Kuca: 25 definitions
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Kuca means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Kucha.
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationKuca (啶曕啶�) refers to the 鈥�(female) breasts鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur腻峁嘺 2.2.21. Accordingly as Brahm腻 narrated to N腻rada:鈥斺�淸...] When they [viz., 艢iva鈥檚 Ga峁嘺s (attendants)] went away and He was left alone with Sat墨, 艢iva rejoiced much and sported with her. [...] Sometimes with musk He would make marks like bees on her breasts (kuca-dvaya) that resembled the buds of a golden lotus. Sometimes he would take the necklace off her breasts (kuca-yuga) and press them with his hands鈥�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKuca (啶曕啶�).鈥�(c)鈥攁 Janapada of the Ketum腻la.*
- * V腻yu-pur腻峁嘺 44. 11.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita鈥擳ext on Visha ChikitsaKuca (啶曕啶�) refers to the 鈥渂osom鈥� representing a especially dangerous spot to get bitten by snake, as taught in the Marma (鈥渧ital points of the body鈥�) section of the K腻艣yapa Sa峁僪it腻: an ancient Sanskrit text from the P腻帽car腻tra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Vi峁cikits腻鈥攁n important topic from 膧yurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Agadatantra or Sarpavidy腻).鈥擳he K腻艣yapasa峁僪it腻 specifically mentions that snake-bite in the sense organs, heart, between the eye-brows, bosom (kuca), belly, palate, joints, neck, forehead, chin, middle of the navel and joints of the feet, is highly risky.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsKuca (啶曕啶�):鈥擺办耻肠补岣 Breast
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (shaktism)Kuca (啶曕啶�) refers to the 鈥渂reasts鈥�, according to the King Vatsar腻ja鈥檚 P奴j腻stuti called the K腻masiddhistuti (also V腻make艣var墨stuti), guiding one through the worship of the Goddess Nity腻.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] Her body is beautiful and bears the hue of vermillion. Its middle part is slim, [and] she is the repository of beauty (办腻苍迟测腻艣谤补测腻). She is slightly bent like a young elephant because of her pitcher-like breasts (办耻肠补-办耻尘产丑补-苍补尘谤腻), resembling the temples of a young elephant. Her eyes are moving and wide like those of a deer. She is moon-faced, her smiles are gentle, and she serves as the felicitous banner of the Love-god. [...]鈥�.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣腻kta) or Shaktism (艣腻ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
: archive.org: Hindu MathematicsKuca (啶曕啶�) represents the number 2 (two) 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., 2鈥�kuca] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the 艢腻stras, connote numbers.
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.
India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryKuca.鈥�(IE 7-1-2), 鈥榯wo鈥�. Note: kuca is defined in the 鈥淚ndian epigraphical glossary鈥� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykuca (啶曕啶�).鈥攎 S A woman's breast.
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ku肠腻 (啶曕啶氞ぞ).鈥攎 (Or 驳耻肠肠腻) A dint, slight depression, small puncture or cavity (rather esp. as made in a top at top-playing). v 尘腻谤补. 2 A fillip or hit with the forefinger. The 肠腻 is tsha. See therefore 办耻肠测腻, as the two words are properly one with variation of spelling. kuc膿 尘腻谤补峁嚹撫箖 fig. To strike home or hard, to hit (in argument &c.)
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办奴ca (啶曕啶�).鈥攏 ( H) March or decampment (of troops). 2 fig. Death. ku肠腻肠腻 nag腻r腻 v腻javi峁嚹撫箖 To run off; to beat a march.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkuca (啶曕啶�).鈥�m A woman's breast.
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办奴ca (啶曕啶�).鈥�n March on decampment.
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 dictionaryKuca (啶曕啶�).鈥擺kuc-ka] The female breast, a teat, nipple; 啶呧お啶� 啶掂え啶距え啷嵿い啶班ぎ啶侧啶啷佮啶距え啷嵿い啶班ぞ (api van腻ntaramalpaku肠腻ntar腻) V.4.49.
Derivable forms: 办耻肠补岣� (啶曕啶氞).
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碍奴肠补 (啶曕啶�).鈥擳he female breast, especially that of a young or unmarried woman; see 啶曕啶� (kuca).
Derivable forms: 办奴肠补岣� (啶曕啶氞).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuca (啶曕啶�).鈥攎.
(-肠补岣�) A breast, a pap. E. kuc to bind or confine, ka aff.
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碍奴肠补 (啶曕啶�).鈥攎.
(-肠补岣�) A breast, A female breast, especially that of a young or unmarried woman: see kuca. f. (-肠墨) A painting brush or pencil. E. 办奴 to sound, 肠补峁� Unadi affix, and the vowel made long.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuca (啶曕啶�).鈥攊. e. kuc + a, m. The emale breast, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 2, 29, 22.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuca (啶曕啶�).鈥擺masculine] the female breast (mostly [dual]).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kuca (啶曕啶�):鈥擺from kuc] m. (generally [dual number] au; ifc. f(腻). ), the female breast, teat, [Su艣ruta; 艢akuntal腻 etc.]
2) 碍奴肠补 (啶曕啶�):鈥�m. (= kuca) the female breast (especially that of a young or unmarried woman) [commentator or commentary] on [U峁嚹錮i-s奴tra iv, 91]
3) an elephant, [ib.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kuca (啶曕啶�):鈥�(肠补岣�) 1. m. The breast.
2) 碍奴肠补 (啶曕啶�):鈥�(肠补岣�) 1. m. The breast of a woman. f. (肠墨) Painting brush.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kuca (啶曕啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kuca, Kuya.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Kuca (啶曕啶�) [Also spelled kuch]:鈥�(nm) the female breast; ~[尘补峁冡笉补濒补] the female breasts.
2) 碍奴肠补 (啶曕啶�) [Also spelled kuch]:鈥�(nm) march, departure; —[karan腻] to march, to depart. —[k腻 岣峚峁僰腻 baj腻n腻] to commence a march; —[bolan腻] to (order a) march.
3) K奴肠腻 (啶曕啶氞ぞ) [Also spelled kucha]:鈥�(nm) a lane, bylane.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionaryKuca (啶曕啶�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Kuca.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKuca (嗖曕硜嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] either of two milk-secreting glands protruding from the upper, front part of a woman鈥檚 body; a breast.
2) [noun] the period of life coming between boyhood or girlhood and maturity; youth.
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碍奴肠补 (嗖曕硞嗖�):鈥擺noun] = 嗖曕硞嗖氞硜 [kucu]1.
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碍奴肠补 (嗖曕硞嗖�):鈥擺noun] a device having bristles, hairs, etc. fastened into a hard back, with a handle attached, used for painting; a painte峁泂 brush.
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碍奴肠补 (嗖曕硞嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] a projected corner; an uneven surface, joint etc. protruding outside.
2) [noun] the quality of being dishonest or not straightforward; crookedness.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconK奴肠腻 (喈曕瘋喈氞) noun < Urdu 办奴z腻. A kind of goglet. See 喈曕瘋喈溹. [kuja.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary1) Kuca (啶曕啶�):鈥攏. 1. breast; 2. march of an army; 3. victory;
2) Ku肠腻 (啶曕啶氞ぞ):鈥攏. 鈫� 啶曕啶氞 [kuco]
3) 碍奴肠补 (啶曕啶�):鈥攏. departure; start of a journey;
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.
Pali-English dictionary
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipi峁璦ka P腻岣穒-Myanmar Dictionary (醼愥��曖��嬦��-醼曖��犪��欋�坚�斸�横�欋�� 醼♂�樶��撫��斸��)办耻肠补鈥�
(Burmese text): 醼斸���丰亰 醼炨��羔�欋�坚�愥�横亱
(Auto-Translation): Milk, son.
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav腻da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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