Bhamara [cp. Epic & Class. Sk. bhramara; either to bhram (semantically quick, unsteady motion=confused noise), cp. Gr. fo/rmigc zither; or perhaps for *bramara to Ohg. bremo=Ger. bremse gadfly, bremen=brummen to hum; Gr. bro/mos thunder, Lat. fremo to growl, roar: see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. fremo] 1. a bee J v.205 (˚vaṇṇa bee -- coloured, i. e. of black colour, in expln of kaṇha); Th 2, 252. Usually in similes, e. g. at Dh 49 (cp. DhA i.374 sq.); Vism 142, 152; SnA 139. -- 2. in bhamara -- tanti "the string that sounds," one of the seven strings of the lute J ii.253, cp. VvA 140.