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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कुम्भकkumbhaka1 The base of a column (used especially in this sense frequently in inscription).
    1. 1 The base of a column (used especially in this sense frequently in inscription).
    2. A religious exercise (in Yoga Philosophy), stopping the breath by closing the mouth and both nostrils with the fingers of the right hand; प्राणापानौ संनिरुन्ध्यात्पूरकुम्भकरेचकैः Bhāg.7.15.32.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कुम्भकkumbhakam. ifc. a pot Katha1s.
    1. masculine gender in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' a pot Katha1s.
    2. masculine gender a measure (of grain, etc.) Jyot.
    3. masculine gender the prominence on the upper part of an elephant's forehead MBh. xii, 4280
    4. mn. stopping the breath by shutting the mouth and closing the nostrils with the fingers of the right hand (a religious exercise) BhP. Veda7ntas. Sarvad. etc.
    5. masculine gender the base of a column Buddh.
    6. masculine gender Name of an attendant of Skanda स्कन्द MBh. ix, 2577
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  2. कुम्भकपद्धतिkumbhakapaddhatif. N. of wk.

    feminine Name of work

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  3. कुम्भकर्णkumbhakarṇam. "pot-eared", N. of a Ra1kshasa राक्षस (the brother of Ra1van2a रावण, described in R. vi as sleeping for six…
    1. masculine gender "pot-eared", Name of a Ra1kshasa राक्षस (the brother of Ra1van2a रावण, described in R. vi as sleeping for six months at a time and then waking to gorge himself) MBh. iii R. Ragh. xii, 80 BhP.
    2. masculine gender Name of a Daitya दैत्य Hariv.
    3. masculine gender of a Muni मुनि Va1yuP.
    4. masculine gender of a locality
    5. masculine gender of S3iva शिव MBh. xii, 10350
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  4. कुम्भकर्णवधkumbhakarṇavadham. "the slaughter of Kumbhakarn2a कुम्भकर्ण", N. of a section of the PadmaP.

    masculine gender "the slaughter of Kumbhakarn2a कुम्भकर्ण", Name of a section of the PadmaP.

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  5. कुम्भकामलाkumbhakāmalāf. a bilious affection (sort of jaundice together with swelling of the joints Sus3r.; cf. कुम्भ-पाद).

    feminine a bilious affection (sort of jaundice together with swelling of the joints Sus3r.; confer, compare कुम्भ-पाद).

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  6. कुम्भकारkumbhakāram. a potter (being according to some authorities the son of a Bra1hman Brahman by a wife of the Kshatriya…
    1. masculine gender a potter (being according to some authorities the son of a Bra1hman Brahman by a wife of the Kshatriya क्षत्रिय caste) Ya1jn5. iii, 146 MBh. etc.
    2. masculine gender a serpent Lexicographers
    3. masculine gender a wild fowl (Phasianus gallus) Lexicographers
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  7. कुम्भकारकkumbhakārakam. a potter W.

    masculine gender a potter W.

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  8. कुम्भकारककुक्कुटkumbhakārakakukkuṭam. a wild fowl (Phasianus gallus) L.

    masculine gender a wild fowl (Phasianus gallus) Lexicographers

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  9. कुम्भकारिकाkumbhakārikāf. the wife of a potter, woman of the potter caste Katha1s.
    1. feminine the wife of a potter, woman of the potter caste Katha1s.
    2. feminine a sort of collyrium Lexicographers
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