Kusumastra, Kusumāstra, Kusuma-astra: 6 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKusumāstra (कुसुमास्त्र).—
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: kusumāstraḥ (कुसुमास्त्रः).
Kusumāstra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kusuma and astra (अस्त्र). See also (synonyms): kusumāyudha, kusumeṣu, kusumabāṇa, kusumaśara.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKusumāstra (कुसुमास्त्र).—m. the god of Love, Ragl., 7, 58.
Kusumāstra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kusuma and astra (अस्त्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKusumāstra (कुसुमास्त्र):—[from kusuma] m. = kusumāyudha, [Raghuvaṃśa vii, 58.]
[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 corpusKusumāstra (ಕುಸುಮಾಸ್ತ್ರ):—[noun] = ಕುಸುಮಬಾಣ [kusumabana].
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, Astra.
Full-text: Kusumayudha, Kusumeshu, Kusumabana, Kusumashara.
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