Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.486

v1.c3.s11.486

Kumba is mentioned with Opaśa and Kurīra as an ornament of women’s hair in the Atharvaveda.¹ Geldner² thinks that, like those two words, it originally meant ‘horn,’ but this is very doubtful. Indian tradition³ simply regards the term as denoting a female adornment connected with the dressing of the hair.