[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 wo- man, a prostitute, harlot.

3 A branch.

4 A kind of grain. Comp. adhipaḥ, adhipatiḥ, īśaḥ, īśvaraḥ, nathaḥ, patiḥ ‘lord of Laṅkā; i. e....