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| Translations of Kumbhāṇḍa | |
|---|---|
| Sanskrit | कुम्भाण्ड (IAST:Kumbhāṇḍa) |
| Pali | कुम्भण्ड (Kumbhaṇḍa) |
| Burmese | ကုမ္ဘဏ် (MLCTS:Kumbhaṇ /Kom Ban or Gome Ban/) |
| Chinese | 鳩槃荼 or 鳩盤拏 (Pinyin:Jiūpántú or Jiūpánná) |
| Japanese | 鳩槃荼 (Rōmaji:kubanda) |
| Korean | 구반다 (RR:gubanda) |
| Tagalog | Kumbhanda |
| Tibetan | གྲུལ་བུམ་ Wylie: grul bum THL: drulbum |
| Thai | กุมภัณฑ์ |
| Vietnamese | Cưu-bàn-đồ |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
Akumbhāṇḍa (Sanskrit) orkumbhaṇḍa (Pāli) is one of a group of dwarfish, misshapen spirits among the lesser deities ofBuddhist mythology.[1][2]
Kumbhāṇḍa was a dialectal form for "gourd", so they may get their name from being thought to resemble gourds in some way, e.g. in having big stomachs. Butkumbhāṇḍa can also be interpreted as "pot-egg"; since "egg" (aṇḍa) was a common euphemism for "testicle", thekumbhāṇḍas were imagined having testicles "as big as pots".[1][additional citation(s) needed]
The termskumbhāṇḍa andyakṣa are sometimes used for the same person;yakṣa in these cases is the more general term, including a variety of lower deities.
Thekumbhāṇḍas are classed among theCāturmahārājika deities, and are subject to the Great KingVirūḍhaka, Guardian of the South. One of their chiefs is called Kumbhīra.
According to theDà zhìdù lùn, greedy officers are reborn as kumbhāṇḍhas.
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