1 Splendour, lustre, light.

2 Knowledge, perception.

3 Appearance, manifestation, in spiration; yenāsya tattveṣu kṛte'vabhāse Ki. 3. 26.

4 Space, reach, compass.

5 False knowledge. Comp. karaḥ N. of a divinity. prabhāḥ (pl.) N. of a whole class of deities.