Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
The holy city of Be- nares.
vārāṇasī
Dictionary meanings for vārāṇasī from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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vārāṇasī
Normalized lookup: varanasi
Source entry
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. the city Benares (more properly written Bana1ras Banaras; accord. to Ja1ba1lUp. so called after the names of two rivers, varaṇā and asi, or asī; also written vāṇārasī q.v., varāṇasī or vāraṇasī) MBh.; Ka1v. &c 944,2 191726 f. cf. RTL. 434. 122223 944,2 191727 m. N. of wk. 122224 944,2 191728 n. N. of wk. 122225 944,2 191729
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