abhraṃ

abhraṃ [abh-ac; but more correctly ap-bhṛ; apo bibharti, bhṛ-ka; abhraṃ abbharaṇāt Nir. being filled with water]

1 A cloud; agnirvai dhūmo jāyate dhūmādabhramabhrād vṛṣṭiḥ Śat. Br.; abhraṃ vā apāṃ bhasma; dhūmo bhūtvā abhraṃ bhavati abhraṃ bhūtvā megho bhavati megho bhūtvā pravarṣati Ch. Up. (these quotations show the conception of the ancient Ṛṣis about the formation of clouds).

2 Atmosphere, sky; parito vipāṃḍu dadhadabhraśiraḥ Śi. 9. 3, see abhraṃliha &c.

3 Talc, mica.

4 Gold.

5 Camphor.

6 A kind of reed; Calamus Rotang.

7 Cyperus Rotundus (mustā).

8 (In arith.) A zero or cypher. [cf. L. imber; Gr. ombros, appros; Zend awra, Pers. abr.]

Comp.

— avakāśaḥ clouds as the only shelter; fall of rain.

— avakāśika, kāśin a. exposed to the rain (and so practising penance), not seeking shelter from the rain; Ms. 6. 23.

— utthaḥ ‘sky born’, the thunderbolt of Indra.

— kūṭaṃ a peak of a (mountain-like) cloud.

— gaṃgā the heavenly river; K. 50.

— ghanaḥ a mass of clouds; R. 13. 77.

— jā a. Ved. born from clouds, caused by vapours.

— nāgaḥ one of the elephants supporting the globe; N. of Airāvata.

— pathaḥ

1 atmosphere.

2 balloon.

— piśācaḥ, cakaḥ ‘sky-demon’, epithet of Rāhu.

— puṣpaḥ N. of a cane (Mar. veta) Calamus Rotang. (

— ṣpaṃ)

1 water.

2 ‘a sky flower’, anything impossible, a castle in the air.

— pruṣ (ṭ) f. (pb) sprinkling of clouds, rain.

— māṃsī N. of a plant (jaṭāmāṃsī).

— mātaṃgaḥ Indra's elephant, Airāvata.

— mālā, vṛṃdaṃ a line, succession, or mass of clouds; R. 7. 69, 13. 76, 16. 25.

— rohaṃ the lapis lazuli.

— liptī

1 sky covered with a few clouds.

2 a woman smeared with mustā grass.

— varṣa a. Ved. rained upon, sprinkled with water. (

— rṣaḥ) downpour of rain.

— vāṭikaḥ, kā N. of a tree (āmrātaka).

— vilāyaṃ ind. just as clouds melt away; Ki. 11. 79.

abhraṃ , klī, (apobibhartti iti apa + bhṛ + ka .)
meghaḥ . ākāśaṃ . svarṇaṃ . abhrakaghātuḥ . iti
medinī .. upadhātuviśeṣaḥ . tasyotpattināma-
lakṣaṇaguṇāḥ .
“purā badhāya vṛtrasya vajriṇā vajramuddhṛtaṃ .
visphuliṅgāstatastasya gagane parisarpitāḥ ..
te nipeturghanaghvānācchikhareṣu mahībhṛtāṃ .
tebhya eva samutpannaṃ tattadgiriṣu cābhrakaṃ ..
tadvajraṃ vajrajātatvādabhramabhraravodbhavāt .
gaganādvilitaṃ yasmādgaganañca tato mataṃ ..
viprakṣattriyaviṭśūdrabhedāttat syāccaturvvidhaṃ .
krameṇaiva sitaṃ raktaṃ pītaṃ kṛṣṇañca varṇataḥ ..
praśasyate sitaṃ tāre raktaṃ tattu rasāyane .
pītaṃ hemani kṛṣṇantu gadeṣu bhūtaye'pi ca ..
pinākaṃ darduraṃ nāgaṃ vajrañceti caturvidhaṃ .
muñcatyagnau viniḥkṣiptaṃ pinākaṃ dalasañcayaṃ ..
ajñānādbhakṣaṇāttasya mahākuṣṭhapradāyakaṃ .
darduraṃ svagniniḥkṣiptaṃ kurute darduradhvaniṃ ..
golakān bahuśaḥ kṛtvā sa syānmṛtyupradāyakaḥ .
nāgantu nāgavadvahnau phutkāraṃ parimuñcati ..
tadbhakṣitamavaśyantu vidadhāti bhagandaraṃ .
vajrantu vajravattiṣṭhettannāgnau vikṛtiṃ vrajet ..
sarvvābhreṣu varaṃ vajraṃ vyādhivārddhakyamṛtyuhṛt .
abhramuttaraśailotthaṃ bahusatvaṃ guṇādhikaṃ ..
dakṣiṇādribhavaṃ svalpasatvamalpaguṇapradaṃ” .. * ..
māritābhraguṇāḥ .
“abhraṃ kaṣāyaṃ madhuraṃ suśīta-
māyuṣkaraṃ dhātuvivarddhanañca .
hanyāttridoṣaṃ vraṇamehakuṣṭhaṃ
plīhodaragranthiviṣakṛmīṃśca ..”
“rogān hanti draḍhayati vapurvīryyavṛddhiṃ vidhatte
tāruṇyāḍhyaṃ ramayati śataṃ yoṣitāṃ nityameva .
dīrghāyaṣkān janayati sutānvikramaiḥ siṃhatulyān
mṛtyorbhītiṃ harati satataṃ sevyamānaṃ mṛtābhraṃ” .. * ..
aśodhitābhradoṣāḥ .
“pīḍāṃ vidhatte vividhāṃ narāṇāṃ
kuṣṭhaṃ kṣayaṃ vidañca śothaṃ .
hṛtpārśvapīḍāñca karotyaśuddha-
mabhraṃ hyasiddhaṃ gurutāpadaṃ syāt” .. * ..
asya śodhanavidhiryathā .
“kṛṣṇābhrakaṃ dhamedvahnau tataḥ kṣīre viniḥkṣipet .
bhinnapatrantu tat kṛtvā taṇḍulīyāmlajairdravaiḥ ..
bhāvayedaṣṭayāmaṃ tadevamabhraṃ viśudhyati” .. * ..
tasya māraṇaṃ yathā ..
“kṛtvā dhānyābhrakaṃ tacca śodhayitvātha mardayet .
arkakṣīrairdinaṃ khalle cakrākārañca kārayet ..
veṣṭayedarkapatraiśca samyaggajapuṭe pacet .
punarmmardyaṃ punaḥ pācyaṃ saptavārān punaḥ punaḥ ..
tato vaṭajaṭākvāthaistadvaddeyaṃ puṭatrayaṃ .
mriyate nātra sandehaḥ prayojyaṃ sarvvakarmmasu ..
tulyaṃ dhṛtaṃ mṛtābhreṇa lauhapātre vipācayet .
ghṛte jīrṇe tadabhrantu sarvvayogeṣu yojayet” .. * ..
tatra dhānyābhrasya vidhiḥ .
“pādāṃśasalilaṃ yuktamabhraṃ baddhvātha kambale .
trirātraṃ sthāpayennīre tat klinnaṃ mardayet karaiḥ ..
kambalādgalitaṃ sūkṣmaṃ bālukārahitañca yat .
taddhānyābhramiti proktamabhramāraṇasiddhaye” ..
iti bhāvaprakāśaḥ ..