ABAsaH [ BAs-ac ] 1 Splendour, light, lustre. 2 A reflection; tatrAjYAnaM DiyA naSyedABAsAttu GawaH sPuret Vedānta . 3 ( a ) Resemblance, likeness; oft. at the end of comp. ; naBaSca ruDirABAsaM Rām. &c.; cidABAsa , ( b ) Semblance, phantom; yuktivAkyatadABAsasamASrayAH S.B.; tatsAhasABAsaM Māl. 2 looks like wantonness. 4 Any unreal or fallacious appearance (as in hetvABAsa ); punaruktavadABAsaH S. D. 5 A fallacy, fallacious reasoning, semblance of a reason, an erroneous but plausible argument; see hetvABAsa ; S. D. 270. 6 An intention, purpose.