कश्मीर

{ kaśmīrḥ, kaśmīra (kaśmīrakam) }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KAŚMĪRA (KAŚMĪRAKAM)   A state in North India, Kaśmīra was famous during the Mahābhārata period also. Once Arjuna conquered this state [Sabhā Parva, Chapter 27] . People from the state had attended Yudhiṣṭhira's Rājasūya with many articles of presentation. Śrī Kṛṣṇa once defeated its ruler. [Droṇa Parva, Chapter 11, Verse 16] . Paraśurāma also once defeated its ruler. [Droṇa Parva, Chapter 70, Verse 11] .

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See : जम्मू-काश्मीर

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कश्मीर  f.  m. pl. ( ifc. f( आ).; √ कश् ? perhaps contraction of कश्यप-मीर; cf. [Rājat. i, 25]; [R. i, 70, 19]), N. of a country and of the people inhabiting it ( cf. काश्मीर) g. भर्गा-दि, [Pāṇ. 4-1, 178]
सङ्काशादि   , iv, 2, 80
कच्छादि   , iv, 2, 133
सिन्ध्व्-आदि   , iv, 3, 93; [Rājat.]

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सिन्ध्व् आदि

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कश्मीरः [kaśmīrḥ]   (pl.) N. of a country, the modern Kaṣmir. अभिजानासि देवदत्त यत्कश्मीरेषु वत्स्यामः Mbh. on I.1.44. also on III.2.114. (Its position is thus described in Tantras: शारदामठमारभ्य कुङ्कुमाद्रितटान्तकः । तावत्कश्मीरदेशः स्यात् पञ्चाशद्योजनात्मकः) -Comp.
-जः, -जम्, -जन्मन्  m. m., n. saffron; कश्मीरजस्य कटुताऽपि नितान्तरम्या [Bv.1.71.] v. l.

Shabda-Sagara

कश्मीर  m.  ( -रः) The name of a country, Kashmir.
E. कश् to go, ईरन् Unadi affix, and मुद् inserted: see काश्मीर.

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कश् ईरन् मुद् काश्मीर