# कूपमण्डूक (kūpamaṇḍūka)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kupamanduka

कूपमण्डूक (kūpamaṇḍūka) is a Sanskrit word meaning a frog in a well, a frog living in a well, a person who never leaves home and lacks enterprise.

- **SLP1:** `kUpamaRqUka`  **IAST:** kūpamaṇḍūka  **Devanagari:** कूपमण्डूक
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kupamanduka
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kupamanduka/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### A person of limited experience/outlook (like a frog in a well) (5 definitions)
- a frog in a well  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 300,1] कूप (kūpa) — मण्डूक (—maṇḍūka) m. ( g. पात्रेसमिता (pātresamitā) दि (di) ) = - कच्छप (-kacchapa), Prasannarāghava (Title); Hitopadeśa (Title) [ ID=53960 ]
- a frog living in a well  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 300,1] कूप (kūpa) — मण्डूकी (—maṇḍūkī) f. id., Bhaṭṭi-kāvya (Title) v, 85. [ ID=53961 ]
- A frog in a well, applied to a person of no enterprise who never leaves home.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कूप (kūpa) मण्डूक (maṇḍūka) (kūpamaṇḍūka) [Printed book page 239 ] कूप (kūpa) मण्डूक (maṇḍūka) (kūpamaṇḍūka) m. ( - कः (-kaḥ) ) A frog in a well, applied to a person of no enterprise, one who never leaves his home. E. कूप (kūpa), and मण्डूक (maṇḍūka) a frog. [ ID=11203 ]
- 1. A frog living in a well. 2. A person who never leaves home and lacks enterprise.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कूपमण्डूक (kūpamaṇḍūka) [Printed book page 203-b ] कूप - मण्डूक (kūpa-maṇḍūka) ( कः - की ) ((kaḥ-kī)) 1. m. 3. f. Frog in a well; one who never leaves home, of no enterprise. [ ID=10648 ]
- A frog in a well, applied to someone who lacks enterprise or never leaves home.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कूपमण्डूक (maṇḍūka) (kūpamaṇḍūka) [Printed book page 196-b ] कूपमण्डूक (maṇḍūka) (kūpamaṇḍūka) m. ( - कः (-kaḥ) ) A frog in a well, applied to a person of no enterprise, one who never leaves his home. E. कूप, (kūpa,) and मण्डूक (maṇḍūka) a frog. [ ID=11197 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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