kuṭila

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. [kuṭ-ilac] 1 Crooked, bent, curved, curled; bhedād bhruvoḥ kuṭilayoḥ Ś. 5. 23; R. 6. 82; 19. 17; Pt. 1. 65. --2 Tortuous, wind- ing; krośaṃ kuṭilā nadī Sk. --3 (fig.) Insincere, fraudulent, dis- honest; aº Pt. 1. 126. --lā 1 N. of Sarasvatī. --2 A kind of perfume. --laṃ 1 N. of a plant (tagara). --2 Tin. --Comp. --āśaya a. evil-minded, malevolent. --pa- kṣman a. having curved eye-lashes. --mati, --buddhi a....

[mw] See col. 2. 034608 288,3 51638 &c, see ib. 034609 288,3 51639 &c, see ib. 034610 288,3 51640

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a. [kuṭ-ilac] 1 Crooked, bent, curved, curled; bhedād bhruvoḥ kuṭilayoḥ Ś. 5. 23; R. 6. 82; 19. 17; Pt. 1. 65. --2 Tortuous, wind- ing; krośaṃ kuṭilā nadī Sk. --3 (fig.)...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

ADJ

Total Occurrences

90

Texts Appeared In

46

DCS: (prob.) a kind of hourglass (used for astron. purposes) | Monier-Williams: kuwila See col. 2.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Ānandakanda 8 8.9%
2. Mugdhāvabodhinī 6 6.7%
3. Harṣacarita 4 4.4%
4. Matsyapurāṇa 4 4.4%
5. Rasārṇava 4 4.4%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: kuṭila

  abhīkṣṇāvagāhakapiśān jaṭilān kuṭilālakān

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: kuṭilaṃ

  kvacid drutataraṃ yāti kuṭilaṃ kvacid āyatam

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: kuṭila

  nadīnilayanāḥ sarpā nadīkuṭilagāminaḥ