कौट

{ kauṭa }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कौट  mfn.  1. mfn. ( fr. कुटि), living in one's own house, independent, free, [Pāṇ. 5-4, 95]
कौट  m.  m. (= कुट-ज) Wrightia antidysenterica, [Bhpr. i, 206.]
कौट  mfn.  2. mfn. ( fr. कू॑ट), fraudulent, dishonest
snared, wired, [W.]
कौट  n.  n. fraud, falsehood, [W.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कौट [kauṭa] a.  a. (-टी f.) [कूट-अञ्]
Living in one's own house; hence, independent, free.
Domestic, homely, home-bred.
Fraudulent, dishonest.
Snared.
टः Fraud, falsehood.
Giving false evidence.
A variety of gems; [Kau.A.2.11.] -Comp.
-जः   the Kutaja tree.
-तक्षः   (opp. ग्रामतक्षः) an independent carpenter, one who works at home on his own account and not for the village.
-साक्षिन्  m. m. a false witness.
-साक्ष्यम्   false evidence, perjury; [Ms.8.117,122-23;11.56.]

Shabda-Sagara

कौट  mfn.  ( -टः-टी-टं)
1. Fraudulent, dishonest.
2. Snared, wired.
3. Domestic, homely, home-born, home bred.
4. Independent.
 n.  ( -टं) Fraud, falsehood.
 m.  ( -टः) A medicinal shrub, &c. कुटज.
E. कूट fraud, or कुटि a house, अण् aff.

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कूट कुटि अण्