We often come across terms for sky, clouds, thunder while reading Sanskrit texts and given below are the synonyms
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Names for cloud
Cloud: The break up of the words
Pertaining to clouds and thunder
Synonyms of lightning in this verse:
Clap of Thunder, Flash of lightning, rainbow in this verse:
The break up:
Clap of thunder
Flash of lightning
Rainbow
Names for Sky
Sky: The break-up of the words
Hail and cloudy day
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Names for cloud
अभ्रं मेघो वारिवाहः स्तनयित्नुर्बलाहकः॥
धाराधरो जलधरस्तडित्वान् वारिदोऽम्बुभृत्।
घनजीमूतमुदिरजलमुग्धूमयोनयः॥
#amarakosha
— Sandeep Nangia (@SNChd) October 28, 2014
Cloud: The break up of the words
अभ्रम् मेघः वारिवाहः स्तनयित्नुः बलाहकः धाराधरः जलधरः तडित्वान् वारिदः अम्बुभृत् घनः
जीमूतः मुदिरः जलमुक् धूमयोनिः = cloud. #amarakosha
— Sandeep Nangia (@SNChd) October 28, 2014
Pertaining to clouds and thunder
कादम्बिनी मेघमाला त्रिषु मेघभवेऽभ्रियम्।
स्तनितं गर्जितं मेघनिर्घोषे रसिताऽदि च॥
#amarakosha
— Sandeep Nangia (@SNChd) October 29, 2014
कादम्बिनी & मेघमाला are bank or long line of clouds. #amarakosha
— Sandeep Nangia (@SNChd) October 29, 2014
अभ्रियम् = belonging to clouds. Used in all three genders. #amarakosha
— Sandeep Nangia (@SNChd) October 29, 2014
स्तनितम् गर्जितम् & रसितम् etc. are names for rattling of thunder. #amarakosha
— Sandeep Nangia (@SNChd) October 29, 2014
Synonyms of lightning in this verse:
शम्पा शतह्रदा ह्रादिनी ऐरावती क्षणप्रभा तडित् सौदामनि (सौदामिनि) विद्युत् चञ्चला चपला are synonyms of lightning. #amarakosha
— Sandeep Nangia (@SNChd) October 30, 2014
Clap of Thunder, Flash of lightning, rainbow in this verse:
स्फूर्जथुर्वज्रनिर्घोषो मेघज्योतिरिरंमदः।
इन्द्रायुधं शक्रधनुस्तदेव ऋजुरोहितम्॥
#amarakosha
— Sandeep Nangia (@SNChd) October 31, 2014
The break up:
Clap of thunder
स्फूर्जथुः & वज्रनिर्घोषः are synonyms of clap of thunder. #amarakosha
— Sandeep Nangia (@SNChd) October 31, 2014
Flash of lightning
मेघज्योतिः & इरंमदः are synonyms of a flash of lightning. #amarakosha
— Sandeep Nangia (@SNChd) October 31, 2014
Rainbow
इन्द्रायुधम् शक्रधनुः & ऋजुरोहितम् are synonyms of rainbow. #amarakosha
— Sandeep Nangia (@SNChd) October 31, 2014
Names for Sky
द्योदिवौ द्वे स्त्रियामभ्रं व्योम पुष्करमम्बरम्।
नभोऽन्तरिक्षं गगनमनन्तं सुरवर्त्म खम्॥
वियद् विष्णुपदं वा तु पुंस्याकाशविहायसी।
#amarakosha
— Sandeep Nangia (@SNChd) October 20, 2014
Sky: The break-up of the words
Fem. द्यो द्यौः. Neuter अभ्रम् व्योम पुष्करम् अम्बरम् नभः अन्तरिक्षम् गगनम् अनन्तम् सुरवर्त्म खम् वियत् विष्णुपदम् Sky in #amarakosha
— Sandeep Nangia (@SNChd) October 20, 2014
Masc. आकाशः विहायः Sky in #amarakosha
— Sandeep Nangia (@SNChd) October 20, 2014
Hail and cloudy day
वर्षोपलस्तु करका मेघच्छन्नेऽह्नि दुर्दिनम् ।
#amarakosha
— Sandeep Nangia (@SNChd) November 2, 2014
वर्षोपलः & करका are synonyms of hail. दुर्दिनम् is the clouded day. #amarakosha
— Sandeep Nangia (@SNChd) November 2, 2014
