Kumbhakarṇabhída (कुम्भकर्णभिद, IAST: Kumbhakarṇabhida) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Cleaver and destroyer of Kumbhakarṇa”. From Kumbhakarṇa (Rāvaṇa's mighty brother, 'he of the pot-shaped ears') + bhida (one who cleaves or splits asunder, from the root bhid), this name celebrates Rama as the conqueror of one of the most physically formidable demons in all of creation.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Kumbhakarṇa, whose name combines kumbha (pot, jar) and karṇa (ear), was a colossus among the Rākṣasas — said to sleep for months and, when awakened, to consume vast quantities of food and life. The root bhid means to pierce, split, or break open, and bhida as an agent noun indicates the one who performs this decisive cleaving. Rama's slaying of Kumbhakarṇa in the Rāmāyaṇa is recounted with cosmic significance: even the devas rejoiced at the fall of this near-invincible giant.

This epithet is borne by Lord Vishnu in His Rāma-avatāra and commemorates one of the epic's most dramatic single combats; it is devotionally significant but impractical as a personal given name. Pronounced kum-bha-kar-na-bhi-da.

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Scriptural source

Kumbhakarṇabhída appears in the Vishnu Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Vishnu.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Kumbhakarṇabhída aligns with the Ardra nakshatra, under the Mithuna rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 2.