Tumburu
Tumburu
Tumburu is a name used for more than one being and thing in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Tumburu is a name used for more than one being and thing in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Tumburu: the best of the gandharva singers and the companion of Nārada Maharshi, who sings the glory of Śrī Hari and serves Sūrya in the month of Caitra. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapter 13; Skandha 4, Chapters 12, 15; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 52, 121; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 32, 36; Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 104
Things and ideas
- Tumburu (Plant): a plant that the Brahma Purāṇa names among the things that may be used at śrāddha, the rite for the pitṛs. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 220