rándhra n. rarely m. (prob. fr. √rad) a slit, split, opening, aperture, hole, chasm, fissure, cavity RV. &c. &c. (nine openings are reckoned in the human body, under. kha

• and sometimes a tenth in the skull, as in the fontanel of an infant)

• the vulva BhP.

• a partic. part of a horse's head

VarBṛS. Śiś. (cf. upa-r○)

• a defect, fault, flaw, imperfection, weak part Yājñ. MBh. &c. (cf. chidra)

• N. of the 8th astrological mansion VarBṛS.

• of the number 'nine' (cf. above) MW.

• m. N. of a son of Manu Bhautya VP. (v. l. bradhna)

• the off spring of a Brāhman and a Maitrī L.