The Sanskrit term Śumbh can be transliterated into English as Sumbh or Shumbh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śumbh (शुम्भ्).—1 P. (śumbhati)

1) To shine; प्राणन्ति शुम्भन्ति पुनन्ति वै जगत् (prāṇanti śumbhanti punanti vai jagat) Bhāgavata 1.38.12.

2) To speak.

3) To hurt, injure.

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

Śumbh (शुम्भ्).—r. 6th cl. (śumbhati) 1. To shine, to be splendid or beautiful. 2. To be handsome. 3. To hurt or injure. 4. To speak.

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Ṣumbh (षुम्भ्).—r. 1st and 6th cls. (sumbhati) 1. To speak. 2. To shine. 3. To be beautiful. 4. To hurt or kill.

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

Śumbh (शुम्भ्).— (cf. 2. śubh), i. 6, [Parasmaipada.] (ved. also [Ātmanepada.]) To shine.

— With the prep. abhi abhi, [Ātmanepada.] To assume as ornament, to adorn one’s self with (acc.), Chr. 295, 10 = [Rigveda.] i. 92, 10.

— With pra pra, [Ātmanepada.] To adorn one’s self carefully, Chr. 291, 1 = [Rigveda.] i. 85, 1.

— Cf. probably, [Anglo-Saxon.] camb: [Old High German.] kamp;

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Sumbh (सुम्भ्).—see 2. śubh.

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

Śumbh (शुम्भ्).—v. 1 & 3 śubh.

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

1) Śumbh (शुम्भ्):—2. śumbh (for 1. See √1. śubh) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] śumbhati, to kill, harm, injure (cf. √1. śubh, ni-√śubh).

2) Sumbh (सुम्भ्):—See √subh, p. 1230, col. 2.

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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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Starts with: Shumbha, Shumbhadesha, Shumbhaghatini, Shumbhahanani, Shumbhaka, Shumbhamana, Shumbhamarddini, Shumbhamardini, Shumbhamathani, Shumbhana, Shumbhanishumbha, Shumbhapura, Shumbhapuri, Shumbhavadha, Shumbhu, Sumbhita.

Ends with: Nishumbh, Prashumbh.

Full-text (+9): Shubh, Nishumbha, Nisumbhati, Anusumbhati, Parisumbhana, Shumbhapura, Nishumbhana, Shumbhavadha, Shumbhanishumbha, Nishubh, Nishumbh, Shumbhadesha, Patisumbhita, Shumbhahanani, Parishubh, Shumbhamathani, Shumbhaghatini, Shumbhamardini, Prashumbh, Nishumbhamathani.

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