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लङ्का

लङ्का [लक्-अच् मुम् च]
1 N. 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 orginally built for Mālyavat q. v.
2 An unchaste woman, a prostitute, harlot.
3 A branch.
4 A kind of grain.
−Comp.
−अधिपः, −अधिपतिः, −ईशः, −ईश्वरः, −नथः, −पतिः ‘lord of Laṅkā; i. e. Rāvaṇa or Bibhīṣaṇa.
−अरिः an epithet of Rāma.
−दाहिन् m. an epithet of Hanumat.

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