Kumbhanda, Kumbhāṇḍa, Kumbhaṇḍa, Kumbhandā, Kumbhānda, Kumbhamda: 19 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKumbhāṇḍa (कुम्भाण्ड):—(ku + aṇḍa)
1) m. pl. eine Klasse dämonischer Wesen bei den Buddhisten (deren Hoden topfähnlich sind) [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 84. 116.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa 127. 208. 241. 288. 325.] [Burnouf 167.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 55. 239.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 125.] Auch kumbhāṇḍaka [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 54.] Als sg. Nomen proprium eines Ministers des Asura Bāṇa [Harivaṃśa 9844. fgg.] [10890. fgg.] Vgl. kumbhamuṣka und kuṣmāṇḍa . —
2) f. ī Var. von kuṣmāṇḍī [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] Hieraus schliesst [Śabdakalpadruma], dass auch kumbhāṇḍa = kuṣmāṇḍa sein müsse.
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Kumbhāṇḍa (कुम्भाण्ड):—Nomen proprium eines Ministers des Bāṇa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 62, 14. 63, 8. 16.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKumbhāṇḍa (कुम्भाण्ड):——
1) m. Nomen proprium — a) einer Klasse dämonischer Wesen (mit Rudra an der Spitze) bei den Buddhisten [Lalitavistarapurāṇa 148,16.266,14.313,11.] — b) eines Minister des Asura Bāṇa. —
2) *f. ī Beninkasa cerifera.
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Starts with: Kumbhandaka, Kumbhandakodara.
Ends with: Vikumbhanda.
Full-text (+76): Merususambhava, Bhimottara, Sucirnadhvaja, Kushmanda, Kumbhandaka, Virudhaka, Citralekha, Kumbhandi, Caturmaharajikakayika, Vallibha, Nagadhipati, Shalasucitra, Anantashubhanayanakesarin, Hitacaranasamkrama, Virabahu, Kumbhamushka, Virulha, Labu, Nayanayudha, Kinnara.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.10.40 < [Chapter 10 - Description of the Birth of Lord Balarāma]
Verse 8.13.49 < [Chapter 13 - A Thousand Names of Lord Balarāma]
Verse 8.11.7 < [Chapter 11 - The King of Prayers to Lord Balarāma]
The Book of Protection (by Piyadassi Thera)
Discourse 24 - Discourse On Atanatiya < [Discourses]
Discourse 18 - The Great Assembly < [Discourses]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 1 - The Āṭānāṭiya Paritta < [Chapter 39 - How the Āṭānāṭiya Paritta came to be Taught]
Part 4 - Taming of Āḷavaka the Ogre < [Chapter 33 - The Buddha’s Fifteenth Vassa at Kapilavatthu]
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 117 - Vana—the Great Asura < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chapter 130 - Krishna Finds Aniruddha < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chapter 119 - Usha Meets Her Lover While Asleep < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 50(b) - The Third Siege of Mathura: Jarāsandha’s defeat < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Chapter 63 - Bāṇa Vanquished—Aniruddha brought to Dvārakā < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Chapter 62 - Aniruddha taken captive by Bāṇāsura < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 53 - The dalliance of Ūṣā and Aniruddha < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 51 - The story of Ūṣā < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 52 - The story of Ūṣā (2) < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]