कूष्माण्डाkūṣmāṇḍā

कूष्माण्डा (kūṣmāṇḍā) is a Sanskrit word meaning variant reading of kushm, an epithet of Durga, the white gourd, a specific group of verses used in expiatory rites, a pumpkin gourd. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them The Pumpkin/Gourd Fruit or Plant, Epithet of Goddess Durgā, Lexicographical Note on Word Form.

Definitions: 5

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The Pumpkin/Gourd Fruit or Plant

2 definitions

the white gourd

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a pumpkin gourd

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Epithet of Goddess Durgā

1 definition

an epithet of Durga

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Lexicographical Note on Word Form

1 definition

variant reading of kushm

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Specific Vedic Expiatory Verses

1 definition

a specific group of verses used in expiatory rites

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 1 work: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.