rambhā f. the plantain (Musa Sapientum) Kāv. Kathās. &c

• a sort of rice L.

• a cotton string round the loins L.

• a courtezan Kāv. (vḷ. for veśyā)

• a kind of metre Col.

• N. of Gauri or of Dākshāyaṇi in the Malaya mountains Cat. of a celebrated Apsaras (wife of Nala-kūbara and carried off by Rāvaṇa

• sometimes regarded as a form of Lakshmi and as the most beautiful woman of Indra's paradise) MBh. Kāv. &c