कौण्डिन्य

{ kauṇḍinyḥ, kauṇḍinya }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KAUṆḌINYA II   A hermit who lived in the Palace of Yudhiṣṭhira. [M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 4, Stanza 16] . See under Dhṛṣṭabuddhi.
KAUṆḌINYA III   A hermit. This hermit had erected his hermitage in Hastimatīsabhramatīsaṅgama and lived there. Once due to excess of rain the river flooded and his hermitage was washed away. So the hermit cursed the river. “Let the river be dried up”. Then he went to the realm of Vaikuṇṭha. [Padma Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 145] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कौण्डिन्य  m.  m. patr. fr. कुण्डिन (or metron. fr. कुण्डिनी g. गर्गा-दि), [ŚBr. xiv]; [ĀśvŚr.]; [Pravar.]; [MBh. ii, 111]; [Lalit.]; [Divyâv. xxxii]
N. of an old grammarian, [TPrāt. i, 5 and ii, 5 ff.]
व्याकरण   (-), [Buddh.]
विदर्भी-क्°   of जय-देव ( cf. and आज्ञात-क्°)

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विदर्भी क्°

one of the 24 mythical बुद्धs, [MWB. 136].
कौण्डिन्य  mfn.  mfn. coming from कुण्डिन, [Prasannar.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कौण्डिन्यः [kauṇḍinyḥ]  N. N. of a sage cf. तक्रकौण्डिन्यन्याय Appendix.

Shabda-Sagara

कौण्डिन्य  m.  ( -न्यः) The name of a Muni or divine sage.