kuMBaH [ kuMBUmiM kutsitaM vA uMBati pUrayati uMB-ac SakaM° Tv. ] 1 A pitcher, water-pot, jar; iyaM sustanI mastakanyastakuMBA Jag. ; varjayettAdfSaM mitraM vizakuMBaM payomuKaM H. 1. 77 ; R. 2. 36 ; so kuca,° stana° . 2 The frontal globe on the forehead of an elephant; iBakuMBa Māl. 5. 32 ; matteBakuMBadalane Buvi saMti SUrAH 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. — BA A harlot, a whore. — BaM A fragrant resin ( guggula ). Comp. — karRaH ‘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. — kAmalA a bilious affection. — kAraH 1 a potter; Y. 3. 146. 2 a mixed tribe ( veSyAyAM viprataScOryAt kuMBakAraH sa ucyate Uśanas ; or mAlAkArAtkarmakaryAM kuMBakAro vyajAyata Parāśara ). 3 a serpent. 4 a kind of wild fowl. (-rI), -kArikA 1 the wife of a potter. 2 a kind of collyrium. — GoRaH N. of a town. — jaH , — janman m. , — yoniH, -saMBavaH 1 epithets of Agastya; prasasAdodayAdaMBaH kuMBayonermahOjasaH R. 4. 21 ; 15. 55. 2 an epithet of Droṇa, the military preceptor of the Kauravas and ( pb ) Pāṇḍavas. 3 an epithet of Vasiṣṭha. — dAsI a bawd, procuress; sometimes used as a term of reproach or abuse. — DaraH the sign of the zodiac called Aquarius. — rASiH the sign Aquarius. — retas m. a form of Agni. — lagnaM that time of the day in which Aquarius rises above the horizon. — maMqUkaH 1 ( lit. ) a frog in a pitcher. 2 ( fig. ) an inexperienced man; cf. kUpamaMqUka . — SAlA pottery. — saMDiH the hollow on the top of an elephant's head between the frontal globes.