kaumudī कौमुदी – Moonlight

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kaumudī [kumudasyeyaṃ prakāśakatvāt aṇ ṅīṣ Tv.] 1 Moonlight; śaśinā saha yāti kaumudī Ku. 4. 33; śaśinamupagateyaṃ kaumudī meghamuktaṃ R. 6. 85; (the word is thus popularly derived:-kau modaṃte janā yasyāṃ tenāsau kaumudī matā). 2 Anything serving as moonlight, i. e. causing delight and balmy coolness; tvamasya lokasya ca netrakaumudī Ku. 5. 71; yā kaumudī nayanayorbhavataḥ sujanmā Māl. 1. 34; cf. caṃdrikā. 3 The full moon day in Kārtika. 4 The full moon day in Āśvina. 5 Festivity (in general). 6 Particularly, a festive day on which temples, houses &c. are illuminated. 7 (At the end of titles of works &c.) Elucidation, ([Page 0428-b]) throwing light on the subject treated; e. g. tarkakaumudī, sāṃkhyatattvakai mudī, siddhāṃtakaumudī &c. Comp. — cāraḥ the day of full moon in the month Āśvina. — patiḥ the moon. — mukhaṃ appearance of moonlight; R. 3. 1. — vṛkṣaḥ the stick or stand of a lamp.