كنڈ

कुण्ड kuṇḍ, s.m. A basin, bowl, pitcher, waterpot, water-jar;—a pit for sacrifice; a hole in the ground for receiving and preserving consecrated fire; a brazier;—a hole; an abyss;—a pool, well, reservoir, spring, a basin of water especially consecrated tosome holy purpose or person;—a son born in adultery, an adulterine;—an epithet of Śiva; name of a Nāga:—kuṇḍ-vāra, s.m. A set of earthen saucers filled with boiled rice, etc. offered to the goddess of small-pox.