[na ruṃdhatī pratirodhakāriṇī] 1 A medicinal climbing plant.

2 N. of the wife of Vasiṣṭha; anvāsitamaruṃdha- tyā svāhayeva havirbhujaṃ R. 1. 56.

3 The morning star personified as the wife of Vasiṣṭha; one of the Pleiades.

4 N. of the daughter of prācetasadakṣa, one of the 10 wives of Dharma. [In mythology Arundhatī is represented as the wife of the sage [Page0162-c+ 59] Vasiṣṭha, one of the 7 sages. She was...