kūṭa

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[apte] a. 1 False; as in kūṭāḥ syuḥ pūrva- sākṣiṇaḥ Y. 2. 80. --2 Immoveable, steady. --3 Despised. --ṭaḥ, --ṭaṃ 1 Fraud, illusion, deception. --2 A trick, fraudulent or roguish scheme. --3 A puzzling question, knotty or intricate point, as in kūṭaśloka, kūṭā- nyokti. --4 Falsehood, untruth; oft. used in comp. with the force of an adjective; ºvacanaṃ false or deceitful words; ºtulā, ºmānaṃ &c. --5 A summit or peak of a...

[mw] n. the bone of the forehead with its projections or prominences, horn RV. x, 102, 4; AV.; S3Br.; AitBr. 299,2 53812 n. a kind of vessel or implement Kaus3. 16 299,2 53813 mn. any prominence or projection (e.g. aṃsa-k, akṣi-k, qq. vv.) 299,2 53814 mn. summit, peak or summit of a mountain MBh. &c 299,2 53815

Root

√purva पुर्व

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi · pūraṇe

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a. 1 False; as in kūṭāḥ syuḥ pūrva- sākṣiṇaḥ Y. 2. 80. --2 Immoveable, steady. --3 Despised. --ṭaḥ, --ṭaṃ 1 Fraud, illusion, deception. --2 A trick, fraudulent or roguish scheme....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 194
Texts Appeared In: 47

DCS: addressed; invoked; summoned | Monier-Williams: kU/wa n. counterfeited objects (of a merchant), VarBṛ. xiv, 3.

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Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: kūṭa

samyak śraddhāya puruṣaṃ kūṭastham abhajad gurum
Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: kūṭa

viśvam ātmagataṃ vyañjan kūṭastho jagadaṅkuraḥ
Skandapurāṇa surface: kūṭam

tasya madhye 'gnikūṭaṃ ca sumahaddīptim āsthitam