कुन्त

{ kuntḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कुन्त  m.  m. a spear, lance ([ cf. Lat. contus; Gk. κοντός]), [R.] &c.
a small animal, insect, [L.]
a species of grain ( Coix barbata), [L.]
passion, [L.]
the god of love, [Gal.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कुन्तः [kuntḥ]   1 A lance, a barbed dart, spear; कुन्ताः प्रविशन्ति [K. P.2.] (i. e. कुन्तधारिणः पुरुषाः); विरहिनिकृन्तनकुन्तमुखाकृ- तिकेतकिदन्तुरिताशे [Gīt.1.] [Mb.6.96.57.]
A small animal, an insect.
A kind of grain.
Passion.

Shabda-Sagara

कुन्त  mf.  ( -न्तः-न्ती)
1. A bearded dart, a lance.
 m.  ( -न्तः)
1. A species of grain, (Coix barbata, Rox.)
2. A small animal, an insect.
3. Pass- ionateness.
 f.  ( -न्तिः or -न्ती)
1. A wife af PANDU, and mother of the three elder PANDAVA princes, by as many gods.
2. The gum oliba- num tree, (Boswelia thurifera.)
3. Beellium, a fragrant resin.
4. The wife of a Brahman.
E. कु bad, and अन्त end, destroying ill, ene- mies, &c. or क the head, and उन्द to give pain, त substituted for द fem. affix इन् or ङीष्.

ROOTS:

कु अन्त क उन्द त द इन् ङीष्