kaumudī

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[apte] [kumudasyeyaṃ prakāśakatvāt aṇ ṅī- ṣ Tv.] 1 Moonlight; śaśinā saha yāti kaumudī Ku. 4. 33; śaśinamupagateyaṃ kaumudī meghamuktaṃ R. 6. 85; (the word is thus popularly derived:--kau modaṃte janā yasyāṃ tenāsau kaumudī matā). --2 Any- thing serving as moonlight, i. e. caus- ing delight and balmy coolness; tva- masya lokasya ca netrakaumudī Ku. 5. 71; yā kaumudī nayanayorbhavataḥ sujanmā Māl. 1. 34; cf. caṃdrikā. --3...

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[kumudasyeyaṃ prakāśakatvāt aṇ ṅī- ṣ Tv.] 1 Moonlight; śaśinā saha yāti kaumudī Ku. 4. 33; śaśinamupagateyaṃ kaumudī meghamuktaṃ R. 6. 85; (the word is thus popularly...

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Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

20

Texts Appeared In

12

DCS: assimilation of quantities by fractional decrease; reduction of quantities to uniformity by the subtraction of a fraction | Monier-Williams: N. of a river, Śaṃkar.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha 3 15.0%
2. Haribhaktivilāsa 3 15.0%
3. Kāmasūtra 3 15.0%
4. Kumārasaṃbhava 2 10.0%
5. Viṣṇupurāṇa 2 10.0%

Concordance (Sample)

• Matsyapurāṇa surface: kaumudī

  iti tatra pure'maradviṣāṇāṃ sapadi hi paścimakaumudī tadāsīt

• Ānandakanda surface: kaumudī

  mandānilaṃ puṣpamālyaṃ kaumudīratnabhūṣaṇam

• Kūrmapurāṇa surface: kaumudī

  nārāyaṇī narodbhūtiḥ kaumudī liṅgadhāriṇī