(ā), f. a beautiful woman, any woman or wife, [Pañcar.]; [Sāh.]
a partic. form of Durgā, [Pur.]
a partic. Śakti, [Hcat.]
N. of Lakṣmī, [W.]
of Sarasvatī, [ib.]
of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, [MBh.]
of the mother of Pārśva (the 23rd Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī), [L.]