laṇkā | लण्का | laNkA
laṇkā | लण्का | f. See below.
laṇkā | लण्का | f. N. of the chief town in Ceylon or of the whole island (renowned as the capital of the great Rākṣasa Rāvaṇa q.v.; accord. to some accounts L˚ was much larger than the island of Ceylon is at present, or was even distinct from it, the first meridian of longitude which passed through Ujjayinī being supposed to pass through L˚), MBh.; R. &c.
N. of a lake (= rāvaṛa-hrada | रावऋअ-ह्रद |), R.
of a Yoginī, Hcat.
of a Śākinī or evil spirit, L.
an unchaste woman, L.
a branch, L.
a kind of grain, L.
laṇkā | लण्का | f. N. of the chief town in Ceylon or of the whole island (renowned as the capital of the great Rākṣasa Rāvaṇa q.v.; accord. to some accounts L˚ was much larger than the island of Ceylon is at present, or was even distinct from it, the first meridian of longitude which passed through Ujjayinī being supposed to pass through L˚), MBh.; R. &c.
N. of a lake (= rāvaṛa-hrada | रावऋअ-ह्रद |), R.
of a Yoginī, Hcat.
of a Śākinī or evil spirit, L.
an unchaste woman, L.
a branch, L.
a kind of grain, L.