Kusumi, Kusumī, Kusumitā, Kusumita: 19 definitions
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Kusumi means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKusumi (कुसुमि).—A Śrutaṛṣi: a pupil of Pauṣyañji.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 33. 8; 35. 40.
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.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureKusumitā (कुसुमिता) refers to one of the 135 metres (chandas) mentioned by Nañjuṇḍa (1794-1868 C.E.) in his Vṛttaratnāvalī. Nañjuṇḍa was a poet of both Kannada and Sanskrit literature flourished in the court of the famous Kṛṣṇarāja Woḍeyar of Mysore. He introduces the names of these metres (e.g., Kusumitā) in 20 verses.
Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)Kusumitā (कुसुमिता) is the name of a catuṣpadi metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhraṃśa bards), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Kusumitā has 25 mātrās in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, and 3 mātrās.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA seaport in Ramanna where a part of the Sinhalese expeditionary force sent by Parakkamabahu I. landed in five ships (Cv.lxxvi.59). It is probably the same as Kusumatittha mentioned in the Sasanavamsa (E.g., pp.66, 90) as a seaport. v.l. Kusima.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarykusumita : (adj.) in flower; blooming.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryKusumita, (adj.) in flower, blooming VvA. 160, 162. (Page 224)
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)kusumita—
(Burmese text): ပွင့်ခြင်းသို့ရောက်သော၊ ပွင့်သော၊ ဆန်းကြယ်သော လက္ခဏာ စသည်တို့ဖြင့် တန်းဆာဆင်အပ်သော။
(Auto-Translation): Arriving at blooming, blossoming, with strange characteristics and so on, adorned with layers.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKusumita (कुसुमित).—a. [kusuma + itac P.V.2.36] Flowered, furnished with flowers.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKusumita (कुसुमित).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Flowered, budded, in flower. E. kusuma, and itac aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKusumita (कुसुमित).—i. e. kusuma + ita, adj., f. tā, Blossoming, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 96, 15.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKusumita (कुसुमित).—[adjective] budded, flowered; [neuter] blossoming or the time of blossoming.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKusumita (कुसुमित):—[from kusuma] mfn. ([gana] tārakādi) furnished with flowers, in flower, [Mahābhārata; Mṛcchakaṭikā etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKusumita (कुसुमित):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) p.] Flowered.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kusumita (कुसुमित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kusumia.
[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 corpusKusumita (ಕುಸುಮಿತ):—[adjective] flowered; blooming with flowers.
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)
Partial matches: Kusuma.
Starts with: Kusumia, Kusumilla, Kusumisu, Kusumitaatimuttaka, Kusumitalata, Kusumitalatavellika, Kusumitalatavellita, Kusumitarukkha, Kusumitasikhara.
Full-text: Kusumitalata, Samkusumita, Bahukusumita, Kusumitalatavellita, Kusumay, Kusumitasikhara, Kusima, Kusumitalatavellika, Kusumia, Sankusumita, Kusumitarukkha, Kusumitaatimuttaka, Pushpavalivanarajikusumitabhijna, Pushpadrumakusumitamukuta, Kakaca, Agrahasta, Ramanna, Pushpita, Kitti.
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