1. a cloud, dark cloud, thundercloud SN.i.212 Thig.55; AN.ii.102; AN.v.22; Thag.760; Pp.42, Pp.43; Vv.68#1 Ja.iii.245; Ja.iii.270 (ghana˚); Vism.285 (˚paṭala); Mil.274; Dhs-a.317; Vv-a.12 (= abbhā).
2. Name of mythical horses SN.iii.145.

• -kāyikā (devā) groups of cloud gods (viz. sīta˚, uṇha˚ abbha˚, vāta˚, vassa˚) SN.iii.254.

valāha + ka; of dial. origin; cp. Epic Sk. balāhaka