གཞོན་ནུ་མ་

གཞོན་ནུ་མ། (Wyl. gzhon nu ma ) Pron.: shyönnuma

• Skt. कुमारी, kumārī, Pron.: kumari. From Sanskrit: a young girl, one from ten to twelve years old, maiden, daughter | or (in the Tantras) any virgin up to the age of sixteen or before menstruation has commenced | N. of certain flags (set up along with Indra's banner) | N. of the wife of Bhīma-sena (son of Parīkshit) | of a daughter of Vasu-deva by Rohiṇī | of Sītā (Rāma's wife) | of the goddess Durgā | of Dākshāyaṇī (in Māyā-purī) | of a metre (a kind of Śakvarī, consisting of four lines of sixteen syllables each) | the bird commonly called Śyāmā | the plant Aloe perfoliata | the plant Clitoria ternatea | the plant Jasminum Sambac | the plant commonly called | the blossom of the plants Taruṇī and Modinī | great cardamoms | the most southerly of the nine portions of the known continent or of Jambū-dvīpa (the southern extremity of the peninsula, whence the modern name Cape Comorin [Kumārī]) | the central part of the universe (according to Hindū geography, Jambū-dvīpa or India) | N. of a river flowing from the mountain Śuktimat | of another river | when a name is given to a pupil to indicate his attachment to any particular master | may be prefixed to denote that the pupil's object is to gain the affections of the master's daughter [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW