As a deity name
Name 635 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
कुम्भ · kumbha · s.m.
A water-pot, pitcher, jar — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 847
कुंभ · masculine
Aquarius
कुंभ · masculine
a jar, pitcher, waterpot, ewer; urn
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कुम्भ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha). Cognate with Marathi कुंभ (kumbha).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kumbha as, m. a jar, pitcher, water-pot, ewer, small water-jar [often ifc. (f(ā). ) e.g. chidra-k˚, a perforated pitcher, R.; āma-k˚, a jar of unbaked clay, Pañcat.; hema-k˚, a golden ewer, Ragh. ii, 36; Amar.; jala-k˚, a water-pot, Pañcat.] RV.; AV. &c.
an urn in which the bones of a dead person are collected, ĀśvGṛ.; KātyŚr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a measure of grain (equal to twenty Droṇas, a little more than three bushels and three gallons; commonly called a comb; some make it two Droṇas or sixty-four Seers)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kumbha" is the vocative of "kumbhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
kumbha as, m. a jar, pitcher, water-pot, ewer, small water-jar [often ifc. (f(ā). ) e.g. chidra-k˚, a perforated pitcher, R.; āma-k˚, a jar of unbaked clay, Pañcat.; hema-k˚, a golden ewer, Ragh. ii, 36; Amar.; jala-k˚, a water-pot, Pañcat.] RV.; AV. &c.
an urn in which the bones of a dead person are collected, ĀśvGṛ.; KātyŚr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.
the sign of the zodiac Aquarius, Jyot.; VarBṛS. &c.
a measure of grain (equal to twenty Droṇas, a little more than three bushels and three gallons; commonly called a comb; some make it two Droṇas or sixty-four Seers), Mn. viii, 320; Hcat.
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), MBh.; Bhartṛ. &c.
kumbhā (ā), f. a harlot, L.
the plant Tiaridium indicum, L.
Alternative readings
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