kubja

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kubja

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. [ku īṣat ubjamārjaṃvaṃ yatra śakaṃº Tv.] Hump-backed, crooked. bjaḥ 1 A curved sword.

2 A hump on the back. bjā A young female [Page0410-b+ 58] servant of Kaṃsa, said to be deform- ed in three parts of her body. [Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, while proceed- ing to Mathurā, saw her on the high road carrying unguent to Kaṃsa. They asked her if she would give them some portion of it, and she gave as much as they wanted....

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

mf (A) n. hump-backed, crooked VS. xxx, 10; Shad2vBr.; MBh. &c 291,3 52235 m. N. of a person born under certain constellations and being an attendant of the model man Han6sa haṃsa VarBr2S. 291,3 52236 m. a curved sword L. 291,3 52237 m. a sort of fish (Bola Cuja) W. 291,3 52238

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