a. [varṇo'styasya ini] (At the end of comp.) 1 Having the colour or appearance of.

2 Belonging to the caste of. m. 1 A painter.

2 A scribe, writer.

3 A religious student, a Brahmacārin q. v.; a- thāha varṇī Ku. 5. 65, 52; varṇāśramāṇāṃ gurave sa varṇī vicakṣaṇaḥ prastutamācacakṣe R. 5. 19.

4 A person of any one of the four principal castes. Comp. liṃgin a. disguised as, or wear- ing the marks of, a...