निकुम्भ

{ nikumbhḥ, nikumbha }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

A king born in the Ikṣvāku dynasty. He was the son of Haryaśva and the father of Saṁhitāśva [Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 1] .
NIKUMBHA I   A very mighty Rākṣasa. Son of Kumbhakarṇa (Rāvaṇa's brother) by his wife Vajramālā. He had an elder brother called Kumbha. When Kumbha was killed in the Rāma-Rāvaṇa war Nikumbha rushed to the front line and fought fiercely, and he was killed by Hanūmān. [Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha Kāṇḍa, Canto 77] .
NIKUMBHA II   Third son of Prahlāda. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 63, Verse 19] .
NIKUMBHA III   An asura born in the dynasty of Hiraṇyakaśipu. Sunda and Upasunda were his sons. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 208, Verse 2] .
NIKUMBHA IV   A warrior of Subrahmaṇya [Śalya Parva, Chapter 45, Verse 58] .
NIKUMBHA VI   Another form of Gaṇapati. The following story about him in the Nikumbha state is told in Vāyu Purāṇa. Suyaśā, wife of Divodāsa used to worship in the Nikumbha temple of Vārāṇasī for the sake of a child. As the worship did not yield the desired effect, Divodāsa smashed the idol in the temple into pieces. Then Nikumbha cursed that Vārāṇasī should decline. As a result of the curse the Hehayas like Tālajaṅgha and others destroyed Vārāṇasī and drove Divodāsa away from there. At last the Nikumbha temple was rebuilt and Vārāṇasī became prosperous again.

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : निकुंभ, निकुंभ, निकुंभ, निकुंभ

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नि-कुम्भ  f.  m. Croton Polyandrum (also f( ई)., [L.])

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नि कुम्भ

N. of a दानव (son of प्रह्लाद and brother of कुम्भ, father of सुन्द and उपसुन्द), [MBh.]
of a राक्षस, [R.]
of a son of कुम्भ-कर्ण, [L.]
of an attendant of either शिव ( [Hariv.]) or स्कन्द ( [MBh.])
विस्कुम्भु   of one of the विश्वे देवाs, [Hariv.] ( C.)
of a hero on the side of the कुरुs, [MBh.]
of a king of अ-योध्या (son of हर्य्-अश्व and father of संहताश्व or वर्हणाश्व), [Hariv.]; [Pur.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

निकुम्भः [nikumbhḥ]   1 N. of an attendant of Śiva; [R.2.35.]
 N. N. of the father of Sunda and Upasunda.

Shabda-Sagara

निकुम्भ  m.  ( -म्भः)
1. The son of KUMBHAKARṆA, the brother of RĀVAṆA. 2. A plant, (Croton polyandrum)
E. कु the earth, भू to be, affix खच्, and नि prefixed.

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कु भू खच् नि