चूर्णcūrṇa

चूर्ण (cūrṇa) is a Sanskrit word meaning minute, powder or flour, aromatic powder, pounded sandal, chalk or lime, the name of a man. Its 21 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them General Powder, Flour, Dust, Fine, Pulverized (Adjective/State), Proper Noun, Literary/Rhetorical Term.

Roots: चर्व् (carv), चर् (car)
Etymology: E. चूर्ण to pound, &c. affix घञ्
Definitions: 21

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Meanings by context

General Powder, Flour, Dust

8 definitions

1. Powder or flour. 2. Aromatic powder. 3. Pounded sandal.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Powder or any finely pulverized substance. 2. Chalk or lime. 3. Aromatic powder such as pounded sandalwood. 4. Pounded camphor. 5. A cowrie shell used as a coin. 6. An unanswerable argument. 7. A river in Bengal. 8. Red powder scattered at the Holi festival. 9. Dust.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Powder, lime, or aromatic powder. 2. A cow, posing argument, river, red powder, or dust.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Powder. 2. Flour. 3. Dust. 4. Pounded fragrant substances such as sandalwood and camphor.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Powder or any fine-grained substance. 2. Chalk or lime. 3. Aromatic powder or pounded sandalwood. 4. Pounded camphor. 5. A cowrie shell used as coin. 6. An unanswerable argument. 7. A river in Bengal. 8. Red powder scattered during the Holi festival. 9. Dust.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Flour. 2. Dust. 3. Powder. 4. Aromatic powder.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Meal or powder.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Powder, flour, or any fine particle. 2. Aromatic powder, pounded sandalwood, or camphor. 3. Chalk or lime.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Fine, Pulverized (Adjective/State)

3 definitions

minute

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Pulverized or fine. 2. Flour or meal. 3. Aromatic or medicinal powder.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Ground or pulverized. 2. Dust, flour, or powder.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Proper Noun, Literary/Rhetorical Term

3 definitions

The name of a man

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a kind of easy prose

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

dividing a word by separating a double consonant to obtain a different sense in a riddle

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

To Grind, Pound (Verb)

3 definitions

1. To contract, shrink, or wink. 2. To throw or direct. 3. To grind or pound.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. To contract. 2. To wink. 3. To throw. 4. To grind.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. To contract, shrink, close, or wink. 2. To throw, send, or direct. 3. To grind or pound.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Chalk, Lime

2 definitions

chalk or lime

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Chalk or lime

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aromatic or Functional Powders

1 definition

aromatic powder

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Specific Food Mixture

1 definition

rice mixed with sesame

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 11 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.