abda a. [ apo dadAti, dA-ka ; said in Uṇ. 4. 98 to be from ab ; abatItyabdaH ] Giving water. — bdaH 1 A cloud. 2 A year (in this sense n. also). 3 N. of a grass ( mustA ). 4 N. of a mountain Comp. — arDaM half a year. — vAhanaH N. of Śiva. — SataM a century. — sAraH a kind of camphor.