Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.624

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RUMĀ I. A noble woman obtained from the sea of Milk at the time of its churning by the devas and the asuras to get Amṛta (Celestial honey of immortality). At the time of the churning, many beautiful and noble things were obtained from the sea of Milk. Jyeṣṭhā, Airāvata, Uccaiśravas, Kalpa tree, Cintāmaṇi, Kaustubha, Candra (Moon), Celestial maids, nymphs of heaven, Mahālakṣmī, Tārā, Rumā and so on were some of them. (Kamba Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha Kāṇḍa).