संस्‍कृत हिन्‍दी अंग्रेजी शब्‍दकोश : कुरु

कुरु

एक राजा का नाम

name of a king

शब्द-भेद : पुं.

Monier–Williams

कुरु — {kúru} {avas} m. pl., N. of a people of India and of their country (situated near the country of the Pañcālas##hence often connected with Pañcāla or Pañcāla [see {kuru-pañc} below]: the {uttara-kuravaḥ}, or {uttarāḥ kuravaḥ} are the northern Kurus, the most northerly of the four Mahā-dviipas or principal divisions of the known world [distinguished from the {dakṣiṇāḥ kuravaḥ} or southern Kurus MBh. i, 4346], by other systems regarded as one of the nine divisions or Varshas of the same##it was probably a country beyond the most northern range of the Himâlaya, often described as a country of everlasting happiness [AitBr. MBh. &c.], and considered by some to be the ancient home of the Āryan race)##= {ṛtvijas} (priests) Naigh##= {kartāras} ('doers', fr. √1. {kṛ}) Comm. on ChUp##({us}), m. N. of the ancestor of the Kurus (son of Saṃvaraṇa and Tapatī, daughter of the sun [MBh. i, 3738 ff. Hariv. 1799 &c.]##Kuru is the ancestor of both Pāṇḍu and Dhṛita-rāshṭra, though the patronymic derived from his name is usually applied only to the sons of the latter, the sons and descendants of the former being called Pāṇḍavas)##N. of a son of Āgnīdhra and grandson of Priya-vrata VP. BhP##boiled rice L##the plant Solanum Jacquini (= {kaṇṭakārikā}) L##({ūs}), f. a princess of the Kuru race Pāṇ. 4-1, 66 & 176 (cf. {kaurava}, &c.)

इन्हें भी देखें : उत्तरकुरु; कुरुह; कुरुकत; कुरुकन्दक; कुरुकुरुक्षेत्र; कुरुकुरुजाङ्गल; कुरुक्षेत्र; कुरुक्षेत्रक; दीपस्तम्भः; विज्ञापित, प्रकाशित; परिप्लवः; पुनर्प्राप्य;