བཀུམ་བ་

བཀུམ་བ། (Wyl. bkum ba ) Pron.: kumwa

• Skt. संकोचः, saṁkoca, Pron.: sankocha. From Sanskrit: contraction, shrinking together, compression | shutting up, closing (of the eyes) | crouching down, cowering, humbling one's self, shyness, fear | with | abridgment, diminution, limitation, restriction | drying up (of a lake) | binding, tying | a sort of skate fish | N. of an Asura | saffron [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW