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Entry लङ्का

लङ्काlaṅkāN. of the capital and residence of Rāvaṇa and identified with the island of Ceylon or the chief town in it…
[लक्-अच् मुम् च]
1. Name of the capital and residence of Rāvaṇa and identified with the island of Ceylon or the chief town in it; according to some Laṅkā was much larger than the present island of Ceylon. It was originally built for Mālyavat quod vide, which see; विजेतव्या लङ्का चरणतरणीयो जलनिधिः Udb.
2. An unchaste woman, a prostitute, harlot.
3. A branch.
4. A kind of grain. (Marâthî लांक).
Derived forms and compounds
- -अधिपः, -अधिपतिः, -ईशः, -ईश्वरः, -नाथः, -पतिः 'lord of Laṅkā; id est, that is Rāvaṇa or Bibhīṣaṇa लङ्कानाथं पवनतनयं चोभयं स्थापयित्वा कीर्तिस्तम्भद्वयमिव गिरौ दक्षिणे चोत्तरे च R.15.13; लङ्केशसंपूजितपादपद्मः पायाद- नादिः परमेश्वरो नः.
- -अरिः an epithet of Rāma.
- -उदयः the equivalents of the signs in right ascension.
- -दाहिन् Masculine an epithet of Hanumat.
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