Kumbhaṇḍa untranslated

Kumbhaṇḍa, Kumbhaṇḍas. A class of beings (fairies or gnomes) grouped with Yakkhas, Rakkhasas, Asuras and others. They live in the South and Virūḷha is their king (DN.ii.257; DN.iii.198). In the Vidhurapaṇḍitajātaka (Ja.vi.272), Kumbhīra (q.v.) is mentioned as one of their chiefs. They have large bellies (kumbhaṇḍa = gourd), and their genitals are also large like pots (kumbho viya), hence their name. DN.iii.198; DN­a.iii.964.

Kumbhaṇḍa. A Nigaṇṭha for whom Paṇḍukābhaya built a hermitage, named after him, near the Gāmaṇi Tank. Mhv.x.99.