[bhās-ac] 1 Splendour, light, lustre.

2 A reflection; tatrā- jñānaṃ dhiyā naśyedābhāsāttu ghaṭaḥ sphuret Vedānta.

3 (a) Resemblance, likeness; oft. at the end of comp.; nabhaśca rudhirābhāsaṃ Rām. &c.; cidābhāsa, (b) Semblance, phantom; yuktivā- kyatadābhāsasamāśrayāḥ S.B.; tatsāhasābhāsaṃ Māl. 2 looks like wantonness.

4 Any unreal or fallacious appearance (as in hetvābhāsa); punaruktavadābhāsaḥ S. D.

5 A...