Kutumba, Kuṭumba: 14 definitions
Introduction
Introduction:
Kutumba means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryKuṭumba.—(IE 7-1-2), ‘two’. Note: kuṭumba 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 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarykuṭumba : (nt.) family.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryKuṭumba, (nt.) family property & estates J. I, 122, 225; rāja° (and °kuṭumbaka) the king’s property J. I, 369, 439.—kuṭumbaṃ saṇṭhapeti to set up an establishment J. I, 225; II, 423; III, 376. (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 Dictionarykuṭumba (कुटुंब).—n (S) A family or household. 2 The mistress of a family, or of the house: also a wife gen.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkuṭumba (कुटुंब).—n A family. The mistress of a family or of the house; also a wife gen.
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 dictionaryKuṭumba (कुटुम्ब).—
1) A household, a family; परमियं ब्राह्मणी अस्मिन् कुटुम्बे (paramiyaṃ brāhmaṇī asmin kuṭumbe) Mahābhārata on P.I.4.2. उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् (udāracaritānāṃ tu vasudhaiva kuṭumbakam) H.1.68; Y.2.45; Ms.11.12,22; 8.166.
2) The duties and cares of a family; तदु- पहितकुटुम्बः (tadu- pahitakuṭumbaḥ) R.7.71.
3) Name of the second astrological mansion (artha).
-vaḥ, -vam 1 A kinsman, a relation by descent or marriage.
2) Offspring, progeny.
3) A name.
4) Race.
5) A group, collection; Vikr. 1.92.
See also (synonyms): kuṭumbaka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuṭumba (कुटुम्ब).—m.
(-mbaḥ) 1. A name. 2. A kinsman, a relation by descent 3. A connexion, a relation by the mother’s side, by marriage, &c. 4. Offspring, progeny. 5. Family, race. E. kuṭumba to support a family, and ac aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuṭumba (कुटुम्ब).—n. 1. Household, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 95. 2. Family, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 22. 3. Family goods, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 199.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuṭumba (कुटुम्ब).—[neuter] household, family.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kuṭumba (कुटुम्ब):—n. a household, members of a household, family, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra; Manu-smṛti] etc.
2) the care of a family, house-keeping (hence metaphorically care or anxiety about anything; ifc. [Bhāgavata-purāṇa i, 9, 39])
3) Name of the second astrological mansion (= artha), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhajjātaka]
4) mn. name, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) race, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) a relation (by descent, or by marriage from the mother’s side), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) offspring, progeny, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuṭumba (कुटुम्ब):—(mbaḥ) 1. m. A name; a kinsman; offspring; family.
[Sanskrit to German] (Deutsch Wörterbuch)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKuṭumba (कुटुम्ब):—n. Hausstand, Hauswesen; Hausgesinde, Familie [Chāndogyopaniṣad 8, 15.] svakuṭumbānmahīpatiḥ vṛttiṃ dharmyāṃ prakalpayet [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 22. 9. 199. 10, 124. 11, 12.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 45.] tayorapi kuṭumbābhyāmāharet [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 14.] kuṭumbārthe kṛto vyayaḥ [8, 166. 167.] mayi sarvaṃ samāsajya kuṭumbam [Mahābhārata 3, 14702.] ye ca dharmāḥ kuṭumbeṣu śvaśrvā me kathitāḥ purā [14681.] kuṭumbānāṃ ca dātāraḥ puruṣāḥ svargagāminaḥ [13, 1663.] kuṭumbaṃ pīḍayitvā tu brāhmaṇāya mahātmane . dātavyam [3208.] sahadevastu samādhāsyati kuṭumbatantraṃ vidhivatsarvameva [14, 2103. 2109.] anāsāditakuṭumbāni kuṭumbibhavanāni vai [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 71, 35.] kuṭumbavyāpṛta [Amarakoṣa 3, 1, 11.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 478.] tadupahitakuṭumbaḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 7, 68.] bhartrā tadarpitakuṭumbabhareṇa [Śākuntala 95.] indrajālavatkuṭumbaparigrahaḥ [Pañcatantra 165, 18.] svīyapitṛmātarau samastakuṭumbāvṛtau [130, 20.] kuṭumbena saha kalahaṃ kurvāṇā [220. 25.] bubhukṣayā pīḍyate matkuṭumbam [250, 6. 106, 19.] bahukuṭumbāvāvām [96. 15.] vaiśyaśūdrāvapi kuṭumbe tithidharmiṇau . bhojayetsaha bhṛtyaisthau [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 112.] śvaśurakuṭumbaṃ sarvaṃ sotsāhaṃ babhūva [Vetālapañcaviṃśati 22, 19. 33, 15.] kuṭumbalokaḥ [26, 11.] svakuṭumbamevānudinaṃ prapuṣṇāti [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 26, 10.] kuṭumbapoṣa [3, 30, 33.] kuṭumbaṃ vibhrāṇaḥ [31.] kuṭumbabharaṇa [13. 34. 2, 1, 3. 5, 14, 30.] kuṭumbabhārasya cintābhiḥ [Pañcatantra V, 4.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 46, Scholiast] kuṭumbaukas ein von einer Familie bewohntes Haus [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] — Uebertr. eine einem Hausvater eigenthümliche Sorge um Etwas: vijayarathakuṭumba adj. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 9, 39.] Nach [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] bed. kuṭumba m. n.
1) Name. —
2) jñāti . —
3) bāndhava . —
4) saṃtati; nach [AMARAMĀLĀ] ebend. ist kuṭumba = poṣyavarga .
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Kuṭumba (कुटुम्ब):—, putradārakuṭumbeṣu prasaktāḥ sarvamānavāḥ [Spr. 4545.] Bez. des 2ten astrologischen Hauses (= artha) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 1, 15.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKuṭumba (कुटुम्ब):—(*m.) n. —
1) Hausstand , Hauswesen [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra] Hausgesinde , Familie. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā [Indische sprüche 7865.] —
2) das zweite astrologische Haus. —
3) *Name.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryKuṭuṃba (कुटुंब) [Also spelled kutumb]:—(nm) a family, household; ~[bī] a member of the family, kinsman: a householder; ~[ba calānā/pālanā] to maintain a family, to run a household.
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Starts with (+6): Kutumba-kshetra, Kutumba-vritti, Kutumba-yatra, Kutumbabhara, Kutumbabharana, Kutumbabhumi, Kutumbaghata, Kutumbaghataki, Kutumbaka, Kutumbakabadi, Kutumbakabhara, Kutumbakabhumi, Kutumbakakalaha, Kutumbakalaha, Kutumbakavi, Kutumbakavyaprita, Kutumbala, Kutumbariya, Kutumbartha, Kutumbartham.
Ends with: Rajakutumba, Rathakutumba, Sakutumba, Sarasvatikutumba, Svakutumba.
Full-text (+18): Kutumbavyaprita, Kutumbaka, Svakutumba, Kutumbika, Kutumbakalaha, Kutumbin, Kutumb, Kutumbaukas, Kautumbika, Kautumba, Sarasvatikutumbaduhitri, Kutumbita, Avibhakta, Kutumba-kshetra, Kutumbala, Kutumbartham, Rathakutumba, Kutumbaya, Kutumba-vritti, Kutumbay.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 9.199 < [Section XXV - Strīdhana (property of the wife)]
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 14 - Kuṭuṃbeśvara (kuṭuṃba-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
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