RUMĀ I A noble woman obtained from the sea of Milk at the time of its churning by the devas and the asuras to get Amṛta (Celestial honey of immortality). At the time of the churning, many beautiful and noble things were obtained from the sea of Milk. Jyeṣṭhā, Airāvata, Uccaiśśravas, Kalpa tree, Cintāmaṇi, Kaustubha, Candra (Moon), Celestial maids, nymphs of heaven, Mahālakṣmī, Tārā, Rumā and so on were some of them.
[Kamba Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha Kāṇḍa] .
RUMĀ II The wife of Sugrīva. She was the daughter of the famous monkey called Panasa.
[Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 3:7:221] . After driving Sugrīva away from Kiṣkindhā, Bāli took Rumā by force. After the death of Bāli, Rumā returned to Sugrīva.
[Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa, Chapter 20, 21] ;
[Padma Purāṇa 4: 112:161] . There was Rumā also, among the women who came to see Śrī Rāma on his return to Kiṣkindhā after visiting Vibhīṣaṇa.
[Padma Purāṇa, Sṛṣṭi Khaṇḍa] .