ताम्रा

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

TĀMRĀ   Daughter of Dakṣa. Tamrā was married to Kaśyapa and he begot of her five daughters named Krauñcī, Bhāsī, Śyenī, Dhṛtarāṣṭrī and Śukī. Of these Krauñcī delivered owls, Bhāsī delivered Bhāsas, Śyenī, Kites and Vultures, Dhrtarāṣṭrī, swans, geese and cuckoos, and Śukī delivered Natā and Natā in turn Vinatā. [Sarga 14, Araṇya Kāṇḍa, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

ताम्रा n.  प्राचेतस दक्ष प्रजापति एवं असिक्री की कन्या । यह कश्यप को दी गयी थी (कश्यप देखिये) ।
ताम्रा II. n.  वसुदेव की स्त्रियों में से एक इसका पुत्र सहदेव ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

ताम्रा  f.  f. Rubia Munjista, [Npr.]
   a red kind of Abrus, ib.
   a kind of pepper, [L.]
    N. of a daughter of दक्ष (one of the wives of कश्यप and mother of various birds), [MBh. i, 2620]; [Hariv.]; [R. iii]; [BhP. vi, 6, 25 ff.]; [VP.]
    N. of a river, [MBh. iii, 12909; vi, 335]