'Cloud-coloured'; the colour of a dark rain-cloud, the dominant scriptural image for the complexion of Krishna and Vishnu (also megha-shyama, 'dark as a cloud').

Where this term appears

• Why is Krishna blue? Journal →

  Everywhere else the image is the same, and it is a weather image. Krishna is megha-varna , cloud-coloured.

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