करभ

{ karabhḥ, karabha }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KARABHA   A King who bowed before Jarāsandha, King of Magadha. [Śloka 13, Chapter 14, Sabhā Parva, M.B.] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : नख, करपृष्ठ

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   karabha m S The hand from the wrist to the root of the fingers, metacarpus. 2 A young camel or any young animal.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  पु. १ मनगटापासून बोटांच्या मुळापर्यंतचा तळहाताचा भाग . २ हत्ती , उंट किंवा इतर पशुंचे लहान पिलूं ; छावा . ( सं .)

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

करभ  m.  1. m. (for 2. See col.3) (√ कॄ, [Uṇ. iii, 122]; but more probably connected with 1. कर), the trunk of an elephant, [MBh.]; [Śak.] &c.
   a young elephant, [BhP.]
   a camel, [MBh.]; [Suśr.] &c.
   a young camel, [Pañcat.]
   the metacarpus (the hand from the wrist to the root of the fingers), [Sāh.] Comm. on [Uṇ.] &c.
   (in mus.) a singer who wrinkles the forehead when singing
   a kind of perfume, [L.]
   a wall, [L.]
    N. of दन्त-वक्र (king of the करूषs), [MBh. ii, 577]
करभ  n.  2. (for 1. See col.2) n. the lunar mansion called हस्त, [Hcat.]
करभ    a &c., for 1. See p. 254, col. 2
   for 2., p. 254, col. 3.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

करभः [karabhḥ]   [कॄ-अभच् [Uṇ.3.122;] करे-भाति भा-क [Tv.] ]
   The back of the hand from the wrist to the root of the fingers; metacarpus, as in करभोपमोरूः [R.6.83;] see करभोरू below.
   The trunk of an elephant.
   A young elephant.
   A young camel; उष्ट्री च करभश्चेति Mbh. on [P.I.2.66.] पृथ्वीरजः करभकण्ठकडारमाशाः (संविव्युः) [Śi.5.3.]
   A camel in general.
   A kind of perfume.
   The hip.
-भी   A she camel. -Comp.
-ऊरूः  f. f. a lady whose thighs resemble the back of the fore-arm; अङ्के निधाय करभोरु यथासुखं ते [Ś.3.2;] [Śi.1.69;] [Amaru.71;] or (according to another explanation), whose thighs resemble the trunk of an elephant; cf. [Ku.1.36.]

Shabda-Sagara

करभ  m.  ( -भः)
   1. The metacarpus, the hand from the wrist to the root of the fingers.
   2. A young camel or any young animal.
   3. A young elephant.
   4. A perfume, commonly Nakhi.
  f.  ( -भी) A she camel.
    E. कृ to reject, अभच् Unadi affix: see कलभ.

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कृ अभच् कलभ