laMkA [ lak-ac mum ca ] 1 N. of the capital and residence of Rāvaṇa and identified with the island of Ceylon or the chief town in it; according to some Laṅkā was much larger than the present island of Ceylon. It was orginally built for Mālyavat q. v. 2 An unchaste woman, a prostitute, harlot. 3 A branch. 4 A kind of grain. Comp. — aDipaH, -aDipatiH, -ISaH, -ISvaraH , — naTaH, -patiH ‘lord of Laṅkā; i. e. Rāvaṇa or Bibhīṣaṇa. — ariH an epithet of Rāma. — dAhin m. an epithet of Hanumat.