Bhramara

By Jit Majumdar

1. wanderer; roamer
2. a bumblebee
3. a prince of the Sauvīra kingdom who was a dependant of Jayadratha (M. Bh.) (fem: bhrāmarī )
4. dancing around; wandering around; belonging to a bee; a type of kinetic energy; a magnet
5. one of the yoginīs or attendants of Durgā (D. Saptaśati); a rākşasi of Kaśyapa’s clan who was slain by Ganeśa (M. Bh.); one of the manifestations of the Mother Goddess (D. Saptaśati); to suffer from vertigo or epilepsy (M. Samhitā).

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