kaṃbu

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[apte] a. (bu or bū f.) Spotted, variegated. --buḥ --bu (m., n.) A conch, shell; smarasya kaṃbuḥ kimayaṃ ca- kāsti divi trilokījayavādanīyaḥ N. 22. 22; Śi. 18. 54. --buḥ 1 An elephant. --2 The neck. --3 The variegated colour. --4 A vein of the body. --5 A bracelet. 6 A tube-shaped bone. --Comp. --ātāyin m. a kind of kite. --kaṃṭhī a lady having the neck like a conch-shell. --grīvā 1. a conch-shaped neck, (i. e. a neck...

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a. (bu or bū f.) Spotted, variegated. --buḥ --bu (m., n.) A conch, shell; smarasya kaṃbuḥ kimayaṃ ca- kāsti divi trilokījayavādanīyaḥ N. 22. 22; Śi. 18. 54. --buḥ 1 An elephant....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

43

Texts Appeared In

18

DCS: name of a man | Monier-Williams: a sort of Curcuma , L.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 15 34.9%
2. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 5 11.6%
3. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4 9.3%
4. Garuḍapurāṇa 4 9.3%
5. Rājanighaṇṭu 2 4.7%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: kambu

  vipulāṃso mahābāhuḥ kambugrīvo mahāhanuḥ

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: kambur

  śaṅkho hy arṇobhavaḥ kambur jalajaḥ pāvanadhvaniḥ

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: kambūḥ

  kuṭilo 'ntarmahānādaḥ kambūḥ pūtaḥ sunādakaḥ