Dictionary meanings for avabhās from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 A. 1 To shine; nā- tyarthamastrairavabhāsamānaḥ Ki. 3. 46; sa tejasā sūrya ivāvabhāsate Mb.
2 To shine forth, become manifest; āho- svinmukhamavabhāsate yuvatyāḥ Śi. 8. 29.
3 To appear, seem (apparently or falsely); etattrayaṃ taptāyaḥpiṃḍa- vadekatvenāvabhāsate Vedānta. Caus. To irradiate, illuminate; adhikāvabhāsi- tadiśāṃ nikaraḥ Śi. 9. 37.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
-bhāsate, to shine forth, be brilliant MBh.; BhP.; to become manifest, appear as (instr.): Caus. P. (p. -bhāsayat, wrongly written -bhāṣayat MBh. xii, 8345) to illuminate MBh. &c; to make manifest Sus3r. 012968 101,2 17727 m. splendour, lustre, light 101,2 17728 m. appearance (especially ifc. with words expressing a colour) Jain.; Sus3r. 101,2 17729 m. (in Veda1nta vedānta phil.) manifestation 101,2 17730
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