f. or (more usual) f(I). (perhaps abbreviated fr. vala-bhid, ‘cloud-splitting’) the ridge of a roof, top or pinnacle of a house, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a turret or temporary building on the roof of a house, upper room, [L.]
N. of a town in Saurāṣṭra, [Daś.] (also °bhi-pura).