upaplava | उपप्लव | upaplava

upa-plava | उप-प्लव | m. affliction, visitation, invasion, inundation
any public calamity, unlucky accident, misfortune, disturbance
a portent or natural phenomenon (as an eclipse &c.), MBh.; Suśr.; Vikr.; Kum.; Kathās. &c.
N. of Rāhu (who is supposed to cause eclipses), L.
N. of Śiva, L.

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