a. Wreathed, crowned. m. 1 N. of a mountain or moun- [Page0864-a+ 57] tain range; U. 1. 33; R. 13. 26.

2 N. of a demon, son of Suketu [He was the maternal uncle and minister of Rāvaṇa and aided him in many of his schemes. In early times he propitiated the god Brahman by his austere pen- ance, as a reward of which the splendid island of Laṅkā was caused to be built for him. He lived there with his broth- ers for...