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धूम्रा (dhUmrA)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
धूम्रा (आ),
f.
a kind of gourd (= शशाण्डुली),
L.
N.
of the mother of the Vasu Dhara,
MBh.
of Durgā,
Devīm.
L R Vaidya
English
DUmra {% (I) a. (f. म्रा) %} 1. Smoke-coloured, R.xv.16
2. dark, obscured.
Mahabharata
English
Dhūmrā. § 116 (Vasu, pl.): I, 66, 2583 (mother of the Vasu Dhara (and the Vasu Dhruva?)).
पुराणम्
English
धूम्रा / DHŪMRĀ. A daughter of prajāpati dakṣa. She became the wife of Dharmadeva. Two sons, dhruva and dhara were born to the couple. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 66, Stanza 19).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
धूम्रा,
स्त्री,
(धूम्र + टाप् ।) शशाण्डुली इतिराजनिर्घण्टः
(धरनामवसोर्माता यथा, महाभारते ६६ १९ ।“धूम्रायास्तु धरः पुत्त्रो ब्रह्मविद्यो ध्रुवस्तथा
”)