pra-√ 1. bhā P. -bhāti, to shine forth, begin to become light, shine, gleam, [RV.] &c. &c.; to appear, seem, look like (nom. with or without iva), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to illuminate, enlighten, [TUp.]
prabhā́ f. light, splendour, radiance, beautiful appearance (ifc. often mfn. with f(A). ), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
the shadow of the gnomon on a sun-dial, [Sūryas.]
light variously personified (as wife of the sun, or as wife of Kalpa and mother of Prātar, Madhyaṃ-dina and Sāya i.e. morning, midday and evening, or as a form of Durgā in the disc of the sun), [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
N. of a Śakti, [Hcat.]
of an Apsaras, [MBh.]
of a daughter of Svar-bhānu and mother of Nahuṣa, [Hariv.]
of the city of Kubera, [L.]
of a kind of metre, [Col.]
N. of sev. works.