search `kumbha' in `Apte Dic'

meanings of "kumbha" [1]

m.{a-stem}

1.a pitcher;

2.the frontal globe on the forehead of an elephant;

3.aquarius;

4.a measure of grain equal to 20 droNas;

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;

9.name of a plant (and also of its fruit)

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meanings of "kumbha" [2]

n.{a-stem}

1.a fragrant resin

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