The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kumuda (nt.) 1. the white lotus Dh 285; Vv 354 (=VvA 161); J v.37 (seta˚); Vism 174; DA i.139. -- 2. a
high numeral, in v"sati kumud! niray! A v.173=Sn p. 126. -- na)a a lotus -- stalk J i.223; -- patta ( -- va**a)
(having the colour of) white lotus petals J i.58 (Ep. of sindhav!, steeds); -- bha*.ik! a kind of corn Miln
292; -- va**a (adj.) of the colour of white lotus (sindhav!) PvA 74, -- vana a mass of white lotuses J v.37.
Kumbha
Kumbha [for etym. s. k(pa and cp. Low Ger. kump or kumme, a round pot] 1. a round jar, waterpot
(=kul!labh!jana earthenware DhA i.317), frequent in similes, either as illustrating fragility or emptiness
and fullness: A i.130, 131=Pug 32; A v.337; S ii.83; Miln 414. As uda˚ waterpot Dh 121; J i.20; Pv i.129. --
2. one of the frontal globes of an elephant Vin ii.195 (hatthissa); VvA 182 (˚!lank!r! ornaments for these).
-- ûpama resembling a jar, of k!ya Dh 40 (=DhA i.317); of var. kinds of puggal! A ii.104=Pug 45. -- k!ra
1. a potter; enumerated with other occupations and trades at D i.51=Miln 331. Vin iv.7. In similes,
generally referring to his skill D i.78=M ii.18; Vism 142, 376; Sn 577; DhA i.39 (˚s!l!). r!ja˚ the
-- 222 --
king's potter J i.121. -- 2. a bird (Phasianus gallus? Hardy) VvA 163. -- Cpds.: ˚antev!sin the potter's
apprentice D i.78=M ii.18; -- ˚nivesana the dwelling of a potter Vin i.342, 344; S iii.119; ˚p!ka the potter's
oven S ii.83; A iv.102; ˚ -- putta son of a potter (cp. Dial. i.100), a potter Vin iii.41 sq.; -- k!rik! a large
earthen vessel (used as a hut to live in, Bdhgh) Vin ii.143, cp. Vin. Texts iii.156; -- &&h!nakath! gossip at
the well D i.8=D iii.36=A v.128= S v.419, expld. at DA i.90 by udaka -- &&h!nakath!, with variant
udakatittha -- kath! ti pi vuccati kumbha -- d!sikath! v!; -- th(*a a sort of drum D i.6 (expl. at DA i.84:
caturassara -- amma*akat!)a' kumbhasaddan ti pi eke); D iii.183; J v.506 (p!*issara'+). -- ˚ika one who
plays that kind of drum Vin iv.285=302; -- tthenaka of cora, a thief, "who steals by means of a pot" (i. e.
lights his candle under a pot (?) Bdhgh on Vin ii.256, cp. Vin. Texts iii.325 "robber burglars") only in
simile Vin ii.256=S ii.264=A iv.278; -- d!s" a slave girl who brings the water from the well D i.168; Miln
331; DhA i.401 (udakatitthato k˚ viya !n"t!). -- d(hana milking into the pitchers, giving a pail of milk (of
g!vo, cows) Sn 309. Cp. ku*.i. -- bh!ramatta as much as a pot can hold J v.46; -- matta of the size of a pot,
in kumbhamattarahassang! mahodar! yakkh!, expln. of kumbha*.! J iii.147.
Kumbha*.a
Kumbha*.a 1. m. a class of fairies or genii grouped with Yakkhas, Rakkhasas and Asuras S ii.258 (k˚
puriso veh!sa' gacchanto); J i.204; iii.147 (with def.); Miln 267; DhA i.280; Pgdp 60. -- 2. nt. a kind of
gourd J i.411 (l!bu˚); v.37; (el!)uka -- l!buka˚); DA i.73= DhA i.309 (placed on the back of a horse, as
symbol of instability); the same as f. kumbha*." Vism 183 (l!bu+).
Kumbh"
Kumbh" (f.) a large round pot (often combd with ka)op",) Vin i.49, 52, 286; ii.142, 210; Th 2, 283. loha˚ a
copper (also as lohamaya k˚ Sn 670), in ˚pakkhepana, one of the ordeals in Niraya PvA 221. Also a name
for one of the Nirayas (see lohakumbh"). Cp. nidhi˚. -- mukha the rim of a pot (always with ka)opi --
mukha) D i.166 and#(see ka)op"); Vism 328.
Kumbh"la
Kumbh"la (ku'+bh"ra?) a crocodile (of the Ganges) J i.216, 278; DhA i.201; iii.362. -- bhaya the fear of the
crocodile, in enumeration of several objects causing fear, at M i.459 sq.=A ii.123 sq.; Miln 196=Nd2 on
bhaya. -- Th 2, 502; -- r!j! the king of the crocodiles J ii.159.
Kumbh"laka