a. [ru-ṇic lyu] Crying, screaming, roaring, bewailing. ṇaḥ N. of a celebrated demon, king of Laṅkā and the chief of the Rākṣasas; sa rā- vaṇo nāma nikāmabhaṣiṇaṃ babhūva rakṣaḥ kṣatara- kṣaṇaṃ divaḥ Śi. 1. 48 [He was the son of Viśravas by Keśinī or Kaikasī and so half-brother of Kubera. He is called Paulastya as being a grandson of the sage Pulastya. Laṅkā was originally occupied by Kubera, but Rāvaṇa ousted him...