Dictionary meanings for kakubh from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. 1 A direction, quarter of the compass; viyuktāḥ kāṃtena striya iva na rājaṃti kakubhaḥ Mk. 5. 26; Śi. 9. 25, 3. 33.
2 Splendour, beauty.
3 A wreath of Campaka flowers.
4 A sacred treatise or Śāstra.
5 A peak, summit.
6 A Rāgiṇī or personi- fied mode of music.
7 The personi- fied quarter of the sky.
8 Breath, animation.
9 Unornamented hair; or hair hanging down as a tail.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. (cf. kakud) a peak, summit RV. 241,2 41463 f. space, region or quarter of the heavens BhP.; Mr2icch.; Katha1s. &c 241,2 41464 f. N. of a metre of three Pa1das pAda s (consisting of eight, twelve, and eight syllables respectively; so called because the second Pa1da pāda exceeds the others by four syllables) RPra1t. 889; AV. xiii, 1, 15; VS.; S3Br. &c 241,2 41465 f. unornamented hair or the hair hanging down like a...