Kakubh: 11 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Ganitashastra
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Nepali
See also

Introduction:

Kakubh means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

In Hinduism

Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Kakubh (啶曕啷佮き啷�) represents the number 10 (ten) in the 鈥渨ord-numeral system鈥� (产丑奴迟补蝉补峁僰丑测腻), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.鈥擜 system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 10鈥�kakubh] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the 艢膩stras, connote numbers.

context information

Ganita (啶椸ぃ啶苦い) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kakubh (啶曕啷佮き啷�).鈥�f.

1) A direction, quarter of the compass; 啶掂た啶啶曕啶むぞ啶� 啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ啶む啶� 啶膏啶む啶班た啶� 啶囙さ啶� 啶班ぞ啶溹え啷嵿い啶� 啶曕啷佮き啶� (viyukt膩岣� k膩ntena striya iva na r膩janti kakubha岣�) M峁沜chaka峁璱ka 5.26; 艢i艣up膩lavadha 9.25, 3.33.

2) Splendour, beauty.

3) A wreath of Champaka flowers.

4) A sacred treatise or 艢膩stra.

5) A peak, summit.

6) A R膩gi峁嚹� or personified mode of music.

7) The personified quarter of the sky.

8) Breath, animation.

9) Unornamented hair; or hair hanging down as a tail.

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

Kakubh (啶曕啷佮き啷�).鈥攆. (-pa) 1. Space, region or quarter, as east, west, &c. 2. Beauty, splendor. 3. Unornamented hair, or the hair hanging down as a tail. 4. A wreath of Champaka flowers. 5. A Ragini or personified mode of music. 6. A Sastra or sacred treatise. E. ka wind, skubh to spread, kvip affix and the sa is dropped; or kak to be proud, ubh aff.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kakubh (啶曕啷佮き啷�).鈥� (a reduplicated form of a lost base, kubh; cf. [Latin] cubare, and kumbh), f. 1. A summit (ved.) 2. A quarter or point of the compass, [Kath膩sarits膩gara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 21, 13. 3. A proper name, [Bh膩gavata-Pur膩峁嘺, (ed. Burnouf.)] 6, 6, 4.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kakubh (啶曕啷佮き啷�).鈥擺feminine] peak, summit; region, quarter; [Name] of a metre.

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

1) Kakubh (啶曕啷佮き啷�):鈥�f. (cf. kakud) a peak, summit, [峁歡-veda]

2) space, region or quarter of the heavens, [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺; M峁沜chaka峁璱k膩; Kath膩sarits膩gara] etc.

3) Name of a metre of three P膩das (consisting of eight, twelve, and eight syllables respectively; so called because the second P膩da exceeds the others by four syllables), [峁歡veda-pr膩ti艣膩khya 889; Atharva-veda xiii, 1, 15; V膩jasaneyi-sa峁僪it膩; 艢atapatha-br膩hma峁嘺] etc.

4) unornamented hair or the hair hanging down like a tail, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) a wreath of Campaka flowers, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) splendour, beauty, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) a 艢膩stra or science, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) a R膩gi峁嚹� or mode of music, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) Name of a daughter of Dak峁 and wife of Dharma (as a personified quarter of the sky), [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺]

10) K膩kubh (啶曕ぞ啶曕啶):鈥擺from 办腻办耻诲] [varia lectio] for 办腻办耻诲, [Naigha峁囜弓uka, commented on by Y膩ska i, 11.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kakubh (啶曕啷佮き啷�):鈥�(b or p) 1. f. Space, quarter; beauty; hair; wreath; r膩gin墨.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kakubh (啶曕啷佮き啷�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 碍补耻丑腻.

[Sanskrit to German]

context information

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.

Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Kakubh is another spelling for 啶曕啷佮き [kakubha].鈥攏. 1. tailpiece (in lute); 2. large cinnamon;

context information

Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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