Khundha, Khūndha: 1 definition

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Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Khūndha (खून्ध) (Gujarati; in Sanskrit: Kakuda) refers to the “hump on the shoulders of an Indian bull”, as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 385, l. 4]—‘Kakuda’ means the hump on the shoulders of an Indian bull. This word occurs in Mahābhāṣya (p 1). Its Pāiya (Prakrit) equivalent is ‘kauha’ or ‘kakuha’. Cf the Gujarati word ‘khūndha’.

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