كمد

कुमुद kumud, and H. कुमद kumad, s.m. (lit. 'exciting what joy!'), A water-lily, Rottlera tinctoria; the esculent white lotus or water-lily, Nymphæa esculenta; the red lotus, Nymphæa rubra;—name of a Nāga; name of the elephant of the south-west or southern quarter; one of the monkey-heroes of the Rāmāyan; name of a celestial being; name of a mountain:—kumudbandhu, s.m. lit. 'Friend of the lotus,' the moon (the white esculent lotus expanding its petals during the night and closing them in the daytime).