As a Hindi name
कुञ्जर · kunjar · s.m.
An elephant, a large elephant (as distinguished from kumeṅḍhyā, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 852
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an elephant, &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kuñjara" is the vocative of "kuñjarā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
kuñjara m. (ifc. f(ā). , MBh.; R.) an elephant, Mn. iii, 274; MBh. &c.
anything pre-eminent in its kind (generally in comp., e.g. rāja-k˚, ‘an eminent king’, MBh.; Kathās.; cf. Pāṇ. ii, 1, 62 and g. vyāghrādi)
the number ‘eight’ (there being eight elephants of the cardinal points), Sūryas.
a kind of temple, VarBṛS.
a kind of step (in dancing to music)
kuñjarā f. a female elephant, L.
the plant Bignonia suaveolens, L.
Alternative readings
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