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Kunkuma, ṅkܳ, ṅkܳ, ṃkܳ, ṃkܳ, Kumkuma: 44 definitions

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Kunkuma means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology. 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

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

: ISKCON Press: Glossary

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�).—A sweetly-flavored reddish cosmetic powder which is thrown on the bodies of worshipable persons, also used by married women to decorate their foreheads.

: Pure Bhakti: Bhajana-rahasya - 2nd Edition

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to:—A reddish powder or liquid used by married women to apply to the part in their hair. (cf. Glossary page from Bhajana-Rahasya).

: Pure Bhakti: Arcana-dipika - 3rd Edition

ṃkܳ (कुंकुम) refers to:—A reddish powder. (cf. Glossary page from Arcana-dīpikā).

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu�).

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Śaivism

ṃkܳ (कुंकुम�) is the consort of Mīnanātha (also known as Piṅgalanātha), an incarnation of Siddhanātha in the fourth yuga, belonging to the Pūrvāmnāya (‘eastern doctrine�) tradition of Kula Śaivism, according to the Ciñcinīmatasārasamuccaya. Her name can also be spelled ṅkܳ. Siddhanātha incarnates as a Kaula master in each of the four yugas.

Source: Wisdom Library: Śaivism

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कुमा) is the consort of Mīnanātha (also known as Piṅgalanātha), an incarnation of Siddhanātha in the fourth yuga, belonging to the Pūrvāmnāya (‘eastern doctrine�) tradition of Kula Śaivism, according to the Ciñcinīmatasārasamuccaya. Her name can also be spelled ṃkܳ. Siddhanātha incarnates as a Kaula master in each of the four yugas.

: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram (shaivism)

ṃkܳ (कुंकुम) refers to “vermillion�, according to the Śrīmatottara-tantra, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult. Accordingly, “O goddess, Svacchanda is in the middle, within the abode of the triangle. Very powerful, he has five faces with three times five flaming eyes. [...] O beautiful lady, this, the western one, is yellow like vermillion [i.e., ṃkܳ] mixed with musk. Divine, it generates great energy. (The southern face) is somewhat fierce with large sharp teeth and long red eyes. It is blue like a blue lotus and blue collyrium. Beautiful and fierce, he wears a gem and a snake and his hair is brown. He is called Aghora, contemplating (him) he bestows success in every enterprise�.

: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to “saffron� (perfume), according to the 13th-century Matsyendrasaṃhitā: a Kubjikā-Tripurā oriented Tantric Yoga text of the Ṣaḍanvayaśāmbhava tradition from South India.—Accordingly, “[Visualisation of Parameśvara]:—[...] His heart is agitated with sexual desire. His lotus face displays a faint smile. This is how the Yogin should visualise his body for a long time, as transformed into Śiva. All his limbs are perfumed with sandal, aloe, camphor, musk and saffron (ṅkܳ). He has a beautiful face. He is surrounded by millions of gem islands, in a chamber on a fine bed�.

: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to “saffron� (used for scenting the earth), according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 2.17-19]—“The pure-souled Ācārya should draw an eight petaled lotus, in smooth, pure earth [that is] smeared with sandal and aloe wood [and] scented [with] fragrant camphor and strong saffron (ṅkܳ-āmoda-sevita). After he has drawn [the lotus] with a great undertaking, [the Ācarya,] decorated and adorned with a crown, smeared with sandalwood, [writes] the ṛk. Having placed in the middle [on the pericarp of the lotus], he should draw [the phonemes of the ṛk on the petals] starting in the East�.

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Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kunkuma in Purana glossary
: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary study

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to “saffron�, forming part of a common diet in ancient Kashmir (Kaśmīra) as mentioned in the Nīlamatapurāṇa.—ṅkܳ is referred to often in connection with the worship of the deities (verses 417, 494, 550). Bilhaṇa and Kalhaṇa also speak of its abundance in the valley of Kaśmīra. Most of the references to the articles of diet occur in the Nīlamata in connection with the offerings made to the gods but it is not difficult to infer from them the food and drink of the common people because “what a man eats his gods eat�.

: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to “saffron flowers�, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.22. Accordingly as Śiva said to Sitā:—“[...] O my beloved, beautiful woman, clouds will not reach the place where I have to make an abode for you. [...] O Goddess of Devas, there are many beautiful blue lotuses emitting sweet fragrance. On the banks there are many grass lands, small and big trees and the saffron flowers (ṅkܳ) increasing the fragrance of the waters with which the lakes are full�.

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The Purana (पुरा�, 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.

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to “vermillion�, according to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “The colour of coral, she is the Triangle and her form is subtle. At dawn in the morning I praise the red Mother, the form of Kubjikā. At midday I praise the youthful Kulakubjikā who, the colour of vermillion water [i.e., ṅkܳ-udaka-rūpā], is Kaulinī whose form is Kuṇḍalinī. Dark blue and red, with three eyes, large teeth and face deformed, at dusk I worship the great Aged One, the Kubjikā of liberation�.

: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva (shaktism)

ṃkܳ (कुंकुम) or ṃkܳtantra refers to one of the twenty-eight Gāruḍatantras, belonging to the Ś岵 (or Śāktatantra) division of the Ā tradition. The Ś岵s represent the wisdom imparted by Devī to Īśvara and convey the idea that the worship of Śakti is the means to attain liberation. According to the Pratiṣṭhālakṣaṇasamuccaya of Vairocana, the Śāktatantras are divided into to four parts, the ṃkܳ belonging to the Garuḍa class.

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Shakta (शाक्�, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) 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.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

: Ancient Science of Life: Evaluation of ⲹԲś on Health and Immunity related Parameters in Healthy Children

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to the medicinal plant known as Crocus sativus, sty./stg., and is used in the Ayurvedic formulation known as ⲹԲś: an Ayurvedic health product that helps in boosting immunity.—ⲹԲś� has been found to be effective as an immunity booster, vitalizer and a preventer of day to day infections and allergies such as common cold and cough etc. It is a classical Ayurvedic formulation comprising ingredients such as ṅkܳ. [...] ⲹԲś can be consumed in all seasons as it contains weather friendly ingredients which nullify unpleasant effects due to extreme environmental and climatic conditions.

: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Crocus sativus Linn.� and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning ṅkܳ] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (󲹾ṣaⲹ-첹貹) which is a branch of pharmacology (ⲹṇa).

: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (ay)

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) [=ṅkܳ-ādya-taila] refers to one of the topics discussed in the Ѳܳī, a Sanskrit manuscript ascribed to Nṛsiṃha Kavirāja collected in volume 12 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)� by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri.—The Ѳܳī manuscript, consisting of 5,586 ślokas (metrical verses), is housed in Dhaka with Babu Bhagavancandra Dasa Kaviraja. It seemingly addresses topics related to Medicinal, Herbal, and Iatrochemical preparations. The catalogue includes the term—ṅkܳ-ādya-taila in its ‘subject-matter list� or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads�ṅkܳⲹٲԲ.

Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)

: Ancient Science of Life: Botanical identification of plants described in Mādhava Cikitsā

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to the medicinal plant Crocus sativus L., and is used in the treatment of پ (diarrhoea), according to the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (as well as the Pharmacopoeia).—Atisāra refers to a condition where there are three or more loose or liquid stools (bowel movements) per day or more stool than normal. The second chapter of the Mādhavacikitsā explains several preparations [including ṅkܳ] through 60 Sanskrit verses about treating this problem.

The plant plant Crocus sativus L. (ṅkܳ) is known as Kunduru according to the 7th century Mādhavacikitsā chapter 2.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to “saffron�, which is mentioned in verse 3.15 of the ṣṭṅgṛdⲹṃh (Sūtrasthāna) by 岵ṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] Passionate (and) lovely women with exuberant thighs, breasts, and buttocks take away the cold, their body being hot with incense, saffron [viz., ṅkܳ], and youth. [...]�.

Note: The instrumental dvandvaū貹ṅkܳyauvanai�”—“with incense, saffron, and youth� has been disconnected from its governing noun, separated into its three components, and converted by the requisite additions and alterations into a series of subject attributes: ū貹 (“incense�) becoming spos-kyis bdugs (“fumigated with incense�), ṅkܳ (“sڴڰDz�)�gur-gum-gyis byugs (“anointed with saffron�), and yauvana (′dzܳٳ�)�źDz (“young�). At the same time, ū貹 and ṅkܳ have been interchanged, �sllos (for spos) in C and probably also bdug (for bdugs) in CD are xylographical errors.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kunkuma in Chandas glossary
: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)

ṃkܳ (कुंकुम) is the name of an Apabhraṃśa metre classified as Dvipadi (metres with two lines in a stanza) discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—ṃkܳ has 27 ٰ in a line. ṃkܳ and Karpūra together are known as the Ullālas and were held in great favour by the bards of Magadha.

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Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

1) ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to a “crimson color� [?], according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 3), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If in Śiśira (February, March) the sun be of copper colour or red black, if, in Vasanta (April, May), blue crimson [i.e., ṅkܳ], if, in Grīṣma (June, July), slightly white and of gold color, if, in Varṣ� (August, September), white, if, in Śarada (October, November), of the colour of the centre of the lotus, if, in Hemanta (December, January), of blood color, mankind will be happy. If, in Varṣ� (August, September), the rays of the sun be soft, mankind will be happy even though the sun should be of any of the colors mentioned above�.

2) ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to “saffron�, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 10).—Accordingly, “If the course of Saturn should lie through the constellation of Viśākhā, the Trigartas, the Chinese and the Kulūtas, saffron [i.e., ṅkܳ], lac, crops and everything of bright, red or crimson colour will suffer. If the course of Saturn should lie through the constellation of Anurādhā, the Kulūtas, the Taṅgaṇas, the Khasas, the people of Kāśmīra, ministers, drivers and bell-ringers will suffer, and friends will turn into enemies�.

: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)

1) ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to “saffron� representing an ingredient for creating the forehead mark (tilaka), according to Hemavijaya Gaṇin’s Kathāratnākara (A.D. 1600).—Accordingly, “The Brāhmaṇa, who is especially well-versed in the whole range of astral science, wore a forehead mark made of saffron and rice-grains [i.e., vinirmita-ṅkܳ-taṇḍula-tilaka]—{The round vessel is made of ten palas of copper. In the ṭi [bowl] the height should be made of six ṅgܱ. The diameter there should be made to the measure of twelve ṅgܱ. The good cherish a water clock that holds sixty palas of water}—dropped the bowl, made fully according to the aforementioned prescriptions, in a basin filled with clean water at the time of the setting of the divine sun�.

2) ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to “saffron�, representing the material to be used for the images (پ) of the planet Mercury, according to the Āśvalāyanaṛhⲹpariśiṣṭa (2.3).—[Images of and offerings to grahas]—The materials which are used to compose the images (پ) of the grahas are prescribed: red copper (Sun), crystal (Moon), red sandal-wood (Mars), gold (Mercury and Jupiter), silver (Venus), iron (Saturn), lead (Rāhu) and white copper (Ketu) [i.e., ṃsⲹ]. Such prescriptions for the planetary images are not found in ṛhⲹ texts except in the Āśvalāyanaṛhⲹpariśiṣṭa (2.3) where the materials are almost the same as those in Yājñavalkyasmṛti, the only difference being the use of saffron [i.e., ṅkܳ] for Mercury instead of gold. According to the Śāntikalpa (13.3), red copper (Sun and Mars), gold (Mercury and Jupiter), silver (Moon and Venus), and black iron (Saturn, Rāhu, and Ketu) are used.

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Jyotisha (ज्योति�, dzپṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy� or “Vedic astrology� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to �(grounded) saffron� (suitable for an offering ceremony), according to the ղٳṇḍⲹ첹貹Ჹ, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly [as the Bhagavān taught the detailed offering-manual], “[...] Four Nāga kings should be prepared in the middle of the ditch. [...] Retinues of seven should be made for each. They should be three-, two- or five-headed and their bodies should be smeared with various fragrances. Having ground sandal, red sandal, fragrant sandal, padmaka wood and saffron (ṅkܳ), it should be scattered along with fumigation. [...]�.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.

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In Jainism

Jain philosophy

: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to “saffron�, as occurring in the ԱԳٲᲹⲹ貹-첹ṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. II, P. 40, l. 27]—‘ṅkܳ� means “saffron�. This word occurs in Nītiśataka (1.10.25) and Tisatthimahāpurisa-guṇālaṅkāra (I, 16). The Gujarati word ṃk based upon this word does not mean saffron at least now-a-days.

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General definition (in Jainism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kunkuma in Jainism glossary
: archive.org: Economic Life In Ancient India (as depicted in Jain canonical literature)

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to “saffron�: a product of flowers (ṣp) commonly used in for personal and commercial purposes in ancient India. It can also be spelled like ṃkܳ and it is also known as Kesara. People were fond of flowers. The groves and gardens were maintained for recreational purpose. The Jain canonical texts frequently mention different horticulture products viz. fruits, vegetables and flowers which depict that horticulture was a popular pursuit of the people at that time. Gardens and parks (, ṇa or ԾᲹṇa) were full of fruits and flowers of various kinds which besides yielding their products provided a calm andquiet place where people could enjoy the natural surroundings.

The flowers and their products (e.g., ṅkܳ) fulfilled the aesthetic needs of the people. At the same time they had an economic importance in as much as some people depended on its trade. It is mentioned that people of Koṅkaṇa maintained themselves by selling fruits and flowers. (see Bṛhatkalpasūtra) Flower garlands and bouquet of various designs were prepared and sold. Saffron (ṃkܳ or kesara) was an important flower product. It yielded a good income to the producers. The flower attracted the bees who yielded honey (mahu, sanskrit: madhu) of different varieties, e. g. macchiya, ṭṭⲹ, , etc.

: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to a preparation of turmeric and chunam (lime). This is regularly used for the tilaka on the forehead, for decorating elephants, etc. It is to be noted that saffron is spoken of as ‘red�, not ‘yellow�. Though it produces a yellow color in puddings, etc., the powder from which the dye is made is an orange-red, made from the tip of the stigma. The blossoms are purple. The ṅkܳ preparation is a decided red. Watt (“The Commercial Products of India�), p. 429 f. Kaṇṭakita is used, of course, with double meaning. The bread fruit (panasa) has a spiny rind. Both the tree and the fruit are very large.

: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) refers to “saffron�, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Whatever difficulties arise from life, they are each endured here by the embodied soul, only having taken hold of the body powerfully. The body of men also defiles auspicious things [such as] camphor, saffron (ṅkܳ), aloe wood, musk, sandalwood because of [its] contact [with them]�.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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India history and geography

: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)

ṃkܳ (कुंकुम) refers to one of the various shops or “market places� (Sanskrit: Ჹṭṭ, Prakrit: 䲹ܳṭṭ) for a medieval town in ancient India, which were vividly depicted in Kathās (narrative poems), for example, by Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā.—The Kuvalayamala (779 A.D.) is full of cultural material which gains in value because of the firm date of its composition. [...] In the Kuvalayamālā, some names of shops according to articles displayed in them is given, [i.e., ṃkܳ] [...] Thus Uddyotana has in his view a complete form of a medieval market place with the number of lines full of different commodities.

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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)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kunkuma in Biology glossary
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Kunkuma in India is the name of a plant defined with Crocus sativus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Geanthus autumnalis Raf. (among others).

2) Kunkuma is also identified with Euonymus tingens.

3) Kunkuma is also identified with Zanthoxylum nitidum It has the synonym Fagara nitida Roxb. (etc.).

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

· Flora Hainanica (1974)
· Systema Naturae (1759)
· BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine (2004)
· Flora Indica (1824)
· Illustrations of the Botany of the Himalayan Mountains (1834)
· Mémoires Présentés à l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg par Divers Savans et lus dans ses Assemblées (1833)

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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

Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kunkuma in Pali glossary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

ṅkܳ : (nt.) saffron.

: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

ṅkܳ, (nt.) (cp. Sk. ṅkܳ) saffron Miln. 382; Vism. 241. (Page 218)

: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

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[ကုက+ဥမ။ က�-ထက� နိဂ္ဂဟိတ်လာ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၁၄၇။ ကမ�+ဥမ။ ကမိ� ကုင်္ကာဒေသော၊ ကမီယဘီတ� ကုင်္ကုမံ။ မောဂ်၊၇။၁၃၁။ ကုကျတ� အာဒီယတ� ကုင်္ကုမံ။ ထောမ။ (ကုံကုမံ၊ ပီအက်စအီးဒ�)]

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kunkuma in Marathi glossary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ṅkܳ (कुंकुम).—m S Saffron, Crocus sativus. 2 n A powder. See the popular ṅkū�. Ex. āpulē niḍhaḷīñcē� ku�0 kāḍhilē� ||.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ṅkܳ (कुंकुम).�n A powder prepared from turmeric coloured with lemon-juice, &c. It is rubbed by married women on the forehead. ṅkū� jāṇēṃ To suffer the wane or departure of its glory–used of a business &c. ṅkū� baḷakaṭha hōṇēṃ To have the destiny of an abiding ṅkū� i. e., to be able to preserve one's husband long in life. kuṅkū sarasa hōṇēṃ-karaṇēṃ To stand fast in the enjoyment of wife-(unwidowed) honours.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�).�

1) Saffron; लग्नकुङ्कुमकेसरान् (lagnaṅkܳkesarān) (첹Ի); R. 4.67; Ṛtusaṃhāra 4.2;5.9; 󲹰ṛh 1.1,25.

2) Saffron paint; °पत्ररेखावैदग्ध्य� जहति कपोलकुङ्कुमानि (patrarekhāvaidagdhya� jahati kapolakuṅkumāni) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.37.

Derivable forms: ṅkܳm (कुȨकुमम�).

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

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�).—m.

(-�) Saffron, (Crocus sativus.) E. kuki to take, and umak aff.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�).—n. Saffron, Crocus sativus, [󲹰ṛh, (ed. Bohlen.)] 1, 9.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�).—[masculine] saffron.

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

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�):�n. saffron (Crocus sativus, the plant and the pollen of the flowers), [Suśruta; Raghuvaṃśa; 󲹰ṛh etc.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�):�(�) 1. m. Saffron.

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

ṅkܳ (कुङ्कु�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ṃk.

[Sanskrit to German]

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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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Hindi dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kunkuma in Hindi glossary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

ṃkܳ (कुंकुम):�(nf) saffron; rouge.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kunkuma in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ṃkܳ (ಕುಂಕುಮ):�

1) [noun] = ಕುಂಕುಮಕೇಸರ� [kumkumakesari].

2) [noun] the tree Mallotus philippensis (= Rottlera tinctoria) of Euphorbiaceae family; scarlet croton.

3) [noun] a bright-red or slightly orange powder applied by women (other than widows) on their foreheads, as an auspicious sign and also used in worshipping a deity; vermilion powder.

4) [noun] a disease that reduces the grains of wheat into red coloured powder.

5) [noun] (fig.) the fortune of a woman of applying the saffron powder on her forehead as a sign of her husband being alive, considered as the most auspicious thing by the Hindu women.

6) [noun] a person who is the pride of the society.

7) [noun] ಕುಂಕುಮ ಹಚ್ಚ� [kumkuma haccu] kuŋkuma haccu to apply saffron powder on the forehead; 2. (fig.) to bind (a girl) by a promise of marriage.

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