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Entry वरुण

वरुणvaruṇaa shark.
Derived forms and compounds
- -पाशः
  
  a shark.
  
  the noose of Varuṇa.
- -लोकः
  
  the world of Varuṇa.
  
  water.
- वरुणः varuṇḥ
  
  वृ-उनन् Uṇ.3.53
  
  Name of an Āditya (usually associated with Mitra); Bṛi. Up.1.4.11.
  
  (In later mythology) The regent of the ocean and of the western quarter (represented with a noose in hand); यासां राजा वरुणो याति मध्ये सत्यानृत्ये अवपश्यञ्जनानाम्; वरुणो यादसामहम् Bg.1.29; त्वं विश्वेषां वरुणासि राजा ये च देवा ये च मर्ताः Ṛv.2.27.1; प्रतीचीं वरुणः पाति Mb.; अतिसक्तिमेत्य वरुणस्य दिशा भृशमन्वरज्यदतुषारकरः Śi.9.7.
  
  The ocean.
  
  Firmament.
  
  The Sun.
  
  The Varuṇa tree.
- -अङ्गरुहः an epithet of Agastya.
- -आत्मजः Name of the sage Jamadagni; ततः सुतास्ते वरुणात्मजोपमाः Mb.7. 155.45.
- -आत्मजा spirituous liquor (so called being produced from the sea).
- -आलयः, -आवासः the ocean.
- -ईशम्, -देवम्, -दैवतम् the Nakṣatra Śatabhiṣaj.
In the Gita10·29 11·39

अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम् ।

anantaścāsmi nāgānāṃ varuṇo yādasāmaham, — And I am Ananta among the Nagas, Varuna among the peoples of the sea, Aryaman among the Fathers, Yama (lord of the Law) among those who maintain rule… 10·29
- वरुणःvaruṇaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun varuṇa (Varuna, the Vedic god of the waters).
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