चमू

{ camūḥ, camū }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

CAMŪ   A division of an army. (See Aksauhiṇī)

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 f  An army.

मराठी पर्यायी शब्दकोश

ना.  कटक , चक्र , फौज , लष्कर , वाहिनी , सेना , सैन्य .

मराठी (Marathi) WN

See : मंडळ

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 स्त्री. मूळ अर्थ सैन्य . ( ल .) परिवार , पदरचे लोक ; सहकारी ; सभोंवतीचे लोक ; मंडळी . ' हे व मुद्दई यांची चम् यांची नांवें घेतलीं .' - रा १० . ९५ . ( सं .)
 स्त्री. सेना ; सैन्य . पांडव - चमू - पतीचें मथुनि चमू पाडिलें पतित्व रितें । - मोभीष्म ४ . १० . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

चमू  f.  f. ( Ved. loc. °मू॑, [RV.] six times; once °म्वि॑, x, 91, 15; nom. du. °म्वा॑, iii, 55, 20; gen. loc. °म्वो॑स्; nom. pl. °म्व॑स्, viii, 2, 8; loc. pl. °मू॑षु) a vessel or part (two or more in number) of the reservoir into which the सोम is poured, [RV.]
°म्वौ  f.  f. du. ‘the two great receptacles of all living beings’, heaven and earth, [Naigh. iii, 30] ( cf. [RV. iii, 55, 20])
sg. a coffin (?), [ŚBr. xiii, 8, 2, 1]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. xiv, 22, 19]
an army or division of an army (129 elephants, as many cars, 2187 horse, and 3645 foot, [MBh. i, 292]), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Megh.]; [BhP.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

चमूः [camūḥ]  f. f. [चम्-ऊ [Uṇ.1.81] ]
An army (in general); पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम् [Bg.1.3;] वासवीनां चमूनाम् [Me.43;] गजवती जवतीव्रहया चमूः [R.9.1.]
A division of an army consisting of 729 elephants, as many cars, 2187 horse, and 3645 foot.
Ved. A dish or vessel.
A grave. -Comp.
-चरः   a soldier, warrior.
-नाथः, -पः, -पतिः   the leader of an army, a general, commander; [R.13.74.]
-हरः   an epithet of Śiva.

Shabda-Sagara

चमू  f.  ( -मूः)
1. An army.
2. A squadron, a division of an army con- sisting of 129 elephants, as many cars, 2187 horse, and 3685 foot.
E. चम् to eat or destroy, (the enemy.) and ऊ Unadi aff.

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