"कूर्म" meaning in Sanskrit

See कूर्म in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kuːɾ.mɐ/ [Vedic], /ˈkuːɾ.mɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: Given the unusual word structure and the semantic domain, probably a substrate loanword. Might be from the same family of words relating to "curved objects" with a ku- prefix as कुम्भ "water pot, pot"; कुण्ड or कुण्डी"water pot, pot"; कुम्बीर "crocodile"; कश्यप "tortoise, turtle"; कुष्माण्ड "pumpkin"; कूप "well"; कुब्ज "humpbacked"; and कलश "pitcher". Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m}} कूर्म • (kūrma) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m}} Forms: kūrma [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], कूर्मः [nominative, singular], कूर्मौ [dual, nominative], कूर्मा1 [dual, nominative], कूर्माः [nominative, plural], कूर्मासः1 [nominative, plural], कूर्म [singular, vocative], कूर्मौ [dual, vocative], कूर्मा1 [dual, vocative], कूर्माः [plural, vocative], कूर्मासः1 [plural, vocative], कूर्मम् [accusative, singular], कूर्मौ [accusative, dual], कूर्मा1 [accusative, dual], कूर्मान् [accusative, plural], कूर्मेण [instrumental, singular], कूर्माभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], कूर्मैः [instrumental, plural], कूर्मेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], कूर्माय [dative, singular], कूर्माभ्याम् [dative, dual], कूर्मेभ्यः [dative, plural], कूर्मात् [ablative, singular], कूर्माभ्याम् [ablative, dual], कूर्मेभ्यः [ablative, plural], कूर्मस्य [genitive, singular], कूर्मयोः [dual, genitive], कूर्माणाम् [genitive, plural], कूर्मे [locative, singular], कूर्मयोः [dual, locative], कूर्मेषु [locative, plural]
  1. a tortoise, turtle Categories (lifeform): Turtles
    Sense id: en-कूर्म-sa-noun-caOYJCoN Disambiguation of Turtles: 28 12 8 35 17
  2. the earth considered as a tortoise swimming on the waters Categories (lifeform): Turtles
    Sense id: en-कूर्म-sa-noun-TSRzYruJ Disambiguation of Turtles: 28 12 8 35 17
  3. a particular figure or intertwining of the fingers (mudra)
    Sense id: en-कूर्म-sa-noun-t8MUMWyx
  4. one of the outer winds of the body (causing the closing of the eyes) Categories (topical): Eye Categories (lifeform): Turtles
    Sense id: en-कूर्म-sa-noun-3C2y4uFR Disambiguation of Eye: 6 16 7 51 20 Disambiguation of Turtles: 28 12 8 35 17 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 10 15 44 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 8 7 48 33 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 5 8 9 48 30 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 13 11 7 46 22
  5. (Hinduism) Vishnu's second incarnation (descent in the form of a tortoise to support the mountain मन्दर (mandara) at the churning of the ocean) Tags: Hinduism Categories (topical): Hinduism Categories (lifeform): Turtles
    Sense id: en-कूर्म-sa-noun-42Sy8NF6 Disambiguation of Turtles: 28 12 8 35 17 Synonyms: भृथ, जलबिल्व, जलगुल्म, कश्यप (kaśyápa), कच्छप (kacchapa, corruption), कच्छपक, पञ्चगूढ, स्तूपपृष्ठ (stūpapṛṣṭha), कठिनपृष्ठ, स्मरणापत्यतर्पक, दौलेय, पञ्चाङ्ग, पञ्चनख, पञ्चाङ्गगुप्त, अकूपार, भालाङ्क, चतुर्गति, धरणीधर, दद्रु, गूढाङ्ग, गुह्य, हर्मुट, जीवथ, कच्छेष्ट, क्रोडाङ्क, क्रोडपाद, माषाद, महक, पल्वलावास, परीरण, पीवर, वृत्त, उद्भट, All terms are masculine, except for परीरण n (parīraṇa).
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      "word": "भृथ"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:कूर्म",
      "word": "जलबिल्व"
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      "word": "जलगुल्म"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:कूर्म",
      "word": "कश्यप (kaśyápa)"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:कूर्म",
      "word": "कच्छप (kacchapa"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:कूर्म",
      "word": "corruption)"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:कूर्म",
      "word": "कच्छपक"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:कूर्म",
      "word": "पञ्चगूढ"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:कूर्म",
      "word": "स्तूपपृष्ठ (stūpapṛṣṭha)"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:कूर्म",
      "word": "कठिनपृष्ठ"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:कूर्म",
      "word": "स्मरणापत्यतर्पक"
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      "word": "दौलेय"
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      "word": "पञ्चाङ्ग"
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      "word": "पञ्चनख"
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      "word": "पञ्चाङ्गगुप्त"
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    {
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      "word": "अकूपार"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:कूर्म",
      "word": "भालाङ्क"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:कूर्म",
      "word": "चतुर्गति"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:कूर्म",
      "word": "धरणीधर"
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      "word": "दद्रु"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:कूर्म",
      "word": "गूढाङ्ग"
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      "word": "जीवथ"
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      "word": "माषाद"
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      "word": "पल्वलावास"
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    {
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      "word": "पीवर"
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    {
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    },
    {
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}

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