Kumbhasandhi, Kumbha-sandhi: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kumbhasandhi (कुम्भसन्धि).—the hollow on the top of an elephant's head between the frontal globes.

Derivable forms: kumbhasandhiḥ (कुम्भसन्धिः).

Kumbhasandhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kumbha and sandhi (सन्धि).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kumbhasandhi (कुम्भसन्धि).—m.

(-ndhiḥ) The hollow on the top of an elephant’s head, between the frontal globes. E. kumbha the frontal globe, and sandhi junction.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kumbhasandhi (कुम्भसन्धि):—[kumbha-sandhi] (ndhiḥ) 2. m. The hollow on the top of an elephant’s head.

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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.

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