masculine
rain; a cloud
Megha [Vedic megha; not to mih, mehati (see mīḷha), but to Indo-Germanic °meigh°, fog, rain; cf. Sanskrit mih. mist; Avesta maega cloud; Greek ὀμίχλη fog, Lithuanian mighā fog, Dutch miggelen to drizzle, also Anglo-Saxon mist = Oicel mistr "mist"] a cloud Pv II 9 45 ; Vism 126; especially a thundercloud, storm, S I 100 (thaneti), 154; Thag 307 (as kāḷa); It 66; Ja I 332 (pajjunna vuccati megha); Dhp-a I 19; Pj II 27 (°thanita-sadda). In this capacity often called mahā-megha, e.g. Snp 30; Dhp-a I 165; Pj I 21; Pv-a 132. — On megha in similes see JPTS 1907, 124, 125. -nātha having clouds as protectors (said with reference to grass-eating animals) Ja IV 253; -maṇḍala cloud-circle, a circle of clouds Pj II 27; -vaṇṇa cloud-coloured Ja V 321 (commentary for megha-sannibha); °pāsāṇa a sort of ornamental building stone Mhv 30, 59 (v.l., Text meda°; translated fat-coloured stones). See meda°.
【陽】 下雨，雲。~nāda,【陽】 雷電。~vaṇṇa,【形】 雲的彩色，即：黑色。
(masc, masc) cloud; rain cloud; rain rain, cloud Construction: √migh > megh + *a