लङ्का [ laṅkā ] [ laṅkā ] f. N. of the chief town in Ceylon or of the whole island (renowned as the capital of the great Rākshasa Rāvaṇa q.v. ; accord. to some accounts Laṅkā 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 Lalso) Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

  N. of a lake (= [ rāvaṇa-hrada ] ) Lit. R.

  of a Yoginī Lit. Hcat.

  of a Śākinī or evil spirit Lit. L.

  an unchaste woman Lit. L.

  a branch Lit. L.

  a kind of grain Lit. L.