kuru meaning in Sanskrit
कुरु kúru
/ˈkʊ.ɹuː/
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Australia/ˈkʉː.ɹʉː/
kuru in Sanskrit: कुरु (kúru). In English, kuru means a chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.
Sanskrit words for kuru
- Kuru, ancestor of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the Mahabharata
- कुरु kúru
English meaning of kuru
- noun A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.
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Questions about kuru in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of kuru in Sanskrit?
- Kuru in Sanskrit is कुरु (kúru).
- kuru इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Kuru: कुरु (kúru).
- What does kuru mean in English?
- Kuru means a chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “kuru”: कुरु. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: kuru (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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