kOmudī | क्Oमुदी | kOmudI
kOmudī | क्Oमुदी | f. moonlight, moonshine (from its causing the Kumudas to blossom; also Moonlight personified as the wife of Candra or the moon), Ragh.; Kum.; Bhartṛ. &c.
elucidation (the word Kaumudī being metaphorically used like other words of similar import [cf. candrikā | चन्द्रिका |] at the end of grammatical commentaries and other explanatory works to imply that the book so designated throws much light on the subject of which it treats, e.g. padārṭa-k˚ | पदार्ट-क्˚ |, prakriyā-k˚ | प्रक्रिया-क्˚ |, laṅu-k˚ | लङु-क्˚ |, vEśamya-k˚ | व्Eशम्य-क्˚ |, sidḍānta-k˚ | सिद्डान्त-क्˚ |)
the day of full moon in the month Kārttika (sacred to Kārttikeya), festival in honour of Kārttikeya held on that day, MBh. i, 7648; xiii, 6132; PSarv.
the day of full moon in the month Āśvina, L.
a festival in general, L.
(= kumud-vatī | कुमुद्-वती |) the water-lily (Nymphaea esculenta), BhP. x, 65, 18
a metre (of 2 × 24 syllables)
N. of a river, Śaṃkar.
kOmudī | क्Oमुदी | (f. of ˚da | ˚द |, q.v.)
elucidation (the word Kaumudī being metaphorically used like other words of similar import [cf. candrikā | चन्द्रिका |] at the end of grammatical commentaries and other explanatory works to imply that the book so designated throws much light on the subject of which it treats, e.g. padārṭa-k˚ | पदार्ट-क्˚ |, prakriyā-k˚ | प्रक्रिया-क्˚ |, laṅu-k˚ | लङु-क्˚ |, vEśamya-k˚ | व्Eशम्य-क्˚ |, sidḍānta-k˚ | सिद्डान्त-क्˚ |)
the day of full moon in the month Kārttika (sacred to Kārttikeya), festival in honour of Kārttikeya held on that day, MBh. i, 7648; xiii, 6132; PSarv.
the day of full moon in the month Āśvina, L.
a festival in general, L.
(= kumud-vatī | कुमुद्-वती |) the water-lily (Nymphaea esculenta), BhP. x, 65, 18
a metre (of 2 × 24 syllables)
N. of a river, Śaṃkar.
kOmudī | क्Oमुदी | (f. of ˚da | ˚द |, q.v.)