a thick heavy spiral shell, occasionally bearing long projections, of various marine gastropod molluscs of the family Strombidae; a conch.

an ornamental band, hoop or chain worn on the wrist; a bracelet.

an elephant.

water.

the white colour.

that part of a human joining the head to the body; the neck.

the grass Pennisetum typhoides (= Holcus spicata, = Panicum spicatum) of Poaceae family.

its grain; spiked millet.

one of the sub-castes (social system).

a long piece of wood, metal, etc. usu. rounded, used as a support from below; a pole.

an old unit of land measure (now obs.).

the tree Polyalthia longifolia of Annonaceae family; Indian mast tree.

a long piece of wood, metal, etc. usu. rounded, used as a support from below; a pole; a pillar.

an old unit of land measure (now obs.).

ಕಂಬದ ಮರ kambada mara the ornamental tree Polyalthia longifolia of Annonaceae family; the Indian mast tree.

a vessel, usu. rounded, of ceramic ware or metal or glass for holding liquids; a pot; a pitcher.

boiled rice made in a pot, offered to a deity during festivals.

a measure of grain equal to twenty drōṇas.

an enclosure, fence around the place where sacrifice is performed.

= ಕುಂಬೆ1.

= ಕುಂಬು3.

a sub-sect among farming caste.

to hang loosely so as to swing back and forth; to dangle.

to throw oneself in prostrate position, in obeisance.

to jump in joy, clapping.

the act of bending.

the act of prostrating before another in obeisance.

(said of wood) the fact of being eaten by termites; a deterioration; a wasting or being wasted away.

that which is weak as a soaked wood; ಕುಂಬು ತಲೆ k umbu tale (fig.) the quaity or condition of being stupid; stupidity.

a hard, hollow, bony or keratinous, permanent projection that grows on the head of various hoofed animals, esp. bovid ruminants; a horn.

a feeling of one's assumed importance or esteem from one's success, merit, status, etc.

a wall of small height built on the roof of a building that serves as a balustrade.

the tree Gardenia resinifera (= G. lucida) of Rubiaceae family.

a water pot; a pitcher.

a small water pot used as a symbol of motherhood, fertility and plenty.

a measure of grain equal to twenty drōṇas.

the frontal globe on the upper part of the forehead of an elephant.

the tree Boswellia glabra of Burseraceae family; Indian olibanum.

the eleventh sign of the Zodiac, entered by the sun about January 21; the Aquarius.

a thickset, usu. extremely large nearly hairless herbivorous mammal, Elephas maximus which has a snout elongated into a muscular trunk and two incisors in the upper jaw developed especially in the male into large ivory tusks; an elephant.

(myth.) one of the hells.

the tree Myristica malbarica of Myristicaceae family; false nutmeg tree.

an earthen pot.

a vessel for storing grains.