कुम्भ kumbh

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How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

A pitcher, pot (of clay).
Aquarius, sign of the zodiac.
A sacred festival of the Hindus which falls after every twelve years in January-February (so called because the sun is then in Aquarius).
myth. Sacred vessel containing ambrosia (amṛt) from the churning of the sea of milk.

Usual translation

  1. kumbh

Origin of the definition

कुंभ kumbha kumbh (nm) a pitcher, pot (of clay); Aquarius, sign of the zodiac; a sacred festival of the Hindus which falls after every twelve years; ~क in pra:ṉa:ya:m, the phase of stopping the breath by shutting the mouth and closing the nostrils with the fingers of the right hand; ~कार a potter.

कुंभ kumbh [S.], m. 1. a water-pot, jar. 2. the sign Aquarius (of the zodiac). 3. the festival (melā) held every twelfth January-February at Allahabad, Hardvār and other centres (so called because the sun is then in Aquarius). 4. the lobe on the upper part of an elephant's forehead. — कुंभकर्ण or ˚-करण, m. mythol. pot-eared: name of a rākṣas, the brother of Rāvaṇ. कुंभकार, m. = कुम्हार. कुंभज, adj. mythol. pot-born: a name of the sage Agastya, and of others. कुंभराशि, f. the constellation Aquarius.

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Created
Sunday 30 August 2020
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