1. a bee Ja.v.205 (˚vaṇṇa bee-coloured, i.e. of black colour, in explⁿ of kaṇha); Thig.252. Usually in similes, e.g. at Dhp.49 (cp. Dhp-a.i.374 sq.); Vism.142, Vism.152; Snp-a.139.
2. in bhamara-tanti “the string that sounds,” one of the seven strings of the lute Ja.ii.253, cp. Vv-a.140.

cp. Epic & Class. Sk. bhramara; either to bhram (semantically quick, unsteady motion = confused noise), cp. Gr. φόρμιγς zither; or perhaps for *bramara to Ohg. bremo = Ger. bremse gadfly, bremen = brummen to hum; Gr. βρόμος thunder, Lat. fremo to growl roar: see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. fremo