aBraM [ aB-ac ; but more correctly ap-Bf; apo biBarti, Bf-ka; aBraM abBaraRAt Nir. being filled with water] 1 A cloud; agnirvE DUmo jAyate DUmAdaBramaBrAd vfzwiH Śat. Br.; aBraM vA apAM Basma; DUmo BUtvA aBraM Bavati aBraM BUtvA meGo Bavati meGo BUtvA pravarzati Ch. Up. (these quotations show the conception of the ancient Ṛṣis about the formation of clouds). 2 Atmosphere, sky; parito vipAMqu daDadaBraSiraH Śi. 9. 3 , see aBraMliha &c. 3 Talc, mica. 4 Gold. 5 Camphor. 6 A kind of reed; Calamus Rotang. 7 Cyperus Rotundus ( mustA ). 8 (In arith.) A zero or cypher. [ cf. L. imber ; Gr. ombros , appros ; Zend awra , Pers. abr .] Comp. — avakASaH clouds as the only shelter; fall of rain. — avakASika, -kASin a. exposed to the rain (and so practising penance), not seeking shelter from the rain; Ms. 6. 23. — utTaH ‘sky born’, the thunderbolt of Indra. — kUwaM a peak of a (mountain-like) cloud. — gaMgA the heavenly river; K. 50. — GanaH a mass of clouds; R. 13. 77. — jA a. Ved. born from clouds, caused by vapours. — nAgaH one of the elephants supporting the globe; N. of Airāvata. — paTaH 1 atmosphere. 2 balloon. — piSAcaH, -cakaH ‘sky-demon’, epithet of Rāhu. — puzpaH N. of a cane ( Mar. veta ) Calamus Rotang. — (zpaM) 1 water. 2 ‘a sky flower’, anything impossible, a castle in the air. — pruz ( w ) f. ( pb ) sprinkling of clouds, rain. — mAMsI N. of a plant ( jawAmAMsI ). — mAtaMgaH Indra's elephant, Airāvata. — mAlA, -vfMdaM a line, succession, or mass of clouds; R. 7. 69 , 13. 76 , 16. 25. — rohaM the lapis lazuli . — liptI 1 sky covered with a few clouds. 2 a woman smeared with mustā grass. — varza a. Ved. rained upon, sprinkled with water. — (rzaH) downpour of rain. — vAwikaH, -kA N. of a tree ( AmrAtaka ). — vilAyaM ind. just as clouds melt away; Ki. 11. 79.