Kumbh Melan.

Brit.

/ˌkʊmb(ə) ˈmeɪlə/, U.S.

/ˌkʊmb(ə) ˈmeɪlə/

Forms: 1800s Coomb maila, 1800s Cumbha Mela, 1800s Cumb'ha Mela, 1800s– Kumbh Mela, 1900s– Kumbha Mela, 1900s– kumbhamela, 1900s– Kumbh-mela.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit kumbhamelā.

Etymology: < Sanskrit kumbhamelā < kumbha water pot, water jar, sign of Aquarius (with elision of final vowel in colloquial South Asian pronunciation) + melā assembly, fair (see mela n.¹).

Hinduism.

A Hindu festival and assembly, held once every twelve years (in January or February, while the sun is in Aquarius) at one of four locations in India, at which pilgrims bathe in the waters of a sacred river.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > other seasons and feasts > Hindu > [noun]

Diwali1698

puja1775

Onam1794

mela1801

Kumbh Mela1810

Navaratri1929

festival of colours1939

1810 Asiatick Researches 11 450 Every twelfth year is celebrated with greater rejoicings, and is called the Cúmbha Méla.

1854 E. Thornton Gazetteer East-India Company I. 197 Badrinath... From forty-five to fifty thousand pilgrims visit the shrine every twelfth year, when the Kumbh Mela is celebrated.

1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 229/1 Badrináth is the favourite resort of pilgrims from all parts of India. In ordinary years the number varies from 7000 to 10,000; but every twelfth year, when the festival of Kumbh Melá is celebrated, the concourse of persons is said to be 50,000.

1950 Geogr. Rev. 40 265 Every twelfth year the Kumbh Mela brings together what is perhaps the greatest assemblage of human beings on one site, sometimes more than a million people.

1974 Times 15 Apr. 3/4 More than 3,500,000 pilgrims, for whom attendance at a Kumbha Mela and immersion in the holy waters is extremely auspicious, were estimated to have reached Hardwar by today.

1991 M. Tully No Full Stops in India (1992) iii. 87 The pandits said that 1989 would be the most important Kumbh Mela for 144 years, because of the particularly auspicious position of the stars and planets.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kumbh mela
释义	Kumbh Melan. Brit. /ˌkʊmb(ə) ˈmeɪlə/, U.S. /ˌkʊmb(ə) ˈmeɪlə/ Forms: 1800s Coomb maila, 1800s Cumbha Mela, 1800s Cumb'ha Mela, 1800s– Kumbh Mela, 1900s– Kumbha Mela, 1900s– kumbhamela, 1900s– Kumbh-mela. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit kumbhamelā. Etymology: < Sanskrit kumbhamelā < kumbha water pot, water jar, sign of Aquarius (with elision of final vowel in colloquial South Asian pronunciation) + melā assembly, fair (see mela n.¹). Hinduism. A Hindu festival and assembly, held once every twelve years (in January or February, while the sun is in Aquarius) at one of four locations in India, at which pilgrims bathe in the waters of a sacred river. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > other seasons and feasts > Hindu > [noun] Diwali1698 puja1775 Onam1794 mela1801 Kumbh Mela1810 Navaratri1929 festival of colours1939 1810 Asiatick Researches 11 450 Every twelfth year is celebrated with greater rejoicings, and is called the Cúmbha Méla. 1854 E. Thornton Gazetteer East-India Company I. 197 Badrinath... From forty-five to fifty thousand pilgrims visit the shrine every twelfth year, when the Kumbh Mela is celebrated. 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 229/1 Badrináth is the favourite resort of pilgrims from all parts of India. In ordinary years the number varies from 7000 to 10,000; but every twelfth year, when the festival of Kumbh Melá is celebrated, the concourse of persons is said to be 50,000. 1950 Geogr. Rev. 40 265 Every twelfth year the Kumbh Mela brings together what is perhaps the greatest assemblage of human beings on one site, sometimes more than a million people. 1974 Times 15 Apr. 3/4 More than 3,500,000 pilgrims, for whom attendance at a Kumbha Mela and immersion in the holy waters is extremely auspicious, were estimated to have reached Hardwar by today. 1991 M. Tully No Full Stops in India (1992) iii. 87 The pandits said that 1989 would be the most important Kumbh Mela for 144 years, because of the particularly auspicious position of the stars and planets. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1810
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