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प्रभ (prabha)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
prabha, m.,
(1) = Skt. prabhā, light (abstracted from cpd. prabhaṃkara?), acc. to all mss. in LV 〔123.1〕 (vs) candrasūrya-prabhaś ca jyotiṣā na bhāsate, the light of the sun and moon, the stars, (etc.) do not shine
not a Bhvr.
we must interpret in this way, or em. to °prabhā
(2) n. of a maharṣi: Māy 〔256.28〕
(3) Prabhanāmā sahasrāṇi (anantā nṛpatayo proktā Yādavānāṃ kulodbhavāḥ) Mmk 〔625.24〕, thousands of kings named Prabha (literally
prob. meaning, whose names contained the element -prabha).