m. a jar, pitcher, water-pot, ewer, small water-jar [often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' (f(ā-).) exempli gratia, 'for example'chidra-k-,a perforated pitcher ; āma-k-,a jar of unbaked clay ; hema-k-,a golden ewer ; jala-k-,a water-pot ] etc.
m. a measure of grain (equal to twenty droṇa-s, a little more than three bushels and three gallons;commonly called a comb;some make it two droṇa-s or sixty-four Seers)
m. the frontal globe or prominence on the upper part of the forehead of an elephant (there are two of these prominences which swell in the rutting season) etc.
m. pot, jar, urn (--°ree;, a. jar shaped); a measure of grain (=20 Dronas); du. frontal protuberances of an elephant; (a) ka, --°ree;, a. id.; m. n. religious exercise consisting in closing the nostrils with the right hand to suspend breathing: -karna, m. N. of a Râk shasa (brother of Râvana); -karnâya, den. Â. resemble Kumbha-karna (in sleeping long); -kâra, m. potter (a mixed caste); -kârikâ, f. wife of a potter; -ganman, m. ep. of Agastya; -dâsî, f. common prostitute; -dhânya, a. having only a potful of grain; -yoni, m. ep. of Agastya; -sambhava, m. id.
Is a word of frequent occurrence in the Rigveda, as well as later, and denotes a ‘ pot.’ Usually no doubt made of clay, it was easily broken. See also Ukhā.
noun (masculine) (archit.) the bell capital
a jar (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a measure of grain (equal to twenty Droṇas) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular part of a bed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a religious exercise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an urn in which the bones of a dead person are collected (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bully (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
closing the nostrils and mouth so as to suspend breathing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ewer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
flash or fancy man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Dānava (a son of Prahlāda and brother of Nikumbha) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Mantra (pronounced over a weapon) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a monkey (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a plant (and also of its fruit) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Rākṣasa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a work (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the father of the nineteenth Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one of the thirty-four Jātakas or former births of Śākyamuni (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pitcher (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
small water-jar (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the frontal globe or prominence on the upper part of the forehead of an elephant (there are two of these prominences which swell in the rutting season) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the paramour of a harlot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the root of a plant used in medicine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sign of the zodiac Aquarius (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
waterpot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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[medic.] a kind of pāṇḍuroga Frequency rank 1077/72933
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