करम्भ

{ karambha }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KARAMBHA   Brother of Rambha, father of Mahiṣāsura. See under Mahiṣa.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

करम्भ  m.  m. groats or coarsely-ground oats &c.
   a dish of parched grain, a cake or flour or meal mixed with curds, a kind of gruel (generally offered to पूषन् as having no teeth to masticate hard food), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c.
   a mixture
    N. of a poisonous plant, [Suśr.]
   of a son of शकुनि and father of देवरात, [Hariv.]
   of the father of असुर महिष
   of a monkey, [R.]
   of a brother of रम्भ
करम्भ  mfn.  mfn. mixed (as an odour), [BhP.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

करम्भ [karambha]   a.
   mixed as an odour; करम्भपूतिसौरभ्य [Bhag. 3.26.45.]
   Roasted; कामधियस्त्वयि रचिता न परम रोहन्ति यथा करम्भबीजानि [Bhāg.6.16.39.]
करम्भः [karambhḥ] म्बः [mbḥ]   (म्बः) 1 Flour or meal mixed with curds. सक्तुधानाकरम्भाणां नोपभोग्याश्चिरस्थिताः [Mb.12.36.33;] 7.64.7.
   Mud; करम्भवालुकातापान् [Ms.12.76] (where the word is variously interpreted; but Medhātithi takes it to mean 'mud').
   Groats or coarsely ground oats.
   A mixed odour.
   म्भा N. of a plant (Asparagus Racemosus; Mar. शतावरी ? वाघांटी)
   A vessal for churning curds; [Rām.2.91.72.]
-वालुका   Hot sand (punishment in hell); करम्भवालुकास्तप्ता [Mb.18.2.24.]

Shabda-Sagara

करम्भ  m.  ( -म्भः) A cake, flour or meal mixed with curds.
    E. क water, and रभि to send. &c. अच् affix; also

ROOTS:

क रभि अच्

   with कन् added करम्भक; also with रवि to sound, &c. करम्ब, &c. as above.