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कुंभः (kuMbhaH)

 
Apte 1890
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कुंभः [कुंभूमिं कुत्सितं वा उंभति पूरयति उंभ्-अच् शकं° Tv.] 1 A pitcher, water-pot, jar
इयं सुस्तनी मस्तकन्यस्तकुंभा Jag.
वर्जयेत्तादृशं मित्रं विषकुंभं पयोमुखं H. 1. 77
R. 2. 36
so कुच, ° स्तन°.
2 The frontal globe on the forehead of an elephant
इभकुंभ Māl. 5. 32
मत्तेभकुंभदलने भुवि संति शूराः Bh. 1. 59.
3 Aquarius, the eleventh sign of the zodiac.
4 A measure of grain equal to 20 droṇas
Ms. 8. 320.
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.
भा A harlot, a whore.
भं A fragrant resin (गुग्गुल).
Comp.
कर्णः ‘pitchereared’, N. of a gigantic Rākṣasa, 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 nidrapada 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 Laṅkā was besieged by the monkey-troops of Rāma, Rāvaṇa with great difficulty roused Kumbhakarṇa, desirous of availing himself of his gigantic strength. After having drunk 2000 jars of liquor, he took Sugrīva prisoner, besides devouring thousands of monkeys. He was ultimately slain by Rāma]. {2} an epithet of Śiva.
कामला a bilious affection.
कारः {1} a potter
Y. 3. 146. {2} a mixed tribe (वेश्यायां विप्रतश्चौर्यात् कुंभकारः स उच्यते Uśanas
or मालाकारात्कर्मकर्यां कुंभकारो 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,
संभवः {1} epithets of Agastya
प्रससादोदयादंभः कुंभयोनेर्महौजसः 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 of the zodiac called Aquarius.
राशिः the sign Aquarius.
रेतस् m. a form of Agni.
लग्नं that time of the day in which Aquarius rises above the horizon.
मंडूकः {1} (lit.) a frog in a pitcher. {2} (fig.) an inexperienced man
cf. कूपमंडूक.
शाला pottery.
संधिः the hollow on the top of an elephant's head between the frontal globes.