[abh-ac; but more correctly ap-bhṛ; apo bibharti, bhṛ-ka; abhraṃ abbharaṇāt Nir. being filled with water] 1 A cloud; agnirvai dhūmo jāyate dhūmādabhramabhrād vṛṣṭiḥ Śat. Br.; abhraṃ vā apāṃ bhasma; dhūmo bhūtvā abhraṃ bha- vati abhraṃ bhūtvā megho bhavati megho bhūtvā pravarṣati Ch. Up. (these quotations show the conception of the ancient Ṛṣis about the formation of clouds).

2 Atmosphere, sky; parito vipāṃḍu...