In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Meghaugha (मेघौघ) refers to “clusters of clouds”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.22. Accordingly as Sitā said to Śiva:—“[...] the most unbearable season of the advent of clouds (ghanāgama or jaladāgama) has arrived with clusters of clouds of diverse hues (meghaugha), and their music reverberating in the sky and the various quarters. The speedy gusts of wind scattering sprays of water mingled with nectarine drops from the Kadamba flowers captivate the heart as they blow. [...] With the clusters of clouds (meghaugha) dark, silvery and red in colour clinging to the Mandara mountain (peak), Himālaya appears as the ocean of milk with the birds of diverse colours”.

Source: archive.org: Yoga Vasishtha Maharamayana

Meghaugha (मेघौघ) refers to “clouds of the shadows”, according to the Yogavasistha 7.38.—“[...] as the clouds of the shadowy dreams (svapna-meghaugha) that hang over your mind, are in no way related to you; so the great bustle of creation and its dissolution, bear no relation to my vacuous soul, nor disturb the even tenor of my mind”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Meghaugha (मेघौघ) refers to a “(terrible) bank of clouds”, according to the fourth story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 78. Accordingly, “... then in course of time, after Vīravara had easily tided through the hot weather, when the rays of the sun were exceedingly powerful, the monsoon came roaring, bearing a brandished sword of lightning, as if out of envy against Vīravara, and smiting with raindrops. And though at that time a terrible bank of clouds (meghaugha) poured down rain day and night, Vīravara remained motionless, as before, at the gate of the palace. [...]”.

Meghaugha (“bank of the clouds”) is also mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 102. Accordingly, “... and so the aggregated army of the Caṇḍālas moved on, blackening all the horizon with a dark hue, making those who beheld it say in perplexity to themselves: ‘Can this be a mass of rock rolling down from the Añjana mountain, or is it a premature bank of the clouds (meghaugha) of the day of doom (kalpānta) that has descended upon the earth?’”.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Google Books: When the Clouds Part

Meghaugha (मेघौघ) refers to “cloud banks”, according to the 3rd-century Uttaratantra or Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra verse 4.48.—“At the end of the summer, when there are no clouds, humans and the birds that cannot fly in the sky [Suffer] on the ground, but hungry ghosts suffer due to the abundance of rainfall during the rainy season. Similarly, those in the world who desire the dharma and those who are hostile toward the dharma [suffer], respectively, When the water of the dharma from the cloud banks (meghaugha) of compassion does not appear or appears”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ogha, Megha.

Ends with: Samdhyameghaugha.

Full-text: Mahameghaughanirghosha, Kalpanta.

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