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नितंब (nitaMba)

 
L R Vaidya
English
nitaMba {% m. %} 1. the buttocks, especially of a woman, the circumference of the hip and loins, नितंबबिंबैः सदुकूलमेखलैः Rt.i.4, Bhartr.i.5, R.iv.52, vi.17, Megh.i.41
2. the ridge or side of a mountain, सेव्या नितंबाः किमु भूधराणां किंवा स्मरस्मेरविलासिनीनाम् Bhartr.i.19 (where the word is used in this sense and in sense 1), Bt.ii.8
3. the sloping bank of a river
4. the shoulder.