Rambhā (Plantain)
Rambhā, “the plantain”
Rambhā has other meanings too: see all meanings of Rambhā.
Grammar: feminine noun; the name of a plant, the plantain (the banana plant). Rambhā-stambha is the plantain stem.
Meaning: the plantain; its smooth, round stem is the figure for beautiful thighs.
In the scriptures: in the Brahma Purāṇa, Brahmā tells the munis how the six ṛtus (seasons) came, adorned, to the wedding of Umā and Maheśvara on Himavān. The Lakshmī of Śarad (autumn) came to the wedding of the mountain’s daughter: she put off her bodice of clouds; lotus buds were her breasts, haṃsas her anklets, the wide sand banks her hips, blue water lilies her eyes, jasmine buds her teeth, red lotuses her feet, and plantain stems (rambhā-stambha) were her lovely thighs; her face was the moon (Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 36).
Related terms: Śarad · Ṛtu
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 36