कुंभ (kuMbha)
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EnglishkuMBa {% m. %} 1. A pitcher, a water-pot, a jar, हेमकुंभस्तननिःसृतानाम् R.ii.36, Am.S.95, Sr.T.13
2. Aquarius, the eleventh sign of the zodiac
3. a measure of grain equal to 20 droṇas, M.viii.320
4. the frontal globe on the forehead of an elephant, मत्तेभकुंभदलने भुवि संति शूराः Bhartr.i.59
5. closing the nostrils and mouth so as to suspend breathing (in Yoga phil.)
6. the paramour of a harlot.
पुराणम्
Englishकुम्भ १ / KUMBHA I. One of the three sons of prahlāda, the other two being virocana and nikumbha. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 65, Verse 19).
कुम्भ / KUMBHA. II. Son of kumbhakarṇa, whose wife vajrajvālā bore him two sons called kumbha and nikumbha. Both of them were very powerful, and kumbha, in the rāma-rāvaṇa war defeated the army of monkeys on various occasions. Many of the ministers of sugrīva tried to defeat kumbha. aṅgada, son of bāli also could not stand up to him. Then sugrīva fought against kumbha and flung him into the sea when the water in it rose up to the level of mount vindhya. kumbha came ashore from the sea roaring but was fisted to death by sugrīva. (vālmīki rāmāyaṇa, yuddha Kāṇḍa, Canto 76).
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