Note: this spelling has no Hindi dictionary meaning of its own, and its Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“inauspicious”). The nearest Hindi word below is a suggestion, not a meaning of this name.
As a Hindi name
Note: this spelling has no Hindi dictionary meaning of its own, and its Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“inauspicious”). The nearest Hindi word below is a suggestion, not a meaning of this name.
Nearest attested word 'अभिभा' does not appear as a word in our Hindi sources. The nearest word is भा, meaning दीप्ति । चमक । प्रकाश. — Śabdasāgara nearest word: भा — a suggestion, not a meaning
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
act of overpowering, superiority
Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "abhibhā" is the nominative of "abhibhṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Dictionary citations
1. abhi-√ bhā to glitter (around), be bright, appear, MBh. &c.
2. abhi-bhā f. ‘apparition, phenomenon’, inauspicious omen, RV. ii, 42, 1; AV.
(with, Buddh.) act of overpowering, superiority, L.
abhibhā 2 P. To glitter or shine; divi sthitaḥ sūrya ivābhibhāti Mb.
abhibhā Ved. [abhibhā-aṅ] 1 Apparition, phenomenon; an inauspicious omen. 2 A calamity, state of being overpowered. 3 Superiority.
abhi-√ bhṛ (Subj. -bharāti) to lay or throw upon (as a fault or blame), RV. v, 3, 7.
Alternative readings
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