कुमारी f. af. a young girl, one from ten to twelve years old, maiden, daughter,
[AV.] ;
[AitBr.] &c.
or (in the
तन्त्रs) any virgin up to the age of sixteen or before menstruation has commenced
N. of certain flags (set up along with
इन्द्र's banner),
[VarBṛS.] N. of the wife of
भीम-सेन (son of
परीक्षित्),
[MBh. i, 3796] of a daughter of
वसु-देव by
रोहिणी,
[Hariv. 1952] of
सीता (
राम's wife),
[L.] of the goddess
दुर्गा,
[Hariv. 9425] of
दाक्षायणी (in
माया-पुरी),
[MatsyaP.] of a metre (a kind of
शक्वरी, consisting of four lines of sixteen syllables each)
the bird commonly called
श्यामा,
[L.] the plant
Aloe perfoliata,
[L.] अ-पराजिता the plant
Clitoria ternatea (= ),
[L.] the plant
Jasminum Sambac,
[L.] बन्ध्या-कर्कोटकी the plant commonly called ,
[L.] the blossom of the plants
तरुणी and
मोदिनी,
[L.] great cardamoms,
[L.] the most southerly of the nine portions of the known continent or of
जम्बू-द्वीप (the southern extremity of the peninsula, whence the modern name Cape Comorin [
कुमारी]),
[W.] the central part of the universe (according to
Hindū geography,
जम्बू-द्वीप or India),
[L.] N. of a river flowing from the mountain
शुक्तिमत्,
[MBh.] ;
[Hariv.] ;
[VP.] of another river,
[Hcat.] कुमारी (when a name is given to a pupil to indicate his attachment to any particular master, may be prefixed to denote that the pupil's object is to gain the affections of the master's daughter
e.g. कुमारी-दाक्षq.v. s.v. )
कुमारी f. bf. of
°र॑q.v. कुमारी mfn. mfn. desirous of a daughter,
[Pāṇ. 1-4, 3] ;
[Pat.]