कङ्गु

{ kaṅgu }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कङ्गु  f.  f. a kind of Panic seed (several varieties are cultivated as food for the poor), [VarBṛS.] Comm. on [ŚBr. &c.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कङ्गु [kaṅgu]  n. n. (-गू f.) कङ्गुनी A kind of Panic seed (four kinds of it are mentioned in Bhāva P.). (Mar. राळा.)

Shabda-Sagara

कङ्गु  f.  ( -ङ्गुः) A kind of Panick seed, (Panicum Italicum;) several varieties of it are cultivated, and form articles of food for the poor.
E. क water, अनि to go, कु affix; also

ROOTS:

क अनि कु

with ऊङ् affix कङ्गू, and with कन् added कङ्गुका.