Sanskrit Word List
Browse Sanskrit words with Apte and Monier-Williams dictionary meanings.
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var
10 U. (va rayati-te, strictly caus. of vṛ, or vṝ of class 10) To ask for, choose, seek to get; see vṛ.
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n. Water; Bv. 1. 30. Comp. āsanaṃ a reservoir of water. ki- ṭiḥ (vāḥkiṭiḥ) a porpoise. caḥ 1. a goose, gander. daḥ a cloud. daraṃ 1. water.
2. silk.
3. speech....
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vara
a. [vṛ-karmaṇi ap] 1 Best, ex- cellent, most beautiful or precious, choicest, finest; with gen, or loc. or usually at the end of comp.; vadatāṃ varaḥ R. 1. 59; vedavidāṃ vareṇa 5....
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varā
1 The three kinds of myro- [Page0946-b+ 55] balan.
2 A kind of perfume.
3 Turmeric.
4 N. of Pārvatī.
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vāra
m. (earlier form of vāla q.v.) the hair of any animal's tail (esp. of a horse's tail, = οὐρά) RV. 943,3 191586 mn. sg. and pl. a hair-sieve ib. 122138 943,3 191587 (v/āra-) mfn....
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vāradhāna
(prob.) w.r. for vāṭadh MBh. 122216 944,2 191718
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varāḍirāga
See varāḍi, p.921 119280 923,2 187080
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vāraḥ
[vṛ-ghañ] 1 That which covers, a cover.
2 A multitude, large number; as in vārayuvati.
3 A heap; quantity.
4 A herd, flock; Śi. 18. 56.
5 A day of the week; as in...
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vārāha
a. (hī f.) [varāhasyedaṃ priya- tvāt aṇ] Relating to a boar; varāhī- mātmayonestanumavanavidhāvāsthitasyānurūpāṃ Mu. 7. 19; Y. 1. 259. haḥ 1 A boar.
2 A kind of tree. Comp....
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varāha
m. (derivation doubtful) a boar, hog, pig, wild boar RV. &c (ifc. it denotes, superiority, pre-eminence;, see g. vyāghrādi) 923,2 187084 m. a cloud Naigh. i, 10 923,2 187085 m. a...
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varāhaḥ
[varāya abhīṣṭāya mustādilābhāya āhaṃti bhūmiṃ ā-han-ḍa Tv.] 1 A boar, hog; visrabdhaṃ kriyatāṃ varāhatatibhirmustākṣa- tiḥ palvale Ś. 2. 6.
2 A ram.
3 A bull.
4 A cloud....
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varahaka
m. or n. (?) N. of a place Cat. 119279 923,2 187079
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varāhamihira
A celebrated astronomer, author of the Bṛhat-Saṃhitā. He died in 587 A. D.
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vārāhī
1 A sow.
2 The earth.
3 The Śakti of Viṣṇu in the form of a boar.
4 A measure. Comp. kaṃdaḥ N. of a bulbous plant.
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varāhuḥ
Ved. A boar, hog.
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varāka
a. (kī f.) 1 Poor, pitiable, miserable, wretched, unhappy, un- fortunate (often used to show pity); tanmayā na yuktaṃ kṛtaṃ yatsa varāko'pamāni- taḥ Pt. 1; tatkimujjihānajīvitāṃ...
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vāraka
a. [vṛ-ṇic ṇvul] Obstruct- [Page0961-a+ 54] ing, opposing. kaḥ 1 A kind of horse.
2 A horse in general.
3 One of the paces of a horse. kaṃ 1 The seat of pain.
2 A kind...
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varakaḥ
[vṛ-vun] 1 A wish, request, boon.
2 A cloak.
3 A kind of wild bean.
4 One who asks a female in marriage, a suitor, wooer. kaṃ 1 The cover of a boat.
2 A towel, wiper.
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vārakin
m. An opposer, enemy.
2 The ocean.
3 A kind of horse, one with good marks.
4 An asce- tic living on leaves.
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vārakīra
m. (only L.) a wife's brother Page944,2 191699 m. the submarine fire 944,2 191700 m. a louse 944,2 191701 m. a small comb 944,2 191702
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vāralā
1 A wasp.
2 A goose; cf. varaṭā.
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varalaḥ
A kind of wasp. lā 1 A goose.
2 A kind of wasp.
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varālaḥ
Cloves.
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vāralaka
See nandi-v. 122218 944,2 191720
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vāralīka
m. Eleusine Indica L. 122220 944,2 191723
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vārālikā
f. N. of Durga1 durgā L. 122228 944,2 191732
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varam
ind. Rather or better than, preferably to, it is better that &c. It is sometimes used with the ab- lative; samunnayan bhūtimanāryasaṃgamādvaraṃ vi- rodhopi samaṃ mahātmabhiḥ Ki....
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varambarā
f. the Nux Vomica plant L. 119277 923,2 187077
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varaṃḍā
1 A dagger, knife.
2 A kind of bird (sārikā).
3 The wick of a lamp.
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varaṃḍaḥ
[vṛ-aṃḍac] 1 A multitude, group.
2 A pimple or eruption on the face.
3 A veranda.
4 A heap of grass.
5 The string of a fish-hook.
6 pocket. (The word varaṃḍalaṃbuka in...
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varaṃḍaka
a. 1 Large, great, spaci- ous.
2 Frightened.
3 Miserable, wretched. kaḥ 1 A mound of earth,
2 The seat on an elephant, a howdah.
3 A wall.
4 An erup- tion on the face.
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varaṃḍāluḥ
The castor-oil tree.
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vāraṃgaḥ
1 The handle of a sword, knife &c.
2 The narrow end to which the handle is fastened.
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vāraṃkaḥ
A bird.
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vārāṃnidhiḥ
The ocean.
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vāraṃvāraṃ
ind. Often times, re- peatedly, again and again; vāraṃvāraṃ tirayati dṛśorudgamaṃ bāṣpapūraḥ Māl. 1. 35.
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vāraṇa
a. (ṇī f.) [vṛ-lyu lyuṭ vā] Warding off, resisting, opposing. ṇaṃ 1 Warding off, restraining, ob- structing; na bhavati bisataṃturvāraṇaṃ vā- raṇānāṃ Bh. 2. 17.
2 An obstacle,...
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varāṇaḥ
An epithet of Indra.
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varaṇaṃ
[vṛ-lyuṭ lyu vā] 1 Choosing, selecting.
2 Begging, soliciting, requesting.
3 Surrounding, en- circling.
4 Covering, screening, protecting.
5 The choice of a bride.
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varāṇasa
See p. 921, col. 1. 119281 923,2 187081
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varaṇasī
More usually written vārāṇasī q. v.
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varāṇasī
See vārāṇasī.
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vāraṇasī
See vārāṇasī.
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vārāṇasī
The holy city of Be- nares.
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vāraṇāvataḥ
N. of a town.
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vāraṅga
m. the handle of a sword or knife &c Sus3r. (cf. Un2. 1, 121 Sch.) 122208 944,2 191706
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vāraṅka
m. a bird. L. 122207 944,2 191705
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varaṇṭa
See jala-v. 119275 923,1 187075
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