avabhāsaḥ1 Splendour, lustre, light. 2 Knowledge, perception. 3 Appearance, manifestation, in spiration; yenāsya tattveṣu kṛte'vabhāse Ki. 3. 26. 4 Space, reach, compass. 5 False knowledge. Comp.—karaḥ N. of a divinity. —prabhāḥ (pl.) N. of a whole class of deities.