Rambhā
Rambhā
Rambhā is a name used for more than one being and thing in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Devatās
- Rambhā: the apsarā of the highest rank in the court of Indra, praised as the most beautiful of all the apsarās, who helped Indra defeat Vṛtrāsura and was turned to stone by Viśvāmitra. Padma Purāṇa, Bhūmi Khaṇḍa, Chapters 24–25 and 33–36; Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 219; Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 3; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 6–7, 12, 54; Vāmana Purāṇa, Saro Māhātmya, Chapters 17, 25; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 12, Chapter 11; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 52, 121; Uttara Parva, Chapters 7, 16–17, 24, 147; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 32, 212; Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 77
People
- Rambha (son of Āyu): one of the five sons of Āyu, the grandson of Purūravas, in the lunar line, who had no offspring. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 11
Things and ideas
- Rambhā (Plantain): the plantain, whose smooth, round stem is the figure for beautiful thighs; at the wedding of Umā and Maheśvara, plantain stems were the thighs of the season Śarad. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 36