कार्दम

Vṛddhi derivative of कर्दम (kardama, “mud, dirt; Prajapati Kardama”).

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːɾ.d̪ɐ.mɐ/

कार्दम • (kārdama) stem (Classical Sanskrit)

1. muddy (covered with or full of mud)

   Synonyms: कर्दमित (kardamita), कार्दमिक (kārdamika), सजम्बाल (sajambāla), पङ्कमय (paṅkamaya), पङ्कवत् (paṅkavat), पङ्किन् (paṅkin)

   • c. 700 CE, Skanda Purāṇa 5.3.28.28.1:

     रक्तमाल्योत्तमाङ्गाश्च पतन्तः कार्दमे ह्रदे ।

     raktamālyottamāṅgāśca patantaḥ kārdame hrade.

     With the red garlands round their heads, they were falling into muddy whirlpools.

2. of or relating to Prajapati Kardama
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 3.24.6:

     तस्यां बहुतिथे काले भगवान्मधुसूदनः ।
     कार्दमं वीर्यमापन्नो जज्ञेऽग्निरिव दारुणि ॥

     tasyāṃ bahutithe kāle bhagavānmadhusūdanaḥ.
     kārdamaṃ vīryamāpanno jajñeʼgniriva dāruṇi.

     Having entered the semen of Kardama, after many days, Lord Krishna appeared in her just as fire appeared from woods.

• Monier Williams (1899) “कार्दम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 275, column 3.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “kārdama”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कार्दम”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 563
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कार्दम”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 66