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kuṇḍa

n. [as m., [L.]], a bowl-shaped vessel, basin, bowl, pitcher, pot, water-pot, [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.


a vessel for coals, [R. v, 10, 16] &c.


a round hole in the ground (for receiving and preserving water or fire, cf. agni-kuṇḍa), pit, well, spring or basin of water (especially consecrated to some holy purpose or person), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.


crippled, lame, [Mahāvy.]


m. an adulterine, son of a woman by another man than her husband while the husband is alive, [Mn. iii, 174]


(see gola and -golaka below)


N. of Śiva, [MBh. xii, 10358]


of a Nāga, [MBh. i, 4828]


of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [MBh. i, 4550]


n. ifc. a clump (e.g. darbha-k°, a clump of Darbha grass), [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 136]


a particular measure, [L.]


N. of certain mystical figures


a particular appearance of the moon (surrounded by a circle), [VarBṛS. iv, 15.]