koRaH [ kuR-karaRe GaY karttari ac vA Tv. ] 1 A corner, an angle (of anything); Bayena koRe kvacana sTitasya Vikr. 1. 99 : yuktametanna tu punaH koRaM nayanapadmayoH Bv. 2. 173. 2 An intermediate point of the compass. 3 The bow of a lute; a fiddle-stick. 4 The ( pb ) sharp edge of a sword or weapon. 5 A stick, staff, club. 6 A drum-stick. 7 N. of the planet Mars. 8 N. of the planet Saturn. 9 A sort of musical instrument. [ cf. Gr. gonia ]. Comp. — AGAtaH striking of drums, tabors &c., used in the sense of ‘a mingled sound of various musical instruments’; koRAGAtezu garjatpralayaGanaGawAnyonyasaMGawwacaMqaH Ve. 1. 22. (It is thus defined by Bharata.: - QakkASatasahasrARi BerISataSatAni ca . ekadA yatra hanyaMte koRAGAtaH sa ucyate ). — kuRaH a bug. — vAdin m. an epithet of Śiva.