Re. A difficult Pali word

[Rajarshi Banerjee]

Dr. J. Silk wrote: >I cannot understand what tumbamatta might mean, unless
tumba is taken as a >unit of measure, and the expression is intended to mean
something like >"covered with creatures to the extent of a litre-bucket
full" or something >like that.

In hindi, bengali tumba is the hollow gourd used for making the resonant
chamber of stringed musical instruments like the veena, sarod etc. So some
sort of container is implied
matta means intoxicated in bengali
tumba matta could mean pitcher drunk

RB