Megha
Megha,[Vedic megha; not to mih,mehati (see mīḷha),but to Idg.*meigh-,fog,rain; cp.Sk.miḥ mist; Av.maēga cloud; Gr.o)mi/xlh fog,Lith.mighá fog,Dutch miggelen to drizzle,also Ags.mist=Oicel mistr “mist”] a cloud Pv.II,945; Vism.126; esp.a thundercloud,storm,S.I,100 (thaneti),154; Th.I,307 (as kāḷa); It.66; J.I,332 (pajjunna vuccati megha); DhA.I,19; SnA 27 (°thanita-sadda).In this capacity often called mahā-megha,e.g.Sn.30; DhA.I,165; KhA 21; PvA.132.-- On megha in similes see J.P.T.S.1907,124,125.
--nātha having clouds as protectors (said with ref.to grass-eating animals) J.IV,253.--maṇḍala cloud-circle,a circle of clouds SnA 27.--vaṇṇa cloud-coloured J.V,321 (C.for megha-sannibha); °pāsāṇa a sort of ornamental building stone Mhvs 30,59 (v.l.,T.meda°; trsl.fat-coloured stones).See meda°.(Page 540)