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Entry रम्भा

रम्भाrambhā1 A plantain tree; विजितरम्भमूरुद्वयम् Gīt. 1; पिबोरु रम्भातरुपीवरोरु N.22.43;2.37.
1. 1 A plantain tree; विजितरम्भमूरुद्वयम् Gīt. 1; पिबोरु रम्भातरुपीवरोरु Name22.43;2.37.
2. Name of Gaurī.
3. Name of an apsaras, wife of Nalakūbara and considered as the most beautiful woman in the paradise of Indra; तरुमूरुयुगेन सुन्दरी किमु रम्भां परिणाहिना परम् । तरुणीमपि जिष्णुरेव तां धनदापत्यतपः फल- स्तनीम् ॥ Name2.37.
4. A harlot.
5. Sounding, roaring.
6. the lowing of cows.
7. A kind of rice.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ऊरु Adjective (-रु or -रू Feminine) having thighs like the interior of a plantain tree, id est, that is full, round, and hence lovely; रम्भोरूरवतरितुं सरस्यनिच्छुः Śi.8.19; R.6.35.
- -तृतीया Name of the 3rd day of the bright half of मार्गशीर्ष (ज्येष्ठ ?) and the observance of the day.
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