कुमुदः दम् [कौ भोदते इति कुमुदम्] 1 The white waterlily said to open at moon-rise [Nymphea alba] नोच्छ्वसिति तपनकिरणैश्चन्द्रस्येवांशुभिः कुमुदम् V.3.16; so Ś.5. 28; Ṛs.3.2,21,23; Me.42. कुमुदवनमपश्रि श्रीमदम्भोजषण्डम् Śi.11.64. -2 A red lotus. -दम् Silver. -दः 1 An epithet of Viṣṇu. -2 N. of the elephant supposed to guard the south. -3 Camphor. -4 A species of monkey. -5 N. of a Nāga who gave his younger sister कुमुद्वती to Kuśa, son of Rāma; see R.16.79.86. -दा A form of Durgā. -Comp. -अभिख्यम् silver. -आकरः, -आवासः a pond full of lotuses. कुमुद्वतीनां कुमुदाकरैरिव Śi.12.4. -आनन्द a. The delighter of lotuses; अन्वगात्कुमुदानन्दं शशाङ्कमिव कौमुदी R.17.6. -ईशः the moon. -खण्डम् an assemblage of lotuses. -गन्ध्या f. a woman having the smell of a कुमुद to her body. -नाथः, -पतिः, -बन्धः, -बान्धवः, -सुहृद् m. the moon. ततः कुमुदनाथेन कामिनीगण्डपाण्डुना R.
n. (white) night lotus; m. N. of a Nâga; N. of a man: -nâtha, m. moon; -maya, a. consisting entirely of white lotuses; -½âkara, m. lotus group: -tâ, f. abst. n.
Is the name of a plant mentioned with other water plants in one passage of the Atharvaveda. It is no doubt the white water-lily (Nymphcea esculenta), being the name of that plant in post-Vedic Sanskrit also.
noun (masculine) (in music) name of a Dhruvaka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of bdellium
camphor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a confidant of king Unmattāvanti (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Daitya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a monkey-hero (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Nāga (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a particular comet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a poet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Gada (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an attendant of Skanda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of the smaller Dvīpas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the elephant of the south-west or southern quarter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Viṣṇu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) Nymphaea lotus Linn.
the esculent white water-lily; Nymphaea esculenta (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the red lotus; Nymphaea rubra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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