كمبھہ

कुम्भ kumbha, vulg. kumbh, s.m. A water-pot, pitcher, jar;—the sign Aquarius;—a measure of grain equal to twenty droṇas; the frontal globe on the upper part of the forehead of an elephant; a religiousexercise, viz. closing the nostrils and mouth so as to suspend breathing (=kumbhak):—the paramour of a harlot; name of a Rākshas; name of a Dānav:—kumbh, or kumbh-kāmelā, s.m. A fair held by Hindūfaqīrs every twelfth years at Hardwār and Allahabad (so called because the sun is then in Aquarius):—kumbhāṇḍā(S. kumbha+aṇḍās), s.m. pl. A class of demons with testicles shaped like a kumbha:—kumbhaja, vulg. kumbhaj, adj. (f. -ā), Born in a waterpot;—an epithet of Agastya:—kumbha-kāmalā, s.f. A bilious affection, a sort of jaundice together with swelling of the joints:—kumbhakār, s.m. (f. -ikāor -in), A potter (=kumhār):—kumbha-karaṇ, s.m. lit. 'Having ears like waterpots'; name of a Rākshas, the gigantic brother of Rāvaṇ.