कुमुद [ kumuda ] [ kú-muda ] n. ( [ as ] m. Lit. L. ) , " exciting what joy " , the esculent white water-lily (Nymphaea esculenta) Lit. AV. iv , 34 , 5 Lit. Suśr. Lit. Śak.

  the red lotus (Nymphaea rubra) Lit. L.

  [ kumuda ] m. camphor Lit. Bhpr.

  (in music) N. of a Dhruvaka

  N. of a particular comet Lit. VarBṛS.

  of a Nāga Lit. MBh. Lit. Ragh.

  of an attendant of Skanda ( ( Lit. MBh. ix , 2558 ) ) or of Vishṇu ( ( Lit. BhP. ) )

  of the elephant of the south-west or southern quarter Lit. L.

  of a Daitya Lit. L.

  of a son of Gada by Bṛihatī Lit. Hariv. 9193

  of a confidant of king Unmattâvanti Lit. Rājat.

  of a monkey-hero Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

  of a poet

  of a pupil of Pathya Lit. BhP. xii , 7 , 2

  of a mountain Lit. BhP. Lit. VP.

  of one of the smaller Dvīpas Lit. VP.

  [ kumudā ] f. a form of Durgā Lit. BhP. x , 2 , 12 Lit. MatsyaP.

  the plant Gmelina arborea Lit. L.

  the plant Pistia Stratiotes Lit. L.

  the plant Desmodium gangeticum Lit. L.

  the plant Grislea tomentosa Lit. L.

  another plant (commonly Kaṭphala) Lit. L.

  [ kumudī ] f. the plant Kaṭphala (Myrica sapida)

  [ kumuda ] n. camphor Lit. L.

  silver Lit. L.