कुभा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কুভা (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬸᬪᬵ (Balinese script)
• কুভা (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰲𑰥𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀼𑀪𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ကုဘာ (Burmese script)
• કુભા (Gujarati script)
• ਕੁਭਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍁𑌭𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦸꦨꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂳𑂦𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಕುಭಾ (Kannada script)
• កុភា (Khmer script)
• ກຸຠາ (Lao script)
• കുഭാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡠᢨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘳𑘥𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠤᠪᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧔𑧅𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐸𑐨𑐵 (Newa script)
• କୁଭା (Odia script)
• ꢒꢸꢩꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆶𑆨𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖲𑖥𑖯 (Siddham script)
• කුභා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩒𑩳𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚰𑚡𑚭 (Takri script)
• குப⁴ா (Tamil script)
• కుభా (Telugu script)
• กุภา (Thai script)
• ཀུ་བྷཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒳𑒦𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨃𑨡𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kúbʱaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kúbʱaH.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kú.bʱɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bʱɑː/

Proper noun

कुभा • (kúbhā) stem, f

1. Kabul (a river in Afghanistan and Pakistan)
2. (Vedic religion) the river Kabul personified as a goddess
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.53.9:

     मा वो॑ र॒सानि॑तभा॒ कुभा॒ क्रुमु॒र्मा व॒: सिन्धु॒र्नि री॑रमत्।
     मा व॒: परि॑ष्ठात्स॒रयु॑: पुरी॒षिण्य॒स्मे इत्सु॒म्नम॑स्तु वः॥

     mā́ vo rasā́nitabhā kúbhā krúmurmā́ va: síndhurní rīramat.
     mā́ va: páriṣṭhātsaráyu: purīṣíṇyasmé ítsumnámastu vaḥ.

     So let not Rasa, Krumu, or Anitabha, Kubhā, or Sindhu hold you back.
     Let not the watery Sarayu obstruct your way. With us be all the bliss ye give.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of कुभा (kúbhā)
	Singular
Nominative	कुभा kúbhā
Vocative	कुभे kúbhe
Accusative	कुभाम् kúbhām
Instrumental	कुभया / कुभा¹ kúbhayā / kúbhā¹
Dative	कुभायै kúbhāyai
Ablative	कुभायाः / कुभायै² kúbhāyāḥ / kúbhāyai²
Genitive	कुभायाः / कुभायै² kúbhāyāḥ / kúbhāyai²
Locative	कुभायाम् kúbhāyām
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas