Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. patr. fr. Kumuda kumuda A1rshBr. 316,3 57234 m. the month Ka1rttika kārttika (October-November) MBh. xiii 316,3 57235 f. moonlight, moonshine (from its causing the Kumudas kumuda s to blossom; also Moonlight personified as the wife of Candra candra or the moon) Ragh.; Kum.; Bhartr2. &c 316,3 57236 f. elucidation (the word Kaumudi1 kaumudī being metaphorically used like other words of similar import [ cf. candrikā...