As a deity name
Name 711 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 183 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 862 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 76 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
As a Hindi name
कूटस्थ · adj
सर्वापरि स्थिति । आला दर्जे का · जिसमें — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of perfume (a species of dried shell-fish, commonly Nathi)
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
kūṭa—stha mfn. standing at the top, keeping the highest position Comm. on ŚBr. i, 4, 2, 4
standing in a multitude of or in the midst of (in comp.), BhP. i, 11, 36
(in phil.) immovable, uniform, unchangeable (as the soul, spirit, space, ether, sound, &c.), Up.; Pat.; Bhag. vi, xii; BhP. iii, &c. (Pāli. kūṭaṭṭha, Sāmaññaphala-sutta)
kūṭa—stha m. n. a kind of perfume (a species of dried shell-fish, commonly Nathi), L.
kūṭa—stha n. the soul, W.
Alternative readings
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