ककुभ m. (
-भः)
1. A tree, (Pentaptera Arjuna, Rox.)
2. A part of a lute, the belly, a wooden vessel covered with leather placed under its neck to render the sound deeper, or a crooked piece of wood at the end of the lute.
3. One of the Ragas or personified musical modes.
f. (
-भा)
1. Space, region, quarter: see
ककुभ्2. One of the Raginis or female personifications of music.
E. ककुभ् space, and
अच् affix; or
क wind,
स्कुभ् to spread,
क affix and
स rejected, &c.
ROOTS:
ककुभ् अच् क स्कुभ् क स