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Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Kumbhīnasa (कुम्भीनस).—An asura and a notorious philanderer. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 39, Verse 7).

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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.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Kumbhīnasa (कुम्भीनस) is a synonym of Sarpa (“snake”), according to the Amarakośa.—The Sanatkumāra Saṃhitā (III.36cd-37ab) states that snakes are of two kinds, Nāgas and Sarpas. While the former can take any form they desire, the latter are those which glide. The Amarakośa (verses I.10.3-6) gives 33 synonyms for snake [viz. Kumbhīnasa]. Snakes are said to reside in Nāgaloka which is located in the endless bowels of the earth with countless palaces, houses and towers, it is also known as pātālaloka.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kumbhīnasa (कुम्भीनस).—a kind of venomous serpent; उद्वेल्लन्ति पुराणरोहिणतरु- स्कन्धेषु कुम्भीनसाः (udvellanti purāṇarohiṇataru- skandheṣu kumbhīnasāḥ) Uttararāmacarita 2.29.

Derivable forms: kumbhīnasaḥ (कुम्भीनसः).

Kumbhīnasa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kumbhī and nasa (नस).

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

Kumbhīnasa (कुम्भीनस).—m.

(-saḥ) A large, and venomous snake. f. (-sī) The mother of Lavana, a Rakshasa or fiend. E. kumbhī a pitcher, and nasa derived from nāsā the nose; having wide nostrils.

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

Kumbhīnasa (कुम्भीनस).—[masculine] a kind of serpent.

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

1) Kumbhīnasa (कुम्भीनस):—[=kumbhī-nasa] [from kumbhī > kumbha] m. ‘jar-nosed’, a kind of large venomous snake, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā v, 5, 14, 1]

2) [v.s. ...] a kind of venomous insect, [Suśruta]

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

Kumbhīnasa (कुम्भीनस):—(saḥ) 1. m. A large and venomous snake. f. The mother of Lavana, a rakshasa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kumbhinasa in German

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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

Kuṃbhīnasa (ಕುಂಭೀನಸ):—[noun] a snake or serpent.

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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.

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Partial matches: Kumbhi, Nasa.

Starts with: Kumbhinasanatha.

Full-text: Kumbhinasi, Shabdadipika, Nasa.

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