Nikumbha, Nikumbhā: 20 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Nikumbha (निकुम्भ):—(1. ni + ku)

1) m. a) Name einer Pflanze, Croton polyandrum Spr., [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 5, 10.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 456. fg.] [Medinīkoṣa bh. 17.] [Ratnamālā 34.] [Harivaṃśa 3843.] [Suśruta 2, 375, 2. 455, 5. 519, 10.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Dānava [Mahābhārata 1, 2534. 2662.] [Harivaṃśa 8002. fgg. 8472. fgg. 12932.] eines Sohnes des Prahlāda (wie auch Kumbha) [Mahābhārata 1, 2527.] Vaters von Sunda und Upasunda [Sundopasundopākhyāna 1, 2.] Nomen proprium eines Rakṣas [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 45, 10. 80, 1. 6, 31, 8. 35, 19.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 10, 18.] eines Sohnes des Kumbhakarṇa (vgl. kumbha) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge des Śiva [Harivaṃśa 1557.] avehi māṃ kiṃkaramaṣṭamūrteḥ kumbhodaraṃ nāma nikumbhatulyam (Schol. in der Calc. Ausg.: nikumbho mahādevasya bhaktaviśeṣaḥ) [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 35.] Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 2558.] unter den Viśve Devāḥ [Harivaṃśa] [LANGL. II, 311] (die Calc. Ausg. [11543] liest hier viskumbhu). Nomen proprium eines Helden auf Seiten der Kuru [Mahābhārata 7, 6850.] Nomen proprium eines Königs von Ayodhyā, Sohnes des Haryaśva und Vaters des Saṃhatāśva (Varhaṇāśva [Bhāgavatapurāṇa]) [Harivaṃśa 707. fg.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 362.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 6, 24. 25.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, Anhang] v. —

2) f. ī = nikumbha [1.] [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]

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Nikumbha (निकुम्भ):—

1) b) Nomen proprium eines Geschlechts [Oxforder Handschriften 352,b,6.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Nikumbha (निकुम्भ):——

1) m. (*f. ī) Croton polyandrum [Rājan 6,160.] —

2) m. Nomen proprium — a) eines Dānava. — b) eines Rakṣas. — c) eines Wesens im Gefolge — α) Śiva's. — β) Skanda's. — d) eines der Viśva Devās. — e) verschiedener Männer.

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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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