kuruH ( pl. ) 1 N. of a country situated in the north of India about the site of the modern Delhi; SriyaH kurURAmaDipasya pAlanIM Ki. 1. 1 ; cirAya tasmin kuravaScakAsate 1. 17. 2 The kings of this country. — ruH 1 A priest. 2 Boiled rice. Comp. — kzetraM N. of an extensive plain near Delhi, the scene of the great war between the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas; Darmakzetre kurukzetre samavetA yuyutsavaH Bg. 1. 1 ; Ms. 2. 19. — kzetriyogaH a solar day in the course of which three lunar days, three asterisms and three yogas occur. — cillaH a crab. — jAMgalaM = kurukzetra q. v. — rAj m. , — rAjaH an epithet of Duryodhana. — vistaH a weight of gold ( pb ) equal to about 700 Troy grains. — vfdDaH an epithet of Bhīṣma.