meGaH [ mehati varzati jalaM, mih-GaY kutvam ] 1 A cloud; kurvannaMjanamecakA iva diSo meGaH samuttizWate Mk. 5. 23 , 2 , 3 &c. 2 A mass, multitude. 3 N. of one of the six Rāgas (in music). 4 A fragrant grass. — GaM Talc. Comp. — aDvan m. , — paTaH, -mArgaH ‘the path of clouds’, atmosphere. — aMtaH the autumn. — ariH the wind. — asTi n. hail. — AKyaM talc. — AgamaH the approach of rains, the rainy season. — AwopaH a dense or thick cloud. — AqaMbaraH thunder. — AnaMdA a kind of crane. — AnaMdin m. a peacock. — AlokaH the appearance or sight of clouds; meGAloke Bavati suKinopyanyaTAvftti cetaH Me. 3. — AspadaM the sky, atmosphere. — udakaM rain. — udayaH the rising of clouds. — kaPaH hail. — kAlaH the rains, rainy season. — garjanaM, -garjanA thunder. — ciMtakaH the Cātaka bird. — jaH a large pearl. — jAlaM 1 a dense mass of clouds. 2 talc. — javikaH, -jIvanaH the Cātaka bird. — jyotis m. n. lightning. — qaMbaraH thunder. — dIpaH ( pb ) lightning. — dUtaM N. of a celebrated poem by Kālidāsa. — dvAraM the sky, atmosphere. — nAdaH 1 the roar of clouds, thunder. 2 an epithet of Varuṇa. 3 N. of Indrajit, son of Rāvaṇa. 4 the Palāśa tree. °anulAsin, °anulAsakaH a peacock. °jit m. an epithet of Lakṣmaṇa. — nAman m. a kind of grass. — nirGozaH thunder. — paMktiH, -mAlA -rAji f. a line of clouds; praTamaM meGarAjiH paScAdvidyullatA V. 2. — puzpaM 1 water. 2 hail. 3 river-water. — prasavaH water. — BUtiH a thunderbolt. — maMqalaM the firmament, sky. — mAla, -mAlin a. cloudcapt. — yoniH fog, smoke. — ravaH thunder. — rAvaH a kind of waterbird. — reKA, -leKA a line of clouds. — varRA the Indigo plant. — vartman n. the atmosphere. — vahniH lightning. — vAhataH 1 an epithet of Indra; Srayati sma meGamiva meGavAhataH Śi. 13. 18. 2 an epithet of Śiva. — visPUrjitaM 1 thunder, rumbling of clouds. 2 N. of a metre; see App. 1 — veSman n. the atmosphere. — sAraH a kind of camphor. — suhfd m. a peacock. — stanitaM thunder.