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kumbhaकुम्भkumbhá as, m. a jar, pitcher, water-pot, ewer, small water-jar [often ifc. (f(A). ) e.g. chidra-k°, a perforated pitcher, [R.]; āma-k°, a jar of unbaked clay, [Pañcat.]; hema-k°, a golden ewer, [Ragh. ii, 36]; [Amar.]; jala-k°, a water-pot, [Pañcat.]] [RV.]; [AV.] &c.
an urn in which the bones of a dead person are collected, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [KātyŚr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
the sign of the zodiac Aquarius, [Jyot.]; [VarBṛS.] &c.
a measure of grain (equal to twenty Droṇas, a little more than three bushels and three gallons; commonly called a comb; some make it two Droṇas or sixty-four Seers), [Mn. viii, 320]; [Hcat.]
the frontal globe or prominence on the upper part of the forehead of an elephant (there are two of these prominences which swell in the rutting season), [MBh.]; [Bhartṛ.] &c.
a particular part of a bed, [VarBṛS.]
N. of a plant (and also of its fruit), [BhP. x, 18, 14]
the root of a plant used in medicine
a religious exercise, viz. closing the nostrils and mouth so as to suspend breathing, [L.]
the paramour of a harlot, bully, flash or fancy man, [L.]
N. of a Mantra (pronounced over a weapon), [R. i]
N. of a Dānava (a son of Prahlāda and brother of Nikumbha), [MBh. i, 2527]; [Hariv.]
of a Rākṣasa (son of Kumbhakarṇa), [R.]; [BhP.]
of the father of the nineteenth Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [Jain.]
of a monkey, [R. iv, 33, 14]
one of the thirty-four Jātakas or former births of Śākya-muni, [L.]
N. of wk. [Sāh.]
kumbhá (am), n. the plant Ipomoea Turpethum, [L.]
a fragrant resin (gúggulu), or the plant which bears it, [L.]
gold, [Gal.]
[cf. Gk. κύμβη; Lat. cymba.]
kumbhabhūकुम्भभूkumbha—bhū m. = -janman, [Hcar.]
kumbhakaकुम्भकm. ifc. a pot, [Kathās.]
a measure (of grain, &c.), [Jyot.]
the prominence on the upper part of an elephant's forehead, [MBh. xii, 4280]
m. n. stopping the breath by shutting the mouth and closing the nostrils with the fingers of the right hand (a religious exercise), [BhP.]; [Vedāntas.]; [Sarvad.] &c.
m. the base of a column, [Buddh.]
N. of an attendant of Skanda, [MBh. ix, 2577]
kumbhalāकुम्भलाf. a plant the flowers of which are compared to those of Nauclea Cadamba (Sphaeranthus Hirtus), [L.]
kumbharīकुम्भरीf. a form of Durgā, [L.]
kumbhabhavaकुम्भभवkumbha—bhava m. (= -janman) the star Canopus (= Agastya).
kumbhadharaकुम्भधरkumbha—dhara m. ‘pot-holder’, the sign Aquarius
N. of a Mantra (pronounced over a weapon), [R. i.]
kumbhaphalāकुम्भफलाkumbha—phalā f. the plant Cucurbita Pepo, [L.]
kumbhaśālāकुम्भशालाkumbha—śālā f. a pottery, [L.]
kumbhabāhuकुम्भबाहुkumbha—bāhu m. N. of a Daitya, [Hariv.]
kumbhabilaकुम्भबिलkumbha—bila n., [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 102.]
kumbhadāsīकुम्भदासीkumbha—dāsī f. a harlot, [Hcar.]
a bawd, [L.]
kumbhadāsaकुम्भदासkumbha—dāsa m. ? [Rājat. iii, 456]
kumbhahanuकुम्भहनुkumbha—hanu m. ‘having a chin shaped like a Kumbha’, N. of a Rākṣasa, [R. vi, 32, 15.]
kumbhakārīकुम्भकारीkumbha—kārī f. the wife of a potter, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 15], [Kāś.]
N. of a girl, [Lalit.]
a mineral substance used as an application to strengthen the eyes and beautify the eyelashes, [L.]
red arsenic, [L.]
kumbhakāraकुम्भकारkumbha—kāra m. a potter (being according to some authorities the son of a Brāhman by a wife of the Kṣatriya caste), [Yājñ. iii, 146]; [MBh.] &c.
a serpent, [L.]
a wild fowl (Phasianus gallus), [L.]
kumbhaketuकुम्भकेतुkumbha—ketu m. N. of a son of Śambara, [Hariv. 9254.]
kumbhanābhaकुम्भनाभkumbha—nābha m. N. of a son of Bali, [Hariv.]
kumbhapādaकुम्भपादkumbha—pāda mf(-padI)n. having swollen legs bulging like a pitcher, [Pāṇ. v, 4, 139.]
kumbhapadīकुम्भपदीkumbha—padī f. of -pāda, q.v.
kumbharāśiकुम्भराशिkumbha—rāśi m. the sign Aquarius.
kumbhatālaकुम्भतालkumbha—tāla m. (in music) a kind of measure.
kumbhayoniकुम्भयोनिkumbha—yoni m. ‘born in a water-jar’, N. of Agastya, [MBh.]; [Ragh.]; [BhP.]
of Droṇa (the military preceptor of the Kurus and Pāṇḍus), [L.]
of Vasiṣṭha, [L.]
kumbha—yoni f. the plant Phlomis ceylanica (commonly droṇa-puṣpī), [L.]
‘having a jar-shaped pudendum’, N. of an Apsaras, [MBh. iii, 1785.]
kumbhadhānyaकुम्भधान्यkumbha—dhānya mfn. having grains only to fill a single pot, [MBh. xii.]
kumbhakarṇaकुम्भकर्णkumbha—karṇa m. ‘pot-eared’, N. of a Rākṣasa (the brother of Rāvaṇa, described in [R. vi] as sleeping for six months at a time and then waking to gorge himself), [MBh. iii]; [R.]; [Ragh. xii, 80]; [BhP.]
N. of a Daitya, [Hariv.]
of a Muni, [VāyuP.]
of a locality
of Śiva, [MBh. xii, 10350]
kumbhalagnaकुम्भलग्नkumbha—lagna n. that time of day in which Aquarius rises above the horizon.
kumbhamuṣkaकुम्भमुष्कkumbhá—muṣka (°bhá-), mfn. having a jar-shaped scrotum (N. of demons), [AV.]
kumbharetasकुम्भरेतस्kumbha—retas n. semen virile deposited in a Kumbha, [MBh. xiii, 7372]
kumbha—retas m. a form of Agni, [MBh. iii, 14139.]
kumbhasaṃdhiकुम्भसंधिkumbha—saṃdhi m. the hollow on the top of an elephant's head between the frontal globes, [L.]
kumbhastanīकुम्भस्तनीkumbha—stanī f. ([Pāṇ. iv, 1, 54]) having breasts like jars, [BhP.]
kumbhatumbīकुम्भतुम्बीkumbha—tumbī f. a kind of large round gourds, [L.]
kumbhadhārikāकुम्भधारिकाkumbha—dhārikā f. a female slave, [L.]
kumbhabījakaकुम्भबीजकkumbha—bījaka m. a kind of Karañja, [L.]
kumbhajanmanकुम्भजन्मन्kumbha—janman m. ‘born in a pitcher’, N. of Agastya, [Ragh. xii, 31.]
kumbhakāmalāकुम्भकामलाkumbha—kāmalā f. a bilious affection (sort of jaundice together with swelling of the joints, [Suśr.]; cf. kumbha-pāda).
kumbhakārakaकुम्भकारकkumbha—kāraka m. a potter, [W.]
kumbhakārikāकुम्भकारिकाkumbha—kārikā f. the wife of a potter, woman of the potter caste, [Kathās.]
a sort of collyrium, [L.]
kumbhamūrdhanकुम्भमूर्धन्kumbha—mūrdhan m. ‘pot-headed’, a particular demon causing diseases, [Hariv. 9560.]
kumbhasarpisकुम्भसर्पिस्kumbha—sarpis n. butter placed in a jar, [Suśr.]
kumbhavaktraकुम्भवक्त्रkumbha—vaktra m. N. of an attendant of Skanda, [MBh. ix, 2577.]
kumbhamaṇḍūkaकुम्भमण्डूकkumbha—maṇḍūka m. ‘a frog in a pitcher’, i.e. an inexperienced man g. pātresamitādi and yuktārohy-ādi (cf. kūpa-maṇḍūka.)
kumbhasambhavaकुम्भसम्भवkumbha—sambhava m. (= -yoni), N. of Agastya, [R. vii, 80, 1]; [BhP.]
of Nārāyaṇa, [Hariv. 11426.]
kumbhaghoṇatīrthaकुम्भघोणतीर्थkumbha—ghoṇa-tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha.
kumbhakapaddhatiकुम्भकपद्धतिkumbhaka—paddhati f. N. of wk.
kumbhakarṇavadhaकुम्भकर्णवधkumbha—karṇa—vadha m. ‘the slaughter of Kumbhakarṇa’, N. of a section of the [PadmaP.]
kumbhakārakakukkuṭaकुम्भकारककुक्कुटkumbha—kāraka—kukkuṭa m. a wild fowl (Phasianus gallus), [L.]