Kumbhakari, Kumbhakāri: 4 definitions
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Kumbhakari means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKumbhakāri (कुम्भकारि).—A river of the Ketumāla country.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 44. 22.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKumbhakārī (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 Dictionary1) 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.]
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 corpusKuṃbhakāri (ಕುಂಭಕಾರಿ):—[noun] a kind of tree.
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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