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Kun, Ku�, Kū�, Kū�: 13 definitions

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Kun means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, biology, 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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India history and geography

: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems (h)

Kun or “earth� refers to one of the “Eight Bagua� which refers to the trigrams of the Classic of Changes; they are known in Tibetan as pā bkwa brgyad.—Accordingly, [while describing the non-Buddhist Chinese traditions and confucian divination]: [...] At the time of the first Huang monarch, King Fu Xi, there emerged from the great Huang He (Yellow River) in the province now called Henan, a dragon-horse, with a midsection like a horse and a head and tail like a dragon. On its back were the bagua or eight designs (trigrams) [e.g., kun (earth)]. Seeing them, Fu Xi created the bagua emblems. He expanded the eight bagua to sixty-four [hexagrams] by combining the eight trigrams with each other and explained them in a text he composed called Lianshan. [...]

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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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Kun in India is the name of a plant defined with Sophora mollis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Edwardsia hortensis Boiss. & Buhse (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· The Flora of British India (1878)
· Nouveau Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (1860)
· of the Himalayan Mountains (1835)
· Flora Orientalis (1872)
· Linnaea (1841)
· Illustrations of the Botany

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ku� (कुण्).—I. 6 P. (ṇaپ, kuṇita)

1) To support, aid.

2) To sound. -II. 1 P. (ṇaⲹپ)

1) To counsel, advise.

2) To converse or speak with.

3) To invite.

4) To salute.

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Kū� (कूण्).�1 U. (ūṇaⲹپ-te, ūṇiٲ)

1) To speak, converse.

2) To contract, close (said to be Ātm. in this sense).

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

Ku� (कुण्).—[kuṇa] r. 6th cl. (ṇaپ) 1. To sound. 2. To cherish, to support or aid with gifts, &c. 3. To be in pain. r. 10th cl. (ṇaⲹپ) 1. To converse with, to speak to or address. 2. To counsel or advise.

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Kū� (कूण्).—[kūṇa] r. 10th cl. (ūṇaⲹٱ-پ) To contract or close.

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Kūn (कून्).—[kūna] r. 10th cl. (ūԲⲹپ) To contract or close.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ku� (कुण्).—i, 6, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To sound. 2. To cherish; to support (or to pain). i. 10, [Parasmaipada.] ṇaⲹ, 1. To address. 2. To converse with. 3. To invite.

� Cf. 챹�.

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Kū� (कूण्).� (derived from ṣṇ, the base of the present of ), i. 10, [Parasmaipada.], [Ātmanepada.] To contract; ūṇiٲ, [śܳٲ] 1, 362. 1.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kū� (कूण्).�ūṇaپ [participle] ūṇiٲ contract, close ([intransitive]).

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

1) Ku� (कुण्):—[class] 6. [Parasmaipada] ṇaپ, to sound, [Dhātupāṭha xxviii, 45];

—to support or aid (with gifts, etc.), [ib.];

—to be in pain (?), [ib.] : [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] ṇaⲹپ, to converse with, address, invite, [Dhātupāṭha xxxv, 41];

2) cf. [Latin] cano

3) Kū� (कूण्):—[class] 1. ūṇaپ, to contract, shrink, shorten, [Kāvyaprakāśa] :—[Causal] [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] ūṇaⲹپ, te, to draw together, contract, close, [Dhātupāṭha xxxiii, 15];—[xxxv, 42].

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ku� (कुण्):�(śa) ṇaپ 6. a. To sound; to cherish; to be in pain. (ka) koṇayati 10. a. To converse with, to counsel, or advice.

2) Kū� (कूण्):—[(ña-ka) ūṇaⲹپ te] 10. c. To contract or close.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kūn (ಕೂನ್):—[verb] (the body, esp. the back) to bend forward or in a crouch; to stoop.

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Kūn (ಕೂನ್):�

1) [noun] abnormal curvature of the spine resulting in a hump; a humped, deformed back; kyphosis.

2) [noun] the condition of being crooked; crookedness.

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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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Tamil dictionary

: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kū� (கூன்) noun < கூனு-. [kunu-.] [Telugu: Travancore usage ūԳ, Kanarese, Malayalam: ū.]

1. Bend, curve; வளைவ�. கூனிரும்பினிற் குறைத்து [valaivu. kunirumbinir kuraithu] (ந໾டதம் நாட்டுப். [naidatham nattup.] 10).

2. Hump on the back of the body; உடற்கூனல�. (திவா.) [udarkunal. (thiva.)]

3. Humpback; கூனன�. சிறுகுறுங் கூனுங் குறளுஞ� சென்று [kunan. sirugurung kunung kuralugn senru] (சிலப்பதிகாரம� அரும்பதவுர� [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 27, 214).

4. Snail; நத்த�. (திவா.) [nathai. (thiva.)]

5. Owl; ஆந்த�. (உரிச்சொல�நிகண்ட�) [anthai. (uricholnigandu)]

6. Cauldron; பெரும் பாத்திரம�. குருதி சாறெனப� பாய்வத� குரைகடற் கூனில் [perum pathiram. kuruthi sarenap payvathu kuraigadar kunil] (கம்பராமாயணம் கிங்கர. [kambaramayanam kingara.] 40).

7. Extra detached foot of a verse; செய்யுளில் அளவுக்குமேல்வரும� அசையுஞ� சீரும். சீர் கூனா� னேரடிக� குரித்தே [seyyulil alavukkumelvarum asaiyugn sirum. sir kunatha neradig kurithe] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 361).

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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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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Kun is another spelling for कु� [kuna].—pron. 1. which?; 2. who?;

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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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