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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कबन्धkabandhaन्धम् [ndham], न्धम् A headless trunk (especially when it retains life); (स्वं) नृत्यत्कबन्धं समरे ददर्श…
1. न्धम् ndham, न्धम् A headless trunk (especially when it retains life); (स्वं) नृत्यत्कबन्धं समरे ददर्श R.7.51, 12.49; शिवातूर्यनृत्यत्कबन्धे Ve.1.27. यस्य नेष्यति वपुः कबन्धताम् Śi. न्धः The belly; a large belly-like vessel; वसोः कबन्धमृषभो बिभर्ति Av.9.4.3.
2. A cloud.
3. A comet.
4. Name of Rāhu.
5. Water (said to be Neuter also in this sense); Śi.16.67.
6. Name of a mighty demon mentioned in the Rāmāyana. [While Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa lived in the Dandkā forest, Kabandha attacked them and was slain by them. It is said that, though at first a heavenly being, he was cursed by Indra to assume the form of a demon and to be in that state till killed by Rāma and Laksmaṇa. He advised Rāma to form friendship with Sugrīva; see Rām.3.69.27 ff.; वधनिर्धूतशापस्य कबन्धस्योपदेशतः । मुमूर्छ सख्यं रामस्य समानव्यसने हरौ ॥ R.12.57].
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कबन्धkabandhamn. (sometimes written क्/अवन्ध) a big barrel or cask, a large-bellied vessel (metaphorically applied to a…
1. mn. (sometimes written क्/अवन्ध) a big barrel or cask, a large-bellied vessel (metaphorically applied to a cloud) fg-veda AV. ix, 4, 3; x, 2, 3
2. mn. (Epic) the clouds which obscure the sun at sunset and sunrise (sometimes personified) MBh.
3. mn. the belly Nir.
4. mn. a headless trunk (shaped like a barrel; especially one retaining vitality W.) R. Pan5cat. Ragh. etc.
5. masculine gender Name of the Ra1kshasa राक्षस Danu दनु (son of S3ri1 श्री; punished by Indra इन्द्र for insolently challenging him to combat; his head and thighs were forced into his body by a blow from the god's thunderbolt, leaving him with long arms and a huge mouth in his belly; it was predicted that he would not recover his original shape until his arms were cut off by Ra1ma राम and Lakshman2a लक्ष्मण). R. iii, 69, 27ff. Hariv. Ragh. etc.
6. masculine gender Name of Ra1hu राहु Lexicographers
7. masculine gender Name of certain Ketus केतु s (96 in number) VarBr2S.
8. masculine gender Name of an A1tharvan2a आथर्वण and Gandharva गन्धर्व S3Br. xiv (कब्/अन्ध) VP. etc.
9. neuter gender water Sa1y. & Lexicographers
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अङ्कबन्धaṅkabandham. branding with a mark (that resembles a headless body) Ya1jn5.

masculine gender branding with a mark (that resembles a headless body) Ya1jn5.

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अर्कबन्धुarkabandhum. a N. of Buddha बुद्ध S3a1kya-muni शाक्य-मुनि L.
1. masculine gender a Name of Buddha बुद्ध S3a1kya-muni शाक्य-मुनि Lexicographers
2. , masculine gender "belonging to the kindred of the Sun", Name of Buddha बुद्ध, Bcar.
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कबन्धताkabandhatāf.

feminine

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कबन्धत्वkabandhatvan. headlessness, decapitation S3is3.

neuter gender headlessness, decapitation S3is3.

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कबन्धमुनिkabandhamunim. N. of a sage Va1yuP.

masculine gender Name of a sage Va1yuP.

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कबन्धवधkabandhavadham. "the slaying of Kabandha कबन्ध", N. of a chapter of the Padma-pura1n2a पद्म-पुराण .

masculine gender "the slaying of Kabandha कबन्ध", Name of a chapter of the Padma-pura1n2a पद्म-पुराण .

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कबन्धिन्kabandhinmfn. "bearing huge vessels of water or clouds" ("endowed with water" Sa1y.), N. of the Maruts मरुत् s RV. v…
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "bearing huge vessels of water or clouds" ("endowed with water" Sa1y.), Name of the Maruts मरुत् s fg-veda v, 54, 8
2. masculine gender Name of a Ka1tya1yana कात्यायन Pras3nUp.
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काकबन्ध्याkākabandhyāfor -वन्ध्या .

for -वन्ध्या .

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