SoBA [ SuB-a ] 1 Light, lustre, brilliance, radiance. 2 ( a ) Splendour, beauty, elegance, grace, loveliness; vapuraBinavamasyAH puzyati svAM na SoBAM Ś. 1. 19 ; Me. 52 , 59. ( b ) Natural beauty, grandeur (as of a mountain); adriSoBA R. 2. 27. 3 An ornament, graceful expression; SoBEva maMdarakzu bDakzuBitAMBoDivarRanA Śi. 2. 107. 4 Turmeric. 5 A kind of pigment (= gorocanA q. v. ) Comp. — aMjanaH N. of a very useful tree.