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कुम्भ

घड़ा, पानी का कलसा, हाथी की ललाट, नारदपुत्र राशि विशेष, एक राक्षस, कामुक वारनारी का

water jar, frontal globe on the forehead of an elephant, aquarius, name of the son of narada, name of a demon, paramour of a courtesan

Monier–Williams

कुम्भ — {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 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 √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 Rākshasa (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##({ā}), f. a harlot L##the plant Tiaridium indicum L##(fr. √{kumbh}) covering Vop##({ī}), f. a small jar or pot, earthen cooking vessel VS. AV. TS. &c##N. of a hell Kāraṇḍ##of a plant Bālar##a small tree (the seeds of which are used in medicine, commonly Kaṭphala) L##Bignonia suaveolens L##Pistia Stratiotes L##another plant (commonly Romaśa) L##the plant Croton polyandrum L##the plant Myrica sapida L##({am}), n. the plant Ipomoea Turpethum L##a fragrant resin ({gúggulu}), or the plant which bears it L##gold Gal##[ [293, 1] ? ; Lat. {cymba}.]