vāruṇī

Dictionary meanings for vāruṇī from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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vāruṇī

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 The west(the quarter presided over by Varuṇa).

2 Any spirituous liquor; payopi śauḍikīhaste vāruṇītyabhidhīyate H. 3. 11; Pt. 1. 178 (where both senses are intend- ed); Ku. 4. 12.

3 The asterism śatabhiṣaj.

4 Dūrvā grass.

5 N. of the wife of Varuṇa.

6 A kind of Dūrvā. Comp. vallabhaḥ an epithet of Varuṇa.

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