# पुलोमा (pulomā)

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पुलोमा (pulomā) is a Sanskrit word meaning puloman, acorus Calamus, the wife of Bhrigu and mother of Cyavana, the name of a female demon, a female Asura, a daughter of Vaishvanara and wife of Kashyapa. Its 8 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Pulomā, female Asura/demoness, mother of Paulomas, Pulomā, wife of Bhṛgu, The male demon Puloman.

- **SLP1:** `pulomA`  **IAST:** pulomā  **Devanagari:** पुलोमा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puloma
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/puloma/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** पुलोम (puloma)

## Meanings by context

### Pulomā, female Asura/demoness, mother of Paulomas (3 definitions)
- the name of a female demon  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पुलोमा (pulomā) [Printed book page 322 ] पुलोमा (pulomā) f. N. of a female demon. [ ID=19576 ]
- a female Asura  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Pulomā 2, a female Asura. § 445 (Nivātakavacayuddhap.): III, 173, 12203 ( Daiteyī, obtained boons from Brahmán for her offspring, the great Asuras, viz. the Paulomas). [ ID=8732 ]
- a daughter of Vaishvanara and wife of Kashyapa  
  *The Purana Index*
  > पुलोमा (pulomā) [Printed book page 2-361 ] Pulomā — a daughter of Vaiśvānara and a wife of Kaśyapa (Mārīca); after her, were called Paulomas. Bhā. VI. 6. 33-4; Br. III. 6. 25; M. 6. 22; Vā. 68. 23; Vi. I. 21. 8-9. [ ID=8124 ]

### Pulomā, wife of Bhṛgu (3 definitions)
- Name of the daughter of the demon Vaishvanara and wife of Bhrigu or Kashyapa.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 638,2] पुलोमा (pulomā) f. N. of a daughter of the demon Vaiśvānara (she was loved by the demon Puloman, but became the wife of Bhṛgu or Kaśyapa), MBh.; Hariv.; Pur. [ ID=126737 ]
- The wife of Bhrigu and mother of Cyavana.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पुलोमा (pulomā) [Printed book page 0712-c ] पुलोमा (pulomā) N. of the wife of Bhṛgu and mother of Cyavana. [ ID=19185 ]
- the wife of Bhrigu  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > पुलोमा (pulomā) [Printed book page 566-1 ] Pulomā 1, the wife of Bhṛgu. § 20 (cf. Paulomap.): P., the wife of Bhṛgu, had first been betrothed to the Rākṣasa Puloman, who one day when Bhṛgu was absent came to carry her away, and asked the sacrificial fire whether she was rightly his or Bhṛgu's wife. The Fire ( Agni ) answered that she was Bhṛgu's, by whom she had been taken with holy rites and invocations (I, 5 ). When Puloman began to carry her away Cyavana dropped from her womb, and Puloman instantly was converted to ashes. Of her tears Brahmán formed the river Vadhūsarā, Bhṛgu cursed Agni (b ) (I, 6—7 ): I, 5, 875, 876, 879, 893, 894; 6, 900, 905, (908), 910.—§ 565 (Gālavacarita): V, 117, 3971 ( reme…yathā Bhṛguḥ P°yāṃ ). [ ID=8731 ]

### The male demon Puloman (1 definition)
- Puloman  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 638,2] 1. पुलोम (puloma) m. ( m.c. ) = पुलोम (puloma) न् (puloman), R. [ ID=126736 ]

### The plant Acorus Calamus (Vacha) (1 definition)
- Acorus Calamus  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Acorus Calamus (= वचा (vacā) ), L. [ ID=126738 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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