Bhramara

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Jit Majumdar


  1. wanderer; roamer
  2. a bumblebee
  3. a prince of the Sauvīra kingdom who was a dependant of Jayadratha (M. Bh.) (fem: bhrāmarī )
  4. dancing around; wandering around; belonging to a bee; a type of kinetic energy; a magnet
  5. one of the yoginīs or attendants of Durgā (D. Saptaśati); a rākşasi of Kaśyapa’s clan who was slain by Ganeśa (M. Bh.); one of the manifestations of the Mother Goddess (D. Saptaśati); to suffer from vertigo or epilepsy (M. Samhitā).