कुम्भ
kumbha

Sanskrit noun

Last edited: 2025-09-30
Primary meaning Aquarius
Literal translation pot
Edited by
Aquarius zodiac sign

स्कन्धे तु रिक्तः पुरुषस्य कुम्भो जङ्घोरुमेकादशमाहुराद्याः।

skandhe tu riktaḥ puruṣasya kumbho jaṅghorum ekādaśam āhur ādyāḥ|

‘An emptied pot on the shoulder of a man. The ancients call this the eleventh [sign, which is] the shanks and thighs.’

— Vṛddhayavanajātaka 1.14ab

Genre: astrological treatise
Provenance: India
Date: ca. 300–325 CE

Mak, Bill M. 2018. “The First Two Chapters of Mīnarāja’s Vṛddhayavanajātaka.” Zinbun 48: 1–31. 15

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APA (7th)
Mak, B. (2025). कुम्भ (Lemma #6351). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6351/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Mak, B. (2025). कुम्भ (Lemma #6351). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6351/
MLA (9th)
Mak, B. (2025). कुम्भ (Lemma #6351). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6351/
Harvard
Mak, B. (2025) कुम्भ (Lemma #6351), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6351/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6351,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Mak, Bill},
	year = {2025},
	title = {कुम्भ ({Lemma} #6351)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6351/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6351/},
}