kūrma | कूर्म | kUrma
kūrma/ | कूर्म/ | as | अस् |, m. a tortoise, turtle, VS.; TS. &c. (ifc. f(A). , MBh. iv, 2016)
the earth considered as a tortoise swimming on the waters (see -viBāga | -विBआग |)
(hence) N. of the fourteenth Adhyāya of VarBṛS.; VarYogay. ix, 4
a particular figure or intertwining of the fingers (mudrā | मुद्रा |), Tantras.
one of the outer winds of the body (causing the closing of the eyes), Vedāntas.
N. of a deity, Rasik.
of a serpent or Kādraveya king, MBh. i, 2549
of a Ṛṣi (son of Gṛtsa-mada, author of RV. ii, 27-29), RAnukr.
Viṣṇu's second incarnation (descent in the form of a tortoise to support the mountain Mandara at the churning of the ocean), NarasP. &c.
kūrma | कूर्म | [cf. κλέμμυς, χέλυς, χελώνη.]
the earth considered as a tortoise swimming on the waters (see -viBāga | -विBआग |)
(hence) N. of the fourteenth Adhyāya of VarBṛS.; VarYogay. ix, 4
a particular figure or intertwining of the fingers (mudrā | मुद्रा |), Tantras.
one of the outer winds of the body (causing the closing of the eyes), Vedāntas.
N. of a deity, Rasik.
of a serpent or Kādraveya king, MBh. i, 2549
of a Ṛṣi (son of Gṛtsa-mada, author of RV. ii, 27-29), RAnukr.
Viṣṇu's second incarnation (descent in the form of a tortoise to support the mountain Mandara at the churning of the ocean), NarasP. &c.
kūrma | कूर्म | [cf. κλέμμυς, χέλυς, χελώνη.]