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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वरण्डvaraṇḍaA multitude, group.

    [वृ-अण्डच् Un.1.12]

    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.
    7. The middle part of the sacrificial altar (वेदी); see वरण्डक. (The word वरण्डलम्बुक in यदिदानीमहं वरण्डलम्बुक इव दूरमुत्क्षिप्य पातितः Mk.1. is of doubtful meaning; it seems to mean 'an over-hanging or projecting wall', which, if raised high, is sure to topple down; so in the case of the Sūtradhāra whose expectations were raised very high only to be cruelly disappointed. वरण्ड may mean a contrivance for drawing water from a well (named आकती in Marathi) and लम्बुक is its handle.)
  2. वरण्डकvaraṇḍakaa.Large, great, spacious.
    1. Large, great, spacious.
    2. Frightened.
    3. Miserable, wretched.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कः

      1. A mound of earth.
      2. The seat on an elephant, a howdah.
      3. A wall.
      4. An eruption on the face.
      5. Equivalent to वरण्डः (7); गतासुरन्तरा दन्ती वरण्डक इवाभवत् Śi.19.65 (Commentary 'वरण्डकोऽन्तरावेदौ संदोह- मुखरोगयोः' इति विश्वः).
  3. वरण्डाvaraṇḍā1 A dagger, knife.
    1. 1 A dagger, knife.
    2. A kind of bird (सारिका).
    3. The wick of a lamp.
  4. वरण्डालुvaraṇḍāluThe castor-oil tree.

    The castor-oil tree.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वरण्डvaraṇḍam. (Un2. i, 128) the string of a fishhook (cf. -लम्बुक) Mr2icch.
    1. masculine gender (Un2. i, 128) the string of a fishhook (confer, compare -लम्बुक) Mr2icch.
    2. masculine gender (only Lexicographers) a multitude
    3. masculine gender an eruption on the face
    4. masculine gender a rampart separating two combatant elephants
    5. masculine gender a heap of grass
    6. masculine gender a packet, package
  2. वरण्डकvaraṇḍakamfn. (only L.) round
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (only Lexicographers) round
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective large, extensive
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective miserable, wretched
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective fearful, terrified
    5. masculine gender a small mound of earth Ka1tyS3r. Scholiast or Commentator
    6. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective a rampart separating two combatant elephants S3is3. Va1s.
    7. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective the seat or canopy on an elephant, a howdah Lexicographers
    8. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective a wall Lexicographers
    9. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective an eruption on the face Lexicographers
    10. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective a multitude Lexicographers
  3. वरण्डलम्बुकvaraṇḍalambukam. the string of a fish-hook (?) Mr2icch.

    masculine gender the string of a fish-hook (?) Mr2icch.

  4. वरण्डाvaraṇḍāf. (only L.) Turdus Salica
    1. feminine (only Lexicographers) Turdus Salica
    2. feminine a dagger, knife
    3. feminine the wick of a lamp.
  5. वरण्डालुvaraṇḍālum. a kind of bulbous plant (= फल-पुच्छ) L.
    1. masculine gender a kind of bulbous plant (Equivalent to फल-पुच्छ) Lexicographers
    2. masculine gender the castor-oil tree, Ricinus Communis Lexicographers

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वरण्डकvaraṇḍaka[varanda-ka] m. small mound; ram part separating two combatant elephants.

    [varanda-ka] masculine small mound; ram part separating two combatant elephants.