m. a jar, pitcher, water-pot, ewer, small water-jar [often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' (f(ā-).) exempli gratia, 'for example'chidra-k-,a perforated pitcher ; āma-k-,a jar of unbaked clay ; hema-k-,a golden ewer ; jala-k-,a water-pot ] etc.
m. a measure of grain (equal to twenty droṇa-s, a little more than three bushels and three gallons;commonly called a comb;some make it two droṇa-s or sixty-four Seers)
m. 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) etc.
कुम्भः [कुं भूमिं कुत्सितं वा उम्भति पूरयति उम्भ्-अच् शकं˚ Tv.] 1 A pitcher, water-pot, jar; इयं सुस्तनी मस्तकन्यस्तकुम्भा Jag.; वर्जयेत्तादृशं मित्रं विषकुम्भं पयोमुखम् H.1.74; R.2.36; so कुच˚, स्तन˚. -2 The frontal globe on the forehead of an elephant; इभकुम्भ Māl.5.32; मत्तेभकुम्भदलने भुवि सन्ति शूराः Bh.1.59. -3 Aquarius, the eleventh sign of the zodiac. -4 A measure of grain equal to 2 droṇas; धान्यं दशभ्यः कुम्भेभ्यो हरतो$भ्यधिकं वधः Ms.8.32. -5 (In Yoga phil.) Closing the nostrils and mouth so as to suspend breathing. -6 The paramour of a harlot. -7 An urn in which the bones of dead bodies are collected. -8 A kind of heart-disease. -9 N. of a plant (and also of its fruit); क्वचिद् बिल्वैः क्वचित्कुम्भैः क्वचिच्चा- मलकमुष्टिभिः Bhāg.1.18.14. -भा A harlot, a whore. -भम् A fragrant resin (गुग्गुल). -Comp. -उदरः one of the attendants of Śiva; अवेहि मां किङ्करमष्टमूर्तेः कुम्भोदरं नाम निकुम्भमित्रम् R.2.35. -उलूकः a kind of owl; हृत्वा पिष्ट- मयं पूपं कुम्भोलूकः प्रजायते Mb.13.111.11. -उलूखकम् a medicinal plant (Mar. गुग्गुळ). -कर्णः 'pitcher-eared', N. of a gigantic Rākṣasa, a brother of Rāvaṇa and slain by Rāma. [He is said to have devoured thousands of beings including sages and heavenly nymphs, and the gods were anxiously waiting for an opportunity to retaliate upon the powerful demon. After Brahmā had inflicted on him a curse for the humiliation to which he subjected Indra and his elephant Airāvata, Kumbhakarṇa began to practise the most rigid austerities. Brahmā was pleased and was about to grant him a boon, when the gods requested Sarasvatī to sit on his tongue and to pervert it. Accordingly when he went to the god, instead of asking Indrapada he asked Nidrāpada which was readily granted. It is said that he slept for six months at a time, and, when roused, was awake for only one day. When Lankā was besieged by the monkey-troops of Rāma, Ravāṇa with great difficulty roused Kumbhakarṇa, desirous of availing himself of his gigantic strength. After having drunk 2 jars of liquor, he took Sugrīva prisoner, besides devouring thousands of monkeys. He was ultimately slain by Rāma.] Rām.6; R.12.8. -2 an epithet of Śiva; Mb.12. -कामला a bilious affection. -कारः 1 a potter; मृद्दण्डचक्रसंयोगात्कुम्भकारो यथा घटम् (करोति) Y.3.146. -2 a mixed tribe (वेश्यायां विप्रतश्चौर्यात् कुम्भकारः स उच्यते Uśanas; or मालाकारात्कर्मकर्यां कुम्भकारो व्यजायत Parāśara). -3 a serpent. -4 a kind of wild fowl. (-री), -कारिका 1 the wife of a potter. -2 a kind of collyrium. -घोणः N. of a town. -जः, -जन्मन् m. -योनिः, m. -संभवः 1 epithets of Agastya; एतदाख्याय रामाय महर्षिः कुम्भसंभवः Rām.7.8.1; प्रससादोदयादम्भः कुम्भयोनेर्महौजसः R.4.21;15.55. -2 an epithet of Droṇa, the military preceptor of the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas. -3 an epithet of Vasiṣṭha. -दासी a bawd, procuress; sometimes used as a term of reproach or abuse. -धरः the sign ef the zodiac called Aquarius. -पञ्जरः a niche in the wall. -राशिः the sign Aquarius. -रेतस् m. a form of Agni. -लग्नम् that time of the day in which Aquarius rises above the horizon.
-मण्डूकः 1 (lit.) a frog in a pitcher. -2 (fig.) an inexperienced man; cf. कूपमण्डूक. -शाला pottery. -सन्धिः the hollow on the top of an elephant's head between the frontal globes.
कुम्भकः 1 The base of a column (used especially in this sense frequently in inscription). -2 A religious exercise (in Yoga phil.), stopping the breath by closing the mouth and both nostrils with the fingers of the right hand; प्राणापानौ संनिरुन्ध्यात्पूरकुम्भकरेचकैः Bhāg.7.15.32.
m. pot, jar, urn (--°ree;, a. jar shaped); a measure of grain (=20 Dronas); du. frontal protuberances of an elephant; (a) ka, --°ree;, a. id.; m. n. religious exercise consisting in closing the nostrils with the right hand to suspend breathing: -karna, m. N. of a Râk shasa (brother of Râvana); -karnâya, den. Â. resemble Kumbha-karna (in sleeping long); -kâra, m. potter (a mixed caste); -kârikâ, f. wife of a potter; -ganman, m. ep. of Agastya; -dâsî, f. common prostitute; -dhânya, a. having only a potful of grain; -yoni, m. ep. of Agastya; -sambhava, m. id.
Is a word of frequent occurrence in the Rigveda, as well as later, and denotes a ‘ pot.’ Usually no doubt made of clay, it was easily broken. See also Ukhā.
noun (masculine) (archit.) the bell capital
a jar (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a measure of grain (equal to twenty Droṇas) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular part of a bed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a religious exercise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an urn in which the bones of a dead person are collected (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bully (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
closing the nostrils and mouth so as to suspend breathing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ewer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
flash or fancy man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Dānava (a son of Prahlāda and brother of Nikumbha) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Mantra (pronounced over a weapon) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a monkey (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a plant (and also of its fruit) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Rākṣasa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a work (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the father of the nineteenth Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one of the thirty-four Jātakas or former births of Śākyamuni (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pitcher (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
small water-jar (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the paramour of a harlot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the root of a plant used in medicine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sign of the zodiac Aquarius (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
waterpot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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[medic.] a kind of pāṇḍuroga Frequency rank 1077/72933
noun (masculine) a measure (of grain) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a pot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an attendant of Skanda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the base of a column (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the prominence on the upper part of an elephant's forehead (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[astrol.] a sign of the zodiac (?) Frequency rank 23743/72933
noun (masculine neuter) stopping the breath by shutting the mouth and closing the nostrils with the fingers of the right hand (a religious exercise) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a Daitva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king; commentator of Gītagovinda
name of a locality (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Muni (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Rākṣasa (the brother of Rāvaṇa) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a potter (being according to some authorities the son of a Brāhman by a wife of the Kṣatriya caste) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a serpent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a wild fowl (Phasianus gallus) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a sort of collyrium (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Glycine labialis
the wife of a potter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
woman of the potter caste (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a mineral substance used as an application to strengthen the eyes and beautify the eyelashes (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a girl (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
red arsenic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the wife of a potter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of Agastya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Nārāyaṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the polar star Frequency rank 27586/72933
noun (masculine) name of Agastya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Droṇa (the military preceptor of the Kurus and Pāṇḍus) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Vasiṣṭha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) name of an Apsaras (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the plant Phlomis zeylanica Roxb. (commonly droṇa-puṣpī) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Croton Polyandrum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Dānava (son of Prahlada) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a hero on the side of the Kurus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king of Ayodhyā (son of Haryaśva and father of Saṃhatāśva or Varhaṇāśva) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Rākṣasa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an attendant of either Śiva or Skanda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of the Viśve Devās (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a cup filled with holy water (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a partic. mode of fighting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Dānava (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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