कदम्बः कदम्बकः [कद् करणे अम्बच् Tv.] 1 A kind of tree (Stephegyne Parviflora Korth] (said to put forth buds at the roaring of thunder-clouds); कतिपयकुसुमोद्गमः कदम्बः U.3.2,42; Māl.3.7; Me.25; R.12.99; मुक्त्वा कदम्ब-कुटजार्जुन-सर्ज-नीपान् Ṛs.3.13. The tree is common throughout India except in Konkan. Its fruit is hard and inedible. -2 A kind of grass. -3 Turmeric. -4 The mustard-seed plant. -5 A particular mineral substance. -6 Dust. -7 Fragrance; cf. कदम्बः पुंसि नीपे स्यात्तिनिशे वरुणद्रुमे । धूल्यां समूहे गन्धे च ... Nm. -म्बी N. of a plant (देवदाली). Ś.6; U.5.18. -म्बम् A multitude. -कम् 1 A multitude, group; छायाबद्धकदम्बकं मृगकुलं रोमन्थमभ्य- स्यतु Ś.2.6. -2 The flower of the Kadamba tree; पृथुकदम्बकदम्बकराजितम् Ki.5.9. -3 A kind of grass (देवताड). -Comp. -अनिलः 1 a fragrant breeze (charged with the odour of Kadamba flowers); ते चोन्मीलितमालतीसुरभयः प्रौढाः कदम्बानिलाः K. P.1. -2 Autumn (वर्षर्तु); इदं कदम्बानिलभर्तुरत्यये Ki.4.24. -कारेकन्यायः see under न्याय. -पुष्पा, -ष्पी a plant the flowers of which resemble those of Kadamba. -ब्रह्ममण्डलम् (in Astro.) The polar circle of the ecliptic. -युद्धम् A kind of amorous play; Vātsyā. -वायुः a fragrant breeze; = ˚अनिल.
noun (masculine neuter) Adina cordifolia Benth. et Hook.F. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 535)
Andropogon caricosus Linn. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 536)
Andropogon Serratus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an arrow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Corallocarpus epigaeus Benth. et Hook.F. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 536)
Curcuma longa Linn. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 536)
Mitragyna parvifolia Korth. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 535)
Nauclea Cadamba (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a dynasty (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
particular position of the hand (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pole of the ecliptic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
turmeric (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
white mustard (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular mineral substance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) assemblage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
collection (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
herd (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
multitude (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
troop (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Curcuma Aromatica (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
iron pyrites
Nauclea Cadamba (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Sinapis Dichotoma (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) herd (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
iron pyrites
multitude (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the fruit of Nauclea cadamba
troop (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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