By Jit Majumdar
- smoke; smoky
- grey; dim
- a dānava (Hv. Pur.); an attendant of Skanda (M. Bh.); a hermit in the court of Indra (M. Bh.); another name for Śiva. (fem: dhumrā): a daughter of Dakşa who was the wife of Dharma and the mother of Dhruva and Dhara (M. Bh.); another name for Durgā.
