kabaṃdhaḥ

Dictionary meanings for kabaṃdhaḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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kabaṃdhaḥ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A headless trunk (especially when it retains life); (svaṃ) nṛtyatkabaṃdhaṃ samare dadarśa R. 7. 51, 12. 49. dhaḥ 1 The belly.

2 A cloud.

3 A comet.

4 N. of Rāhu.

5 Water (said to be n. also in this sense); Śi. 16. 67.

6 N. of a mighty demon mentioned in the Rāmāyaṇa. [While Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa lived in the Daṇḍakā forest, Kabandha attacked them and was slain by them. It is said that, though at first a...

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