Kuru कुरु
(H1) कुरु [p= 294,1] [L=52708] m. pl. N. of a people of India and of their country (situated near the country of the पञ्चालs ; hence often connected with पञ्चाल or पञ्चाल [see कुरु-पञ्च्° below]: the उत्तर-कुरवः , or उत्तराः कुरवः are the northern कुरुs , the most northerly of the four महा-द्वीपs or principal divisions of the known world [distinguished from the दक्षिणाः कुरवः or southern कुरुs MBh. i , 4346] , by other systems regarded as one of the nine divisions or वर्षs of the same ; it was probably a country beyond the most northern range of the हिमा*लय , often described as a country of everlasting happiness [ AitBr. MBh. &c ] , and considered by some to be the ancient home of the Aryan race) [L=52709] m. = ऋत्विजस् (priests) Naigh. [L=52710] m. = कर्तारस् (“ doers ” , fr. √1. कृ) Comm. on ChUp. [L=52711] N. of the ancestor of the कुरुs (son of संवरण and तपती , daughter of the sun [ MBh. i , 3738 ff. Hariv. 1799 &c ] ; कुरु is the ancestor of both पाण्डु and धृत-राष्ट्र , though the patronymic derived from his name is usually applied only to the sons of the latter , the sons and descendants of the former being called पाण्डवs) [L=52712] N. of a son of आग्नीध्र and grandson of प्रिय-व्रत VP. BhP. [L=52713] boiled rice L. [L=52714] the plant Solanum Jacquini (= कण्टकारिका) L. (H1B) कुरु [L=52715] f. (ऊस्) a princess of the कुरु race Pa1n2. 4-1 , 66 & 176 (cf. कौरव , &c ) (H2) कुरु [p= 1325,1] [L=328340] (in comp.)
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