Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 707 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
कुसुम · noun · masculine
फूल । पुष्प · वह गद्य जिसमें छोटे छोटे वाक्य हो । जैसे—हे राम । दास पर दया करो · आँख का एक रोग — Śabdasāgara
कुसुम · noun · masculine
हनुमत् के मत से मेघ राग का एक पुत्र । यह षाड़व जाति का राग है और इसके गाने का समय दोपहर है · लाल रंग । जैसे—कुसुम रंग — Śabdasāgara
कुसुम · kusum · s.m.
A flower; fruit — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 834
कुसुम · kusum · s.m.
Bastard saffron, safflower, Carthamus tinctorius (from the flower of which a red dye is made); the red dye of safflower — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 834
कुसुम · feminine
a female given name, Kusum, from Sanskrit
कुसुम · masculine
flower
Cited formation "कुसुम" is कु- + सुम: सुम means "A flower", and the prefix कु- forms bad, evil. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(20) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कुसुम — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit कुसुम (kusuma, “kind of flower”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kusuma n. (fr. √ kus, Uṇ.; g. ardharcādi), a flower, blossom, Mn. xi, 70; R. &c. (ifc. f(ā). ), Mālav. & Ratnāv.
N. of the shorter sections of Deveśvara's Kavi-kalpa-latā (the longer chapters being called stabaka)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a flower, blossom, &c. (ifc. ā), &
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Dictionary citations
kusuma n. (fr. √ kus, Uṇ.; g. ardharcādi), a flower, blossom, Mn. xi, 70; R. &c. (ifc. f(ā). ), Mālav. & Ratnāv.
N. of the shorter sections of Deveśvara's Kavi-kalpa-latā (the longer chapters being called stabaka)
fruit, L.
the menstrual discharge, L.
a particular disease of the eyes, L.
Alternative readings
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