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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Kusumākara (कुसुमाकर).—The vimāna or flying machine.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 15. 26.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Kusumākāra (कुसुमाकार) refers to the “form of a flower”, according to the Brahmānanda’s Jyotsnā (verse 4.6).—Accordingly, “Because of the transformation into the self’s form, of the mind [which is] situated in the self, the state of the self’s form [prevails], like [the transformation] of a crystal, situated near a China rose, into the form of a China rose (japā-kusumākāra-tva)”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kusumākara (कुसुमाकर).—

1) a garden.

2) a nosegay.

3) vernal season; ऋतूनां कुसुमाकरः (ṛtūnāṃ kusumākaraḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.35; so Bv.1.48.

Derivable forms: kusumākaraḥ (कुसुमाकरः).

Kusumākara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kusuma and ākara (आकर).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kusumākara (कुसुमाकर).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. Spring, the vernal season. 2. A quantity of flowers or place abounding with them, a parterre, a garden. E. kusuma, and ākara a mine.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kusumākara (कुसुमाकर).—m. spring (literally, Having plenty of flowers), [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 10, 35.

Kusumākara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kusuma and ākara (आकर).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kusumākara (कुसुमाकर).—[masculine] the spring; —[Name] of a garden.*

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kusumākara (कुसुमाकर):—[from kusuma] m. a quantity of flowers or place abounding with them, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a nosegay, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] spring, [Bhagavad-gītā x, 35.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kusumākara (कुसुमाकर):—[kusumā+kara] (raḥ) m. Spring; a parterre.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kusumakara in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kusumākara (ಕುಸುಮಾಕರ):—

1) [noun] a place abounding with flowers; nosegay.

2) [noun] a bunch of flowers.

3) [noun] a period of two months, approx. corresponding to March and April, in which plants begin to grow after lying dormant all winter; the spring season.

4) [noun] (mus.) a mode, in Karnāṭaka system, derived from the main mode Kōsala.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Kusuma, Akara.

Starts with: Kucumakaram.

Ends with: Vasantakusumakara.

Full-text: Akara.

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