of Bhadra-sharman
of Bhadra-śarman, VBr. [ID=57469]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
कौशिकीkauśikī
कौशिकी (kauśikī) is a Sanskrit word meaning forming a receptacle, sheathed, silken, one who is versed in dictionaries, a lexicographer, one who catches snakes. Its 43 recorded definitions are grouped into 11 contexts, among them Names of Specific Human Individuals, Adjectival Uses and Forms, Associated with the Kuśika Lineage.
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Meanings by context
Names of Specific Human Individuals
6 definitions
Name of a teacher
N. of a teacher (author of the Kauśikasūtra, brother of Paippalādi), BṛĀrUp.; Kauś.; Pāṇini (Author) iv, 3, 103; Harivaṃśa (Title) 11074 [ID=57470]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the name of a grammarian
N. of a grammarian, Harivaṃśa (Title) 5501 [ID=57471]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
name of one of Jarasandha's generals
of one of Jarāsandhas's generals, Mahābhārata (Title) ii, 885 [ID=57472]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a son of Vasudeva
of a son of Vasu-deva, VP. [ID=57475]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
an epithet of a Buddhist female beggar
N. of a Buddhist female beggar, Mālav. [ID=57487]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Adjectival Uses and Forms
5 definitions
forming a receptacle
(H2) [Printed book page 317,3]
2. कौशिक (kauśika) mfn. forming a receptacle (as a wound; see कोश-वत् (kośa-vat)), Bhāvaprakāśa (Title) vi, 35 (v.l. कौष्ठिक (kauṣṭhika)) [ID=57426]
2. कौशिक (kauśika) mfn. forming a receptacle (as a wound; see कोश-वत् (kośa-vat)), Bhāvaprakāśa (Title) vi, 35 (v.l. कौष्ठिक (kauṣṭhika)) [ID=57426]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
sheathed
sheathed (a sword), Mahābhārata (Title) iii, 11461 [ID=57427]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
silken
silken, Mahābhārata (Title) iii [ID=57428]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
feminine form of ka
(H2) [Printed book page 318,1]
कौशिकी (kauśikī) c (f. of °क (°ka), q.v.) [ID=57501]
कौशिकी (kauśikī) c (f. of °क (°ka), q.v.) [ID=57501]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. Sheathed. 2. Silken.
कौशिक (kauśika)ी (kauśikī) [Printed book page 213-16]
कौशिक (kauśika) (I) a. (f. की (kī)) 1. Incased, sheathed; 2. silken. [ID=10598.1]
कौशिक (kauśika) (I) a. (f. की (kī)) 1. Incased, sheathed; 2. silken. [ID=10598.1]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Associated with the Kuśika Lineage
5 definitions
relating to Kushika or to Kaushika
(H1) [Printed book page 318,1]
3. कौशिक (kauśika) mfn. relating to Kuśika (or to Kauśika), Mahābhārata (Title) xiii, 2719 [ID=57466]
3. कौशिक (kauśika) mfn. relating to Kuśika (or to Kauśika), Mahābhārata (Title) xiii, 2719 [ID=57466]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a descendant of Kushika
कौशिक (kauśika) (अस् (as)), m. (g. बिदा (bidā)दि (di)) patr. of Viśvā-mitra (who was the son or grandson of Kuśika), interpolation after, Ṛg-veda (Title) x, 85; MBh.; R. [ID=57467]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
of Gadhi
of Gādhi, Harivaṃśa (Title) 1457 [ID=57468]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the descendants of Kushika
कौशिक (kauśika) (आस् (ās)), m. pl. the descendants of Kuśika, Harivaṃśa (Title) 1770 ff. [ID=57481]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
of Kusha
(of Kuśa), Rāmāyaṇa (Title) i, 35, 20 [ID=57482]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Substances, Plants, or Objects (Non-Silk)
5 definitions
the fragrant substance bdellium
the fragrant substance bdellium, L. [ID=57432]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
marrow
marrow, L. [ID=57433]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a kind of seed
a kind of seed, L. [ID=57434]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a drinking-vessel
(H2B) [Printed book page 317,3]
कौशिका (kauśikā) f. a drinking-vessel (v.l. कोशिका (kośikā)), L. [ID=57435]
कौशिका (kauśikā) f. a drinking-vessel (v.l. कोशिका (kośikā)), L. [ID=57435]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Vatica robusta
Vatica robusta, L. [ID=57478]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
The River Kauśikī
5 definitions
a river in Bihar
of a river in Bahar (commonly Kosi or Koosa, created by Viśvā-mitra, or identified with Satyavatī, the sister of Viśvā-mitra), MBh.; Hariv.; R. &c. [ID=57486]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Name of a river.
कौशिकी (kauśikī) [Printed book page 1194-a]
कौशिकी (kauśikī) N. of a river (Kuśi) which flowed on the east of Durbhangā through northern Bhāgalpur and western Poornea. Near the banks of this river stood the hermitage of the sage ऋष्यशृंग (ṛṣyaśṛṃga). [ID=32121]
कौशिकी (kauśikī) N. of a river (Kuśi) which flowed on the east of Durbhangā through northern Bhāgalpur and western Poornea. Near the banks of this river stood the hermitage of the sage ऋष्यशृंग (ṛṣyaśṛṃga). [ID=32121]
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Name of a river in Bihar. 2. An epithet of Durga. 3. A style of composition.
[Printed book page 213-18]
कौशिकी (kauśikī) f. 1. Name of a river in Bīhār; 2. an epithet of Durgā; 3. a style of composition thus defined- सुकुमारार्थसंदर्भां कौशिकी (kauśikī) तासु कथ्यते (sukumārārthasaṃdarbhāṃ kauśikī tāsu kathyate). [ID=10604]
कौशिकी (kauśikī) f. 1. Name of a river in Bīhār; 2. an epithet of Durgā; 3. a style of composition thus defined- सुकुमारार्थसंदर्भां कौशिकी (kauśikī) तासु कथ्यते (sukumārārthasaṃdarbhāṃ kauśikī tāsu kathyate). [ID=10604]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a river
कौशिकी (kauśikī) [Printed book page 399-1]
Kauśikī1, a river. § 134 (Viśvāmitra): I, 71, 2924 (created
Kauśikī1, a river. § 134 (Viśvāmitra): I, 71, 2924 (created
by Viśvāmitra, who named it Pārā).—§ 249 (Arjunavana-
vāsap.): I, 215, 7818 (visited by Arjuna).—§ 280
(Bhīmasena): II, 30, 1096 (°nilayaṃ rājānaṃ Mahaujasaṃ).
§ 364 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 83, 6065 (°yāḥ…saṅgame
…Dṛṣadvatyāḥ).—§ 370 (do.): III, 84, 8110, 8121,
8134 (Kālikāsaṅgame…K°y-Aruṇayor gataḥ, C. has
Kauśikāruṇayoḥ).—§ 377 (Dhaumyatīrthak.): III, 87, 8309
(there Viśvāmitra attained to the state of a brahman).—§ 390
(Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 110, 9987 (c: on K. Viśvāmitra
practised austerities), 9989.—§ 392 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III,
114, 10095.—§ 459 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 188α, 12907
(seen by Mārkaṇḍeya in the stomach of Nārāyaṇa).—§ 494
(Āṅgirasa): III, 222, 14231 (among the rivers who are
mothers of fires).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9λ, 326, 337.—
§ 594 (Mṛtyu): VII, 54, 2094.—§ 680c (Mṛtyu-Prajā-
patisaṃv.): XII, 259, 9207.—§ 721 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII,
3, 190.—§ 733 (do.): XIII, 25α, 1717 (a tīrtha).—§ 751b
(Śapathavidhi): XIII, 94, †4552 (puṇyatīrthaṃ).—§ 757m
(Goloka): XIII, 101α, 4889.—§ 768b (Umā-Maheśvarasaṃv.):
XIII, 146δ, 6764.—§ 775 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 166α,
7653 (enumeration). Cf. Pārā.
[ID=5521]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
1. A river in Bharatarvarsha originating from the Himalayas. 2. Satyavati, the mother of Jamadagni, transformed into a river. 3. Sacred to ancestors and an accidental wife of the fire god Havyavahana.
कौशिकी (kauśikī) [Printed book page 1-475]
Kauśikī — R. in Bhāratavarṣa from the Himalayas visited by Balarāma;1 Satyavatī, mother of Jamadagni be- came converted into this river;2 sacred to Pitṛs; one of the wives of Havyavāhana fire.3
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. I. 18 36; V. 19. 18; X. 79. 9; M. 114, 22; 163. 60. Br. II. 12. 15; Vā. 45. 97; 108. 81.]
[Footnote: 2) Bhā. IX. 15. 12 Br. II. 16. 26; III. 7. 355; 66. 59; Vā. 91. 88.]
[Footnote: 3) M. 22. 63; 51. 14; Vā. 29. 14.]
[ID=3728]
Kauśikī — R. in Bhāratavarṣa from the Himalayas visited by Balarāma;1 Satyavatī, mother of Jamadagni be- came converted into this river;2 sacred to Pitṛs; one of the wives of Havyavāhana fire.3
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. I. 18 36; V. 19. 18; X. 79. 9; M. 114, 22; 163. 60. Br. II. 12. 15; Vā. 45. 97; 108. 81.]
[Footnote: 2) Bhā. IX. 15. 12 Br. II. 16. 26; III. 7. 355; 66. 59; Vā. 91. 88.]
[Footnote: 3) M. 22. 63; 51. 14; Vā. 29. 14.]
[ID=3728]
— The Purana Index
Kauśika as Name/Epithet of Other Deities/Mythical Beings
4 definitions
an epithet of Indra
N. of Indra (as originally perhaps belonging to the Kuśikas or friendly to them), Ṛg-veda (Title) i, 10, 11; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) iii, 3, 4, 19 ; ṢaḍvBr.; TĀr.; ĀśvŚr.; MBh. &c. [ID=57473]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
of Surya
of Sūrya, Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa (Title) i, 5, 10, 2 , Sch. [ID=57474]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
an epithet of Shiva
of Śiva, L. [ID=57476]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
an Asura
of an Asura, Harivaṃśa (Title) 2288 [ID=57477]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Technical Terms (Music, Scholarship, Literary Style)
4 definitions
a musical raga
(in music) N. of a Rāga [ID=57479]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a musical ragini
(H1B) [Printed book page 318,1]
कौशिकी (kauśikī) b (ई (ī)), f. (in music) N. of a Rāgiṇī [ID=57483]
कौशिकी (kauśikī) b (ई (ī)), f. (in music) N. of a Rāgiṇī [ID=57483]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
name of a Shiksha
N. of a Śikṣā [ID=57485]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
See kaishiki
for कैशिकी (kaiśikī), q.v., Sāh. [ID=57488]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Goddess Kauśikī (Durgā/Pārvatī)
3 definitions
the name of a goddess sprung from the body of Parvati
कौशिकी (kauśikī) a f. N. of a goddess sprung from the body of Pārvatī, Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (Title) lxxxv, 40 ; KālP.; DevīP. [ID=57436]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
an epithet of Durga
N. of Durgā, Harivaṃśa (Title) 3260 and 3270 [ID=57484]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Durva
Kauśikī2 = Durgā (Umā): VI, 800. [ID=5522]
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Professions or Specialized Roles
3 definitions
one who is versed in dictionaries
कौशिक (kauśika) m. one who is versed in dictionaries, L. [ID=57429]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a lexicographer
a lexicographer, L. [ID=57430]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
one who catches snakes
one who catches snakes, L. [ID=57431]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Silk, Silk Cloth, or Silk Garment
2 definitions
silk cloth
कौशिक (kauśika) n. silk, silk cloth, Yājñavalkya (Author) i, 186 ; Mahābhārata (Title) xiii, 5502 [ID=57437]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a silk garment
a silk garment, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) x, 83, 28. [ID=57438]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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