कौरवkaurava

कौरव (kaurava) is a Sanskrit word meaning relating or belonging to the Kurus, field, descendant of Kuru, fenugreek plant, relating to the Kurus, belonging to or consisting of the Kurus. Its 37 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Individuals Called 'Kaurava' (Epic Epithet), Relating to the Kurus (Adjective), Descendant of Kuru / Patronymic.

Etymology: E. कुरु, and अण् affix; also with वुञ् affix कौरवक
Definitions: 37

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Individuals Called 'Kaurava' (Epic Epithet)

20 definitions

Arjuna

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Babhruvahana

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Bhimasena

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Bhishma

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Bhuri

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Bhurishravas

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Shatanika

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Shantanu

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Dhritarashtra

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Duhshasana

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Durmukha

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Duryodhana

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Janamejaya

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Pandu

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Somadatta

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an epithet of Suhotra

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Vicitravirya

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Vidura

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Yudhishthira

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Yuyutsu

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Relating to the Kurus (Adjective)

8 definitions

relating or belonging to the Kurus

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

field

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Relating to the Kurus

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Relating to the Kurus

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Belonging to or consisting of the Kurus. 2. A descendant of Kuru.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Belonging to the Kurus. 2. A descendant of Kuru.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Belonging to the Kurus. 2. A descendant of Kuru.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

belonging to Kuru or the Kurus

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Descendant of Kuru / Patronymic

5 definitions

descendant of Kuru

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a descendant of Kuru

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a descendant of Kuru

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A descendant of Kuru. 2. A ruler of the Kurus.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a descendant of Kuru

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The Kauravas in Epic Tradition

2 definitions

1. Belonging to the Kurus. 2. A descendant of Kuru.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

descendants of Kuru

Kaurava, pl. (°āḥ) (the descendants of Kuru or name of

a people (= Kuru, pl.); very often it designs only the sons

of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and their adherents, in opposition to the

sons of Pāṇḍu and their adherents): I, 116, 299, 499, 561

(muninā K°āṇāṃ yaśobhṛtā, i.e. Vyāsa), 584 (°āyodhanaṃ),

1664 (°vaṃśajaḥ), 3126, 4378, 4449 (°āṇāṃ yaśobhṛtā…

Pāṇḍunā), 4466, 4958, 5034, 5097, 5099, 5212 (the sons of

Dhṛtarāṣṭra and the sons of Pāṇḍu), 5214 (do.), 5239 (do.),

5452, 5453, 5457, 5458, 5465, 5524 (°saṃsadi), 5712, 5790,

5860, †7084 (°āgraiḥ, i.e. the sons of Pāṇḍu), †7337 (°rāja-

putrāḥ, = do.), †7341 (°vaṃśavardhanāḥ = do.), 7531, 7535,

7537, 7556, 7776 (°āṇāṃ yaśaskaraṃ, i.e. Arjuna), 7961;

II, 2022, 2062 (°āṇāṃ kulakaraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ Pāṇḍavaṃ

acyutaṃ, i.e. Yudhiṣṭhira), †2117 (saṃsadi K°āṇāṃ), 2211,

2212, †2213, 2255, 2269, 2292, 2293 (°ārṇavamagnāṃ māṃ,

sc. Draupadī), 2306, 2350, 2351, 2352, †2368, †2379 (°aṇāṃ

guruḥ, i.e. Droṇa?), 2538, 2653, 2666; III, †220, †252,

†255, 311, 598, †962, 1423 (°sainyasya), 8513 (i.e. the

Pāṇḍavas), 13006 (°arṣabhāḥ, i.e. the Pāṇḍavas), 14880,

14887, 14889, 14935, 14952, 14954, 14956, 14961, 15011,

15027, 15318 (°sarva°), 15338; IV, 206 (°vāhinīṃ), 887,

977, 981, 992, 999, 1297, 1428, 1528, 1626 (°āṇāṃ rājā,

i.e. Duryodhana), 1630, 1708, 1998, 2234; V, †39, 128,

602, †701, †765, 825, 827, 843, 948 (°āṇāṃ rājā,

i.e. Yūdhiṣṭhira), †1332 (meḍhībhūtaḥ K°āṇāṃ tvaṃ, sc.

Dhṛtarāṣṭra), †1333, 1806, †1835, †1847 (°āṇāṃ pravīre,

i.e. Bhīṣma), 2284, †2411 (saṃsadi K°āṇāṃ), †2505, 2525,

†2577, 2623, 2670, 2711, 3273, 3331, 4181, 4281, 4443,

4851, 4953, 4966 (°mukhyayoḥ, i.e. Bhīṣma and Dhṛtarāṣṭra),

5081, 5230, 5269 (the army of Duryodhana consisting of

eleven akṣauhiṇīs), 5376, 5717 (°āṇāṃ saināpatyaṃ prāpya

Gāṅgeyaḥ, i.e. Bhīṣma), 5938 (Citrāṅgadaṃ K°āṇām

ādhipatye 'bhyaṣecayaṃ, sc. Bhīṣma); VI, 4, 26, 28, 126,

635, 1556, 1568, 1584, 1599, 1610, 1613, 2067, 2139

(°ānīkaṃ), 2143 (°āṇāṃ pitāmahaḥ, i.e. Bhīṣma), 2179, 2432,

2577, 2593, 2620 (°āṇām adhipaḥ, i.e. Duryodhana), 2883,

2890, 3290, 3299, 3313, 3850, 3921, 3942, 3950, 3951, 4206,

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4225, 4319, 4326, 4430 (°āṇāṃ rājā, i.e. Duryodhana), 4727,

5310, 5330, 5710 (°āṇāṃ pitāmahaḥ, i.e. Bhīṣma); VII, 23,

50 (Bhīṣme K°āṇām upāśraye), 118, 124, 210, 416, 436,

928, 1330, 2000, 2645, 2654, 3078, 3082, 3085, 3735, 3737

(°endrāṇāṃ), 4133, 4173, 4192, 4202, 4481, 4729, 4730

(°sainyasya), 4734, 4738, 4988, 5259, 5461, 5657, 5856, 5862,

6021, 6104 (°śreṣṭhāḥ), 6160, 6477, 6481, 6606, 6659, 6986,

7180, 7274, 7296, 7325 (°āṇām anīkinīṃ), 7350, 7352, 7655,

7747 (°saṃkrande), 7755, 7773, 8358, 8541, 8841, 8900, 8958,

9053 (only in B), 9054, 9170, 9188, 9204, 9234, 9273

(°nandanāḥ), 9392 (only in B., C. has Pauravaiḥ), 9492, 9495;

VIII, 244 (Yādava-K°ār), 342, 345, 349, 411, 412, 1077,

1129, 1244, 1255, 1712, 1714, 1947, 2518, 2650, 2685, 2696,

2780, 2903, 3014, 3034, 3079, 3107, †3342, †3348 (samāgame

Sṛñjaya-K°āṇāṃ), †3352, †3360, †3510, 3637, 3640, 3660,

3749, 3792, 3798, †3846, †3859, †4070, 4121, 4259, 4607,

4893, 4956; IX, 182, 288, 378, 548, 932, 1060, †1076, 1687

(Pāṇḍu-K°sammardāt), 1700 (°āṇāṃ mahārathān, i.e. Aśvatthā-

man, Kṛpa, and Kṛtavarman), 3504, 3626 (°āṇāṃ mahārathāḥ,

i.e. Aśvatthāman, Kṛpa, and Kṛtavarman); X, 714; XI, 230,

234 (avigrahe K°āṇāṃ), 824 (vaiśasaṃ…K°āntakaraṃ);

XII, 1495, 1575 (Bhīṣme K°āṇāṃ dhurandhare), 1816, 1875

(°āṇāṃ dhurandhare, i.e. Bhīṣma), 1928 (Bhīṣme K°āṇāṃ

dhurandhare); XIII, 6275 (āṇāṃ dhurandhara, sc. Yudhi-

ṣṭhira), 7689 (Bhīṣme K°āṇāṃ dhurandhare), 7781; XIV,

1548, 1550, 1780 (°endrāṇāṃ), 2203 (°āṇāṃ mahārathaṃ, i.e.

Arjuna), 2336 (°āṇāṃ dhurandhare, i.e. Arjuna), 2590 (do.);

XV, 76, 77 (°āṇām ādhipatye), †431 (striyaḥ K°-Pāṇḍa-

vānāṃ…K°rājavaṃśyāḥ), †439, 872, 1007 (°yoṣitaḥ).

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Botanical: Kauravī (Fenugreek)

1 definition

fenugreek plant

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Vedic Textual Variant for Kaurama

1 definition

a generous donor among the Rushamas

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, 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.