Abbha (nt.) [Vedic abhra nt. & later Sk. abhra m. "dark cloud"; Idg. *m̊bhro, cp. Gr. a)fros scum, froth, Lat. imber rain; also Sk. ambha water, Gr. o)/mbros rain, Oir ambu water]. A (dense & dark) cloud, a cloudy mass A ii.53 = Vin ii.295 = Miln 273 in list of to things that obscure moon -- & sunshine, viz. abbhaŋ mahikā (mahiyā A) dhūmarajo (megho Miln), Rāhu. This list is referred to at SnA 487 & VvA 134. S i.101 (˚sama pabbata a mountain like a thunder -- cloud); J vi.581 (abbhaŋ rajo acchādesi); Pv iv.39 (nīl˚ = nīla -- megha PvA 251). As f. abbhā at Dhs 617 & DhsA 317 (used in sense of adj. "dull"; DhsA expls. by valāhaka); perhaps also in abbhāmatta.

-- kūṭa the point or summit of a storm -- cloud Th 1, 1064; J vi.249, 250; Vv 11 (= valāhaka -- sikhara VvA 12). -- ghana a mass of clouds, a thick cloud It 64; Sn 348 (cp. SnA 348). -- paṭala a mass of clouds DhsA 239. -- mutta free from clouds Sn 687 (also as abbhāmutta Dh 382). -- saŋvilāpa thundering S iv.289.