नभस
Nabhas
Nabhas · IAST
The sky, the vast open heavens.
Etymology · व्युत्पत्ति
नभस् = हलन्त-लोप → नभस
The root word नभस् carries a final halant (the grammatical stem); as a given name the halant is dropped (नभस), and the English form takes no trailing schwa, so “Nabhas”, not “Nabhasa”.
Scripture references
Bhagavad Gītā · 11.24
नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम् । दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो ॥
nabhaḥspṛśaṃ dīptam anekavarṇaṃ vyāttānanaṃ dīptaviśālanetram | dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṃ pravyathitāntarātmā dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi śamaṃ ca viṣṇo ||
Seeing You touching the sky, blazing with many colours, with gaping mouths and huge fiery eyes, my heart trembles within. I can find no courage and no peace, O Vishnu.
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