Brihat Samhita
सम्मूर्च्छिता रवीन्द्वोः किरणाः पवनेन मण्डलीभूताः । नानावर्णऽकृतयस्तन्वभ्रे व्योम्नि परिवेषाः ॥ ३४-०१ ॥
When the sky is filled with thin light clouds, the solar or lunar rays, gathered together by the action of the wind and made into circles of different sizes and colours, form what are known as Halos (pariveṣa).
english translation
sammUrcchitA ravIndvoH kiraNAH pavanena maNDalIbhUtAH । nAnAvarNa'kRtayastanvabhre vyomni pariveSAH ॥ 34-01 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript