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Monier-Williams · kumbha
kumbhá m. a jar, pitcher, waterpot, ewer, small water-jar [often ifc. (f. ā), 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 promin