The corpus record — Sanskrit

nabhaś

nabhas n. ( cf. nabha) mist, clouds, vapour ( esp. of the Soma ), RV. ; AV. ; ŚBr.

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Where it lives

Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 1 · 0.21/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. نَبهَس

nabhas n. ( cf. nabha) mist, clouds, vapour ( esp. of the Soma ), RV. ; AV. ; ŚBr.

2. نَبهَس

the sky or atmosphere ( du. heaven and earth, AV. ), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.

3. نَبهَس

ether (as an element), BhP.

In the wild

nabhaś Bhagavad Gita 1.19
nabhasi Chandogya Upanisad chup_3,13.1

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. nabhas (vol. 2, scan p. 43; entry #778).

Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.