Sanskrit Dictionary

a form substituted for ka-, kā-, and 1. ku-, to express depreciation or deficiency

mfn. (1. ku-) "miserly"(perhaps originally"provident"),"selfish", in /a-kava- q.v , and kavā-sakh/a- below

mfn. ([ see kavatn/u-and kavār/i-.])

m. sound,

mn. (3. ku-

) gaRa ardharcādi-, armour, cuirass, a coat of mail

etc.

mn. any covering

mn. a corset, jacket

([ in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(ā-).])

mn. bark, rind

m. a war-drum, a kettle-drum

n. a piece of bark or birch-leaf or any substance inscribed with mystical words and carried about as an amulet, any amulet, charm

n. a mystical syllable (such as hum-,or hūm-) forming part of a mantra- used as an amulet ([ see bīja-])

m. the tree Oldenlandia herbacea

m. the tree Hibiscus Populneoides

कवचधर

mfn. equals -hara- below.

कवचहर

mfn. wearing a coat of mail or jacket

कवचहर

mfn. wearing an amulet

कवचहर

m. a kṣatriya- youth when arrived at the age suitable for martial training

कवचपाश

m. the fastening of a coat of mail

कवचपत्त्र

n. a birch-leaf

कवचपत्त्र

n. a species of birch

(see bhūrja-pattra-.)

कवचशिव

m. Name (also title or epithet) of a śaiva- ascetic,

कवचिन्

mfn. covered with armour, mailed

कवचिन्

m. Name of śiva-

कवचिन्

m. of a son of dhṛta-rāṣṭra-

कवचित

mfn. covered with armour

कवड

m. a mouthful of water etc., water for rinsing the mouth

कवड

m. ([ see kavala-.])

कवक

n. a fungus, mushroom

कवक

n. a mouthful

m. (n.?) a mouthful (as of water etc.)

m. a morsel

m. a wash for cleansing the mouth, gargle

m. a kind of fish (commonly Baliya)

कवलग्रह

m. the taking a mouthful of water for swallowing

कवलग्रह

m. water for rinsing the mouth

कवलग्रह

m. a weight equals karṣa-

कवलग्राह

m. water enough for swallowing or for rinsing the mouth, gargle

कवलन

mfn. swallowing by the mouthful

कवलन

n. swallowing, gulping down, eating

कवलन

n. putting into the mouth

कवलप्रस्थ

m. Name of a town gaRa karkyādi-.

कवलता

f. the state of being a mouthful, a morsel

कवलय

Nom. P. yati-, to swallow or gulp down, devour

कवलिका

f. a piece of cloth over a sore or wound, a bandage

कवलीकृ

to swallow or eat up, devour

कवलीकृ

See kavala-.

कवलित

mfn. swallowed by the mouthful, eaten, devoured

कवल्य

mfn. to be bitten or swallowed,

कवन

m. Name of a man

कवन

n. water

कवन्ध

and kavandh/in- See k/aban-.

कवन्तक

m. Name of a man

कवन्तक

m. plural his descendants gaRa upakādi-.

कवपथ

m. a bad way

कवपथ

See 1. kava-.

mf(ā-)n. (3. ku-

) mixed, intermingled, variegated

m. a lecturer

mf(ī-). (

;also n.according to a Scholiast or Commentator) a braid, fillet of hair

n. salt

n. sourness, acidity

कवरा

f. (Scholiast or Commentator on

) the plant Ocimum gratissimum

n. Acacia arabica or another plant

कवरभार

m. a fine head of hair

कवरकी

f. a captive, a prisoner

(see vandi-.)

कवरपुच्छ

mf(ī-)n. having a twisted tail or one resembling a braid

Va1rtt. 2.

कवर्ग

m. the gutturals (of which ka-is the first letter)

(see varg/a-.)

कवर्ग

m. the class of guttural letters

(see varga-.)

कवरी

f. idem or 'f. (Scholiast or Commentator on ) the plant Ocimum gratissimum '

कवरी

(f. of ra- q.v)

कवरीभर

m. a fine head of hair

कवरीभार

m. idem or 'm. a fine head of hair '

कवरीभृत्

mfn. wearing a fillet of hair

कवष्

mfn. (according to mahīdhara- fr.3. ku-) "emitting sound","creaking"(said of the leaves of a door), open, yawning (faulty ?)

(Instead of kav/aṣas-the

(see kav/i-)and the

have kav/ayas-.)

mf(/ī-)n. opened (as the legs)

m. a shield

m. (or kavaṣa ailūṣa-) Name of a ṛṣi- (son of ilūṣa- by a slave girl, and author of several hymns in the tenth maṇḍala- of the ṛg-- veda-;when the ṛṣi-s were performing a sacrifice on the banks of the sarasvatī- he was expelled as an impostor and as unworthy to drink of the water, being the son of a slave;it was only when the gods had shown him special favour that he was readmitted to their society)

m. Name of a muni-