Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 378) ghṛtakumārikā, f. 'ghee-virgin', Aloe indica (supposed to resemble a virgin in delicacy), Bhpr. v, 3, 282.
ghṛtakumārī, f. id., L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 292) kumāra, m. (fr. 1. ku + mAra, mṛ ? 'easily dying'; fr. 2. kam Uṇ. iii, 138) a child, boy, youth; son, RV., AV. &c.; a prince, heir-apparent associated in the kingdom with the reigning monarch (especially in theatrical language), Ragh. Mālav. &c.; a groom, L.; N. of Skanda (or Kārittikeya q.v.; represented as a beautiful youth; also as the author of certain grammatical Sūtras cf. kalāpa; also as causing certain diseases, Suśr.), MBh., Hariv. &c.; N. of a son of Agni (who is the author of some Vedic hymns) RAnukr.; one of the nine names of Agni, ŚBr. vi; N. of a Prajāpati, VāyuP.; of Mañju-śrī, Buddh.; of a river, VP.; of the Sindhu river, L.; of the author of a Dharmaśāstra; of the attendant of the twelfth Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, Jain.; a parrot, L.; the tree Capparis trifoliata (cf. kumAraka); (ās), m. pl.N. of a people, MBh. ii, 1075 and 1870 (cf. kumAlaka); (ī), f. a young girl, one from ten to twelve years old, maiden, daughter, AV., AitBr. &c.; or (in the Tantras) any virgin up to the age of sixteen or before menstruation has commenced; N. of certain flags (set up along with Indra's banner), VarBṛS.; N. of the wife of Bhīma-sena (son of Parīkshit), MBh. i, 3796; of a daughter of Vasu-deva by Rohiṇī, Hariv. 1952; of Sītā (Rāma's wife), L.; of the goddess Durgā, Hariv. 9425; of Dākshāyaṇī (in Māyā-purī), MatsyaP.; of a metre (a kind of Śakvarī, consisting of four lines of sixteen syllables each); the bird commonly called Śyāmā, L.; the plant Aloe perfoliata, L.; the plant Clitoria ternatea (= a-parAjitā), L.; the plant Jasminum Sambac, L.; the plant commonly called bandhyA-karkoTakī, L.; the blossom of the plants Taruṇī and Modinī, L.; great cardamoms, L.; the most southerly of the nine portions of the known continent or of Jambū-dvīpa (the southern extremity of the peninsula, whence the modern name Cape Comorin [Kumārī]), W.; the central part of the universe (according to Hindū geography, Jambū-dvīpa or India), L.; N. of a river flowing from the mountain Śuktimat, MBh., Hariv., VP.; of another river, Hcat.; (when a name is given to a pupil to indicate his attachment to any particular master, kumArī may be prefixed to denote that the pupil's object is to gain the affections of the master's daughter e.g. kumArI-dAkSa q.v. s.v. kumArī); (am) n. N. of a Varsha governed by Kumāra (the son of Bhavya), VP.; pure gold, L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 292) kumārī, f. of -ra q.v.; (mfn.) desirous of a daughter, Pāṇ. 1-4, 3 Pat. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 707) kattaḷai: A genus of sea fish, sciaena
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