कुंभकार
Hindi
Alternative forms
- कुम्भकार (kumbhkār)
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʊm.bʱkɑːɾ/, [kʊ̃m.bʱkäːɾ]
Noun
कुंभकार • (kumbhkār) m (Urdu spelling کمبھکار)
- potter
- Synonym: कुम्हार (kumhār)
- 1987, Krishnakant Trivedi, प्राचीन पालि साहित्य में भारतीय समाज [Indian society in ancient Pali literature], Varanasi: Kishor Vidya Niketan, →OCLC, page 312:
- रंगाई करने वाला वर्ग जिसे रजक कहा गया है सम्भवतः कुम्भकारों से पृथक् एक दूसरा कलाकार वर्ग था जो कुम्भकारों द्वारा निर्मित खिलौनों का रंगाई का कार्य सम्पन्न करता था।
- raṅgāī karne vālā varg jise rajak kahā gayā hai sambhavtaḥ kumbhakārõ se pŕthak ek dūsrā kalākār varg thā jo kumbhakārõ dvārā nirmit khilaunõ kā raṅgāī kā kārya sampanna kartā thā.
- The caste of the dyers which was called Rajaka was possibly a different caste from the potters which would do the job of colouring the toys made by potters.
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