# रुमा (rumā)

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रुमा (rumā) is a Sanskrit word meaning a man's name, rumah, the name of a river, of a place, a wife of Sugriva, the wife of Sugriva. Its 12 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Wife of Sugrīva and a geographical location, Wife of Sugrīva, A geographical location.

- **Etymology:** E. रु to weep, मन् aff., with टाप् fem. aff., deriv. irr — E. ru to weep, man aff., with ṭāp fem. aff., deriv. irr
- **SLP1:** `rumA`  **IAST:** rumā  **Devanagari:** रुमा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum%C4%81
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ruma/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** रूम (rūma), रुम (ruma)

## Meanings by context

### Wife of Sugrīva and a geographical location (4 definitions)
- 1. The wife of the monkey Sugriva. 2. The salt mines of Sambhar.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रु (ru) मा (rumā) [Printed book page 708 ] रु (ru) मा (rumā) f. ( - मा (-mā) ) 1 The wife of the monkey SUGRĪVA. 2 The district, or more properly the salt mines of Sambhar, a town in Ajmer, twenty miles west of Jayanagar. E. रु (ru) to weep, मन् (man) aff., with टाप् (ṭāp) fem. aff., deriv. irr. [ ID=32440 ]
- 1. The wife of the monkey Sugriva. 2. The salt mines of Sambhar.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रुमा (rumā) [Printed book page 633-a ] रुमा (rumā) ( मा ) ((mā)) 1. f. The wife of the monkey Sugrīva; salt mines of Sam- bhar, a town in Ajmīr. [ ID=32012 ]
- 1. The wife of the monkey chief Sugriva. 2. The salt mines of Sambhar.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रु (ru) मा (rumā) [Printed book page 607-a ] रु (ru) मा (rumā) f. ( - मा (-mā) ) 1. The wife of the monkey-chief SUGRĪVA. 2. The district or more properly the salt mines of Sambhar, a town in Ajmere, twenty miles west of Jayanagar. E. रु (ru) to weep, मक् (mak) Unādi aff., with टाप् (ṭāp) fem. aff., deriv. irr. [ ID=33787 ]
- 1. The wife of a monkey. 2. The name of a district.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रुमा (rumā) [Printed book page 0774-b ] रुमा (rumā) rumā, f. 1. The wife of a monkey. 2. The name of a district. [ ID=12166 ]

### Wife of Sugrīva (3 definitions)
- A wife of Sugriva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a wife of Su-grīva (the ape), R. [ ID=178872 ]
- the wife of Sugriva  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रुमा (rumā) [Printed book page 0915-b ] रुमा (rumā) N. of the wife of Sugrīva. [ ID=24238 ]
- A queen of Sugriva and daughter of Panasa  
  *The Purana Index*
  > रुमा (rumā) [Printed book page 3-094 ] Rumā — a queen of Sugrīva, and daughter of Panasa; mother of three sons. Br. III. 7. 221. [ ID=11731 ]

### A geographical location (2 definitions)
- of a place  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a place, KāśīKh. [ ID=178870 ]
- relating to a salt-mine or salt-lake in the Sambhar district of Ajmere  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a salt-mine or salt-lake (in the district of Sambhar in Ajmere), L. [ ID=178871 ]

### A river (1 definition)
- the name of a river  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 884,3] रुमा (rumā) b f. N. of a river, Suśr., Sch. [ ID=178869 ]

### Grammatical/Lexicographical note (1 definition)
- Rumah  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 884,3] रुमा (rumā) a ( आ (ā) ), f., s.v. [ ID=178865 ]

### Masculine personal name Ruma (1 definition)
- a man's name  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 884,3] रुम (ruma) m. N. of a man, RV. [ ID=178864 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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