कूर्च

{ kūrcḥ }

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  पु. १ घोड्याच्या खुराचा वरचा भाग . - अश्वप १ . ६३ . २ दाढीचें केंस . ' भवंते इंद्रनीळ विरुढती सानट । तर ते कुर्च वरवंट । उपमीजते । ' - ज्ञाप्र ४६५ . ३ पैतुक कर्मींत पितरांना व देवांना उदक देण्यासाठीं व इतर धार्मिक विधींत दर्भांची विशिष्ट आकाराची मुष्टि करतात तो . ४ कुर्चा पहा . ( सं . कूर्चं = दर्भमुष्टि )

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कूर्च  n.  m. rarely n. ( g. अर्धर्चा-दि) a bunch of anything, bundle of grass, &c. (often used as a seat), [TS. vii]; [ŚBr.] &c.
   a fan, brush, [NarasP.]
   a handful of कुश grass or peacock's feathers Comm. on [MBh.]
  n. ( n., [L.]) ‘ball, roll’, N. of certain parts of the human body (as the hands, feet, neck, and the membrum virile), [Suśr.]
कूर्च  mn.  mn. the upper part of the nose (the part between the eyebrows), [L.]
अस्   (, [L.]; अम्) the beard, [Kād.]; [Rājat.]; [BhavP.]
   (beard of a buck) Comm. on KātyŚr.
कूर्च  m.  m. ( Prākṛtkucca), [Śak.]
कूर्च  mn.  mn. the tip of the thumb and middle finger brought in contact so as to pinch &c., [W.]
   deceit, fraud, hypocrisy, [L.]
   false praise, unmerited commendation either of one's self or another person, boasting, flattery, [L.]
   hardness, solidity, [L.]
कूर्च  m.  m. the head, [L.]
   a store-room, [L.]
हुं   the mystical syllable , or ह्रूं.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कूर्चः [kūrcḥ] र्चम् [rcam]   र्चम् 1 A bunch of any thing, a bundle.
   A handful of Kuśa grass; [Mb.14.72.1.]
   A peacock's feather.
   The beard; आगतमनध्यायकारणं सवि- शेषभूतमद्य जीर्णकूर्चानाम् [U.4;] or पूरयितव्यमनेन चित्रफलकं लम्ब- कूर्चानां तापसानां कदम्बैः [Ś.6.]
   The tip of the thumb and the middle finger brought in contact so as to pinch &c.
   The upper part of the rose, the part (or hair) between the eye-brows.
   A brush.
   Deceit, fraud.
   Boasting, bragging.
   Hypocrisy.
   र्चः The head.
   A store-room.
   A seat of Kuśa grass (कुशासन); जनको ह वैदेहः कूर्चादुपावसर्पन्नुवाच [Bṛi. Up.4.2.1.] -Comp.
-शिरस्  n. n. the upper part of the palm of the hand and foot.
-शीर्षः, -शेखरः   the cocoanut tree.