f. [valyate ācchādyate val- abhi vā ṅīp] (Also frequently writ- ten baḍabhiḥ-bhī) 1 The sloping roof, the wooden frame of a thatch; dhūpai- rjālaviniḥsṛtairvalabhayaḥ saṃdigdhapārāvatāḥ V. 3. 2; saudhānyatyarthatāpādvalābhiparicayadvoṣepā- rāvatāni M. 2. 13.

2 The topmost part (of a house); dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvā bhavanavalabhītuṃ- gavātāyanasthā Māl. 1. 15; Me. 38; Śi. 3. 53.

3 N. of a town in Saurā- shṭra; asti...