कौर्म

{ kaurma }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कौर्म  mfn.  mfn. ( fr. कूर्म), relating or belonging or peculiar to a tortoise, [Pañcat.]
कौर्म  m.  m. ( scil. अवतार) the अवतार of विष्णु as a tortoise, [BhP. xi, 4, 18]
N. of a great period or कल्प (the day of full moon of ब्रह्मा)
कौर्म  n.  n. ( scil. आसन) a particular manner of being seated, [NārP.]
पुराण   ( scil.) N. of a पुराण (on the subject of विष्णु's descent as a tortoise), [Sarvad.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कौर्म [kaurma] a.  a. [कूर्म-अण्] Belonging to a tortoise.
Belonging to the Avatāra of Viṣṇu as a tortoise; (˚पुराण); कौर्मे धृतोऽद्रिरमृतोन्मथने स्वपृष्ठे [Bhāg.11.4.18.]
-र्मः  N. N. of a Kalpa.