Kumeru, Kum膿ru, Ku-meru: 8 definitions
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Kumeru means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkum膿ru (啶曕啶啶班).鈥�m South pole.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKumeru (啶曕啶啶班).鈥擳he southern hemisphere or pole.
Derivable forms: 办耻尘别谤耻岣� (啶曕啶啶班啶�).
Kumeru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ku and meru (啶啶班).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKumeru (啶曕啶啶班).鈥攎.
(-谤耻岣�) The southern hemisphere or pole, the region of the demons and Titans. E. ku, and meru the mountain where the gods reside.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKumeru (啶曕啶啶班):鈥擺=ku-meru] [from ku] m. the southern hemisphere or pole (region of the demons and Titans), [Horace H. Wilson]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKumeru (啶曕啶啶班):鈥擺ku-meru] (谤耻岣�) 1. m. Southern pole.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKum膿ru (喈曕瘉喈瘒喈班瘉) noun < 办耻-尘脓谤耻. South Pole as the region of Demons; 喈瘒喈瘝喈喈氞喈氞瘉喈曕喁佮畷喁嵿畷喁� 喈囙喁佮喁嵿喈苦疅喈喈� 喈む瘑喈┼瘝喈む瘉喈班瘉喈掂喁�. [peypisasugalukku iruppidamana thenthuruvam.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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