Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

kūrma कूर्म – tortoise

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

kūrmá ·m. tortoise (f. kūrmī); one of the winds of the body; N. of a serpent-demon & a Rishi.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

kūrma kūrma, as, m. a tortoise, a turtle; the earth considered as a tortoise swimming on the waters; a particular gesticulation with the fingers; one of the outer winds of the body; N. of a serpent or Kādraveya king; the second incarnation of Viṣṇu, his descent in the form of a tortoise to support the mountain Mandara at the churning of the ocean; N. of a son of Gṛtsa-mada, author of several hymns of the Ṛg-veda; (ī), f. a female tortoise; [cf. Gr. κλέμμυς, χέλυς, χέλώνη.]

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kūrmá m. 1〉 Schildkröte AK. 1,2,3,21. H. 1353. VS. 24,34. TS. 2,6,3,3. TS. 5,2,8,4. TS. 5,2,8,5. ŚAT. BR. 1,6,2,3. ŚAT. BR. 6,1,1,12. ŚAT. BR. 6,1,2,30. ŚAT. BR. 7,5,1,1. ŚAT. BR. 7,5,1,5. ŚAT. BR. 10,4,3,14. kū̱rmebhyò adadhuḥ śa̱phān AV. 9,4,16 (vgl. VS. 25,3). KĀTY. ŚR. 17,4,27. KĀTY. ŚR. 17,9,4. YOGAT. UP._in_Ind. St. 2,50. KṢUR. UP. ebend. 171. M. 3,270. M. 5,18. gūhetkūrma ivāṅgāni M. 7,105. tathā saṃbhinnasarvāṅgaṃ kūrmaṃ sthala ivoddhṛtam MBH. 4,794. yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo 'ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ BHAG. 2,58. N. (BOPP) 12,113. R. 4,16,32. SUŚR. 1,205,20. SUŚR. 1,228,13. SUŚR. 1,273,16. HIT. 8,18. HIT. 26,13. BRAHMA-P. in LA. 50,1. VET. 6,7. kūrmo bibharti dharaṇīṃ khalu cātmapṛṣṭhe ŚUK. 44,11. Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā MBH. 4,2016 (lies: nāgakūrmām). kūrmī Schildkrötenweibchen AK. 3,4,19,134. kūrmarāja König der Schildkröten JAṬĀDH._im_ŚKDR. trägt die Erde MAHĀN. ebend. — 2〉 die als eine auf dem Wasser schwimmende Schildkröte dargestellte Erde: kūrmacakra JYOTISTATTVA und TANTRAS._im_ŚKDR. REINAUD, Mém. sur lʼInde 116. kūrmavibhāga AV. PARIŚ._in_Verz. d. B. H. 93. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 14 ebend. 240. Vgl. Ind. St. 1,187. — 3〉 eine best. Fingerverbindung: vāmahastasya tarjanyāṃ dakṣiṇasya kaniṣṭhayā . tathā dakṣiṇatarjanyāṃ vāmāṅguṣṭhena yojayet .. unnataṃ dakṣiṇāṅguṣṭhaṃ vāmasya madhyamādikāḥ . aṅgulīryojayetpṛṣṭhe dakṣiṇasya karasya ca .. vāmasya pitṛtīrthena madhyamānāmike tathā . adhomukhe ca te kuryāddakṣiṇasya karasya ca .. kūrmapṛṣṭhasamaṃ kuryāddakṣapāṇiṃ ca sarvataḥ . kūrmamudreyamākhyātā devatādhyānakarmaṇi .. TANTRAS._im_ŚKDR. — 4〉 einer der äusseren Winde des Körpers (bāhyavāyuviśeṣaḥ . yathā): unmīlane smṛtaḥ kūrmo bhinnāñjanasamaprabhaḥ . iti śāradātilakaṭīkā . ŚKDR. kūrmo nimīlanādikaraḥ VEDĀNTAS. 31. — 5〉 N. pr. eines Schlangenkönigs, eines Kādraveya MBH. 1,2549. — 6〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes von Gṛtsamada, Verfassers von ṚV. 2,27—ṚV. 2,29. ANUKR.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kūrma 1〉 kūrmonnata wie der Rücken einer Schildkröte gewölbt VARĀH. BṚH. S. 67,7. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,2. kūrmasamunnata dass. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 70,3. kūrmaprādurbhāva (Viṣṇuʼs) Verz. d. Oxf. H. 83,a,23. kūrmāvatāra Verz. d. Oxf. H. 129,a,17. (dhyānena) kūrmī — śiśuṃ pālayate Spr. 4166. — 2〉 VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,42. Ind. St. 10,175. Streiche JYOTISTATTVA und TANTRAS._im_ŚKDR. u. vgl. unten u. kūrmacakra. kūrmavibhāga eig. Eintheilung des Globus (Halbglobus) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 2, S. 6. Ind. St. 10,209. — 4〉 Verz. d. Oxf. H. 225,b,4. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 236,b,12. — 7〉 Bez. einer best. Stellung der Hände Verz. d. Oxf. H. 202,a,16. — 8〉 N. pr. einer Gottheit ebend. 148,b,33. fg. — Vgl. mahā˚.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kūrma 1〉 ˚pati trägt die Erde Spr. (II) 5576.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

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kūrmá — 1〉 m. — a〉 Schildkröte. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. — b〉 die als eine auf dem Wasser schwimmende Schildkröte dargestellte Erde. — c〉 Bez. des 14ten Adhyāya in VARĀH. BṚH. S. VARĀH. YOGAY. 9,4. — d〉 eine best. Stellung der Finger oder Hände. — e〉 ein best. Wind im menschlichen Körper, der das Schliessen der Augen bewirkt Chr. 264,33. Chr. 265,5. — f〉 N. pr. — α〉 einer Gottheit. — β〉 eines Schlangendämons. — γ〉 eines Ṛṣi. — 2〉 f. kūrmī Schildkrötenweibchen.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

kūrmaḥ [kau jale ūrmirvego'sya pṛṣo˚ Tv.] 1 A tortoise; gūhetkūrma ivāṃgāni ([Page 0417-a]) rakṣedvivaramātmanaḥ Ms. 7. 105; Bg. 2. 58. 2 Viṣṇu in his second or Kūrma incarnation. 3 One of the outer winds of the body. 4 A particular gesticulation with the fingers. — rmī A female tortoise. Comp. — avatāraḥ the Kūrma incarnation of Viṣṇu; cf. Gīt. 1: — kṣitirativipulatare tava tiṣṭhati pṛṣṭhe dharaṇidharaṇakiṇacakragariṣṭhe . keśava dhṛtakacchaparūpa jaya jagadīśa hare ... — pṛṣṭhaṃ — pṛṣṭhakaṃ 1 the back or shell of a tortoise. 2 a lid or cover of a dish. — rājaḥ Viṣṇu in the shape of a tortoise in his second incarnation.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kūrmá m. Schildkröte; ein best. Wind im [Page089-2] menschlichen Körper (ph.); f. kūrmī Schildkrötenweibchen.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

kūrma kūrma m. et. kurmī f. tortue. kūrmapṛṣṭha m. écaille de tortue, carapace. Gomphrena globosa, bot. kūrmapṛṣṭhaka n. couvercle de pot. kūrmapṛṣṭhonnata a. (unnata) convexe, haut et arrondi comme le dos d'une tortue. kūrmarāja m. le roi des tortues, la tortue fabuleuse qui porte le monde.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 3.29–34: Bodily Locations and Knowledge 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 3.1-3.10: Herzlotus und Prāṇa 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.48-5.71: Innere Meditation 1 occurrence

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