abbha
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. abbhaṁ 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 (abbhaṁ 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). --saṁvilāpa thundering S.IV,289. (Page 59)