Kutaka, Kuṭaka, Kūṭaka: 17 definitions
Introduction:
Kutaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, biology. 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 Index1) Kuṭaka (कुटक).—(c) a kingdom through which Ṛṣabha passed. Arhat was king.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 6. 7 and 9.
2) Kūṭaka (कूटक).—A mountain in Bhāratavarṣa.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 19. 16.
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.
India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryKūṭaka.—(EI 5), probably, headman of the cultivators; same as Grāmakūṭaka. (IE 8-5; EI 4, 26), tax for the maintenance of the Kūṭaka; see pravaṇikara-kūṭaka-prabhṛti-samasta-adāya (Ep. Ind., Vol. IV, p. 101). (CII 4), a measure of capacity. (EI 2), a load or measure of salt. Note: kūṭaka is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Kutaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Strychnos nux-vomica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Strychnos spireana Dop (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Rumphia (1836)
· Lloydia (1973)
· Mémoires de la Société Botanique de France (1910)
· Taxon (1980)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kutaka, for example health benefits, diet and recipes, extract dosage, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, side effects, have a look at these references.
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
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryKuṭaka, a cheat Pgdp 12; read kūtaka. So also in gāma kuṭaka S. II, 258. (Page 219)
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykuṭakā (कुटका).—m A bit or piece; a bit gen. (as broken off from a stick, a cake of bread, a cocoanut &c.); a bit of string or rope. ku0 tōḍuna dēṇēṃ (To break off and give a piece of what one may be eating or using; so as to leave the applicant without excuse for staying longer.) To refuse flatly.
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kutakā (कुतका).—m A pestle or muller (for grinding bhang &c.) 2 fig. A blow, thump, stroke.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkuṭakā (कुटका).—m A piece, bit.
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 dictionaryKuṭaka (कुटक).—A plough without a pole.
-kaḥ The post round which the string of the churning-stick passes. (pl.) Name of a people; कोङ्कवेङ्ककुटकानां राजा (koṅkaveṅkakuṭakānāṃ rājā) Bhāgavata 5.6.9.
Derivable forms: kuṭakam (कुटकम्).
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Kūṭaka (कूटक).—a. Fraudulent, false, base (as a coin); Y.2.241.
-kam 1 Fraud, deceit, trick.
2) Elevation, prominence.
3) The body of a plough, a plough-share.
-kaḥ 1 A braid or trees of hair.
2) A perfume.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKuṭaka (कुटक).—[, according to Index read kaṭuka, q.v.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKūṭaka (कूटक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Unfair, fraudulent. n.
(-kaḥ) A ploughshare. m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A braid or tress of hair. 2. A perfume: see murā. E. kūṭ to cut, and kvun aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKūṭaka (कूटक).—[kūṭa + ka], I. adj. False, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 241. Ii. m. The name of a mountain, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 19, 16.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKūṭaka (कूटक).—[adjective] false; [neuter] eminence, projection.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kuṭaka (कुटक):—[from kuṭ] m. a kind of tree, [Kauśika-sūtra 8] ([varia lectio] kuṭuka)
2) [v.s. ...] = kuṭhara q.v., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] Name of a people, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 6, 8 and 10]
4) [from kuṭ] n. a plough without a pole, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) Kūṭaka (कूटक):—[from kūṭa] mfn. base (as a coin), [Yājñavalkya ii, 241]
6) [v.s. ...] m. a braid or tress of hair, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] Name of a fragrant plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] of a mountain, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 19, 16]
9) [v.s. ...] n. elevation, prominence, projection, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (See akṣik)
10) [v.s. ...] ‘a ploughshare’, or ‘the body of a plough (id est. the wood without the ploughshare and pole)’ [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKūṭaka (कूटक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. A plough-share.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kutaka (कुतक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kutta.
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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 corpusKuṭaka (ಕುಟಕ):—[noun] = ಕುಟಿಕ [kutika]1.
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Kuṭaka (ಕುಟಕ):—[noun] = ಕುಟಿಕ [kutika]2.
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Kuṭaka (ಕುಟಕ):—[noun] he who habitually drinks or gulfs (something).
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Kuṭaka (ಕುಟಕ):—
1) [noun] a post to which the churning stick is tied while churning.
2) [noun] a plough without a pole.
3) [noun] the part of a plough that cuts the soil; a plough-share.
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Kuṭaka (ಕುಟಕ):—[noun] = ಕುಟಜ [kutaja].
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Kūṭaka (ಕೂಟಕ):—
1) [noun] = ಕೂಟ [kuta]3 - 6; 2) the body of the plough excluding its pole and plough-share.
2) [noun] a group of persons organisations, etc.
3) [noun] any round, ball-shaped thing; sphere; a globe.
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Kūṭāka (ಕೂಟಾಕ):—[noun] a tool for pounding, driving nails, usu. consisting of a metal head fastened across one end of a handle; a hammer.
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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Starts with: Kutakacala, Kutakaccelavu, Kutakachala, Kutakakhyana, Kutakam, Kutakambalamanshiya, Kutakan, Kutakanmi, Kutakanmicceti, Kutakannatissa, Kutakappaala, Kutakappala, Kutakara, Kutakaraka, Kutakaram, Kutakarika, Kutakarman, Kutakarru, Kutakarshapana, Kutakata.
Ends with: Akshikutaka, Akutaka, Ankutaka, Gartakukkutaka, Gramakutaka, Kalakutaka, Kalukutaka, Kankutaka, Kukkutaka, Marakutaka, Nagaradvarakutaka, Narkutaka, Natkutaka, Purnakutaka, Ratnakutaka, Samanarkutaka, Trikutaka, Utkutaka, Vikutaka, Vindhyakutaka.
Full-text (+8): Akshikutaka, Kutakam, Kutakakhyana, Kutakacala, Nagaradvara, Kutuka, Kutika, Kalakutaka, Kudakanem, Utkutaka, Gramakutaka, Vindhyakutaka, Kutakaccelavu, Kutta, Gramakuta, Katuka, Nagaradvarakutaka, Kautakika, Kutayukta, Arhat.
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