kakud f. 1 A summit, peak. 2 Chief, head; see kakuda below. 3 The hump on the shoulders of the Indian bull. 4 A horn. 5 An ensign or symbol of royalty (as the Catra, cAmara &c.). 6 Any projecting corner. 7 N. of a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma. (According to Pāṇini V. 4. 146-147 kakud is the form to be substituted for kakuda in adj. or Bah. comps.; e. g. trikakud ). Comp. — sTaH [ kakudi tizWatIti ] an epithet of Puraṃjaya, son of Śaśāda, a king of the solar race, and a descendant of Ikṣvāku; ikzvAkuvaMSyaH kakudaM nfpARAM kakutsTa ityAhitalakzaRo'BUt R. 6. 71. [Mythology relates that, when in their war with the demons, the gods were often worsted, they, headed by Indra, ( pb ) went to the powerful king Puraṃjaya, and requested him to be their friend in battle. The latter consented to do so, provided Indra carried him on his shoulders. Indra accordingly assumed the form of a bull, and Puraṃjaya, seated on its hump, completely vanquished the demons. Puraṃjaya is, therefore, called Kakutstha ‘standing on a hump’].