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inda-dhanu

, n. [sa. indra-dhanus], i. q. inda-
cāpa, rainbow; Abh 49 c (Indassa Sakkassa dhanu ~u,
Abh-sūci); in comparisons: ~-sahassenêva sārīrappa-
bhāhi obhāsento, Mhbv 29,24; ~-parivuta-divasaka-
raṁ viya, Bv-a 254,11 (solar halo); with other radiant
appearances in the sky: Spk I 128,11 candobhāsa-suri-
yobhāsa-sañjhārāga-~-tāraka (-rūpānaṁ pabhā-
savaṇṇā, so analyse), Mhbv 40,10, 56,4, 82,31,
Thūp 37,13.

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