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अभ्र m. n. (sometimes spelt अब्भ्र, according to the derivation अब्-भ्र, ‘water-bearer’; cf. Comm. on [ChUp. ii, 15, 1] ) (rarely m., [AV. ix, 6, 47 and] ; [TS.] ) cloud, thunder-cloud, rainy weather, [RV.] &c. sky, atmosphere, [Śiś. ix, 3] (in arithmetic) a cypher ([ [NBD.] ]) dust, [AV. xi, 3, 6] (in med.) talc, mica gold, [L.] camphor, [L.] the ratan ( Calamus Rotang), [L.] Cyperus Rotundus, [L.] ; अभ्र [ cf. Gk. ὄμβρος & Lat. imber.]
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