As a deity name
Name 330 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
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 jar, pitcher, waterpot, ewer (a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कुम्भ; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
No corroborated Sanskrit reading of this spelling is established. It resolves as a Hindi word — see “As a Hindi name” above. We say this plainly rather than force a Sanskrit story onto it.
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