 (where the word may also be read as kusumeṣu vyāpāraḥ); तस्मै नमो भगवते कुसुमायुधाय (tasmai namo bhagavate kusumāyudhāya) Bhartṛhari 1.1; तव प्रसादात् कुसुमायुधोऽपि (tava prasādāt kusumāyudho'pi) Ku.; Ṛtusaṃhāra 6.34; Ch. P.19.24; R.7.61; Śiśupālavadha 8.7, so कुसुमशरबाणभावेन (kusumaśarabāṇabhāvena) Gītagovinda 1.
Derivable forms: kusumabāṇaḥ (कुसुमबाणः).
Kusumabāṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kusuma and bāṇa (बाण). See also (synonyms): kusumāstra, kusumāyudha, kusumeṣu, kusumaśara.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kusumabāṇa (कुसुमबाण):—[=kusuma-bāṇa] [from kusuma] m. ‘flower-arrowed’, Name of the god of love, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] the flower-arrow of the god of love, [Śakuntalā] ([varia lectio]), [Pañcatantra]
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusKusumabāṇa (ಕುಸುಮಬಾಣ):—
1) [noun] a flower-arrow of Manmatha; the Love-God.
2) [noun] Manmatha.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Kusuma, Bana.
Starts with: Kusumabanavilasa.
Full-text: Kusumastra, Kusumayudha, Kusumeshu, Kusumashara, Kusumavishikha, Kusumasayaka, Kusumashilimukha.
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