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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Kumbhakāri (कुम्भकारि).—A river of the Ketumāla country.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 44. 22.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kumbhakārī (कुम्भकारी).—(1) name of the daughter of a village chief (grāmika): Lalitavistara 265.5; (2) in Divyāvadāna 348.20 taken by ed. as n. pr. (proper name), of a caṇḍālī cowherdess: Apalāla-nāgaṃ vinīya Kumbhakārīṃ caṇḍālīṃ gopālīṃ ca teṣāṃ Mathurām anuprāptaḥ. But in 385.(3—)4 text has (Apalālaṃ nāgaṃ damayitvā) kumbhakālaṃ (!) caṇḍālī-gopālīṃ ca nāgaṃ ca Mathurām anuprāptas…Burnouf, Intr. 377, under- stands Gopālī as the n. pr. (proper name), and takes Kumbh° as meaning potter's wife.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kumbhakārī (कुम्भकारी):—[=kumbha-kārī] [from kumbha-kāra > kumbha] f. the wife of a potter, [Pāṇini 4-1, 15; Kāśikā-vṛtti]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of a girl, [Lalita-vistara]

3) [v.s. ...] a mineral substance used as an application to strengthen the eyes and beautify the eyelashes, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] red arsenic, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kuṃbhakāri (ಕುಂಭಕಾರಿ):—[noun] a kind of tree.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kumbha, Karin.

Starts with: Kumbhakarika, Kumbhakarini.

Full-text: Kumpakari, Gopali, Ketumaladvipa.

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