abhram

abhram [abhr-ac; but more correctly ap-bhṛ; apo bibharti bhṛ-ka; abhram 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.V.10.5.6. (these quotations show the conception of the ancient Ṛiṣis about the formation of clouds). -2 Atmosphere, sky; parito vipāṇḍu dadhadabhraśiraḥ Śi.9.3. See abhraṃliha &c. -3 Talc, mica. (Mar. abhraka) -4 Gold. -5 Camphor. 6- A kind of reed; Calamus Rotang (vetas, vetra). -7 Cyperus Rotundus (muratā). (Mar. nāgaramothā) -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; abhrāvakāśā varṣāsu hemante jalasaṃśrayāḥ Mb.12. 244.10; grīṣme pañcatapāstu syādvarṣāsvabhrāvakāśikaḥ Ms.6.23. -utthaḥ 'sky born', the thunderbolt of Indra. -kūṭam a peak of a (mountain-like) cloud. -gaṅgā the heavenly river; K.50. -ghanaḥ a mass of clouds; varṣātyayena rucamabhraghanādivendoḥ R.13.77. -jā a. Ved. born from clouds, caused by vapours, yo abhrajā vātajā yaśca śuṣmo vanaspatīntsacatāṃ parvatāṃśca Av.1.12.3. -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. See abhra (6). (-ṣpam) 1 water. -2 'a sky flower', anything impossible, a castle in the air. -pruṣ (ṭ) f. sprinkling of clouds, rain. -abhrapruṣo na vācā pruṣā vasu Rv.10.77.1. -māṃsī N. of a plant (jaṭāmāṃsī). -mātaṅgaḥ Indra's elephant, Airāvata. -mālā, -vṛndam a line, succession, or mass of clouds; mayūrakekābhirivābhravṛndam R.7.69.13.76,16.25; muktājālagrathitamalakaṃ kāminīvābhravṛndam Me.65. -roham the lapis lazuli (lājavarta, ākāśamaṇi) -liptī 1 sky covered with a few clouds. -2 a woman smeared with mustā grass. -varṣa a. Ved. rained upon, sprinkled with water. (-rṣaḥ) down-pour of rain. -vāṭikaḥ, -kā N. of a tree (ābhrātaka; Mar. aṃbāḍā). -vilāyam ind. just as clouds melt away; vicchinnābhravilāyaṃ vā vilīye nagamūrdhani Ki.11.79.