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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वराहvarāhaA boar, hog; विस्रब्धं क्रियतां वराहततिभिर्मुस्ताक्षतिः पल्वले Ś.2.6.

    [वराय अभीष्टाय मुस्तादिलाभाय आहन्ति भूमिम् आ-हन्-ड Tv.]

    1. A boar, hog; विस्रब्धं क्रियतां वराहततिभिर्मुस्ताक्षतिः पल्वले Ś.2.6.
    2. A ram.
    3. A bull.
    4. A cloud.
    5. A crocodile.
    6. An array of troops in the form of a boar.
    7. Name of Viṣṇu in the third or boar incarnation; Compare वसति दशनशिखरे धरणी तव लग्ना शशिनि कलङ्ककलेव निमग्ना । केशव धृतशूकररूप जय जगदीश हरे Gīt.1.
    8. A particular measure.
    9. Name of Varāhamihira
    10. Name of one of the 18 Purāṇas.
    11. A mountain; Latin D. B.
    12. A coin; Latin D. B.
    13. A kind of grass; Latin D. B.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अवतारः the boar or third incarnation of Viṣṇu.

    • -कन्दः a kind of esculent root.

    • -कर्णः a kind o arrow; वराह- कर्णैर्नालोकैविकर्णैश्चाभ्यवीवृषत् Mb.7.166.24.

    • -कर्णिका a kind of missile.

    • -कल्पः the period of the boar incarnation, the period during which Viṣṇu assumed the form of a boar.

    • -क्रान्ता the sensitive plant.

    • -द्वादशी a festival held on the 12th day in the bright half of Māgha in honour of Viṣṇu.

    • -नामन् Neuter an esculent root.

    • -पुराणम् Name of one of the 18 major purāṇas.

    • -मिहिरः Name of a celebrated astronomer, author of बृहत्संहिता (supposed to be one of the 'nine gems' at the court of king Vikrama).

    • -शृङ्गः Name of Śiva.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वराहvarāha[varâhá] m. V., C.: boar, hog; C.: boar-incarnation of Vishnu (who raised the earth from the bottom of the sea…

    [varâhá] masculine Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: boar, hog; Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: boar-incarnation of Vishnu (who raised the earth from the bottom of the sea with his tusks); boar-shaped military array; noun of a Daitya; noun; -datta, masculine noun; -deva, masculine noun; -mihira, masculine noun of an astronomer (sixth cen- tury adjective dative); -mûla, neuter noun of a locality with a statue of Vishnu's boar-incarnation; -svâ min, masculine noun of a mythical king.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वराहvarāham. (derivation doubtful) a boar, hog, pig, wild boar RV. &c. (ifc. it denotes, "superiority, pre-eminence"…
    1. masculine gender (derivation doubtful) a boar, hog, pig, wild boar fg-veda etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' it denotes, "superiority, pre-eminence"; see gaRa व्याघ्रा*दि)
    2. masculine gender a cloud Naigh. i, 10
    3. masculine gender a bull Col.
    4. masculine gender a ram Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender Delphinus Gangeticus Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender Name of Vishn2u विष्णु in his third or boar-incarnation (confer, compare वराहा*वतार) TA1r. MBh. etc.
    7. masculine gender an array of troops in the form of a boar Mn. vii, 187
    8. masculine gender a particular measure Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender Cyperus Rotundus Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender yam, manioc-root Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender Equivalent to वराह-पुराण and that the rest of a word is to be suppliedहो*पनिषद् (quod vide)
    12. masculine gender Name of a Daitya दैत्य MBh.
    13. masculine gender of a Muni मुनि ibidem
    14. masculine gender of various authors (also with पण्डित and शर्मन्) catalogue or catalogues
    15. masculine gender abridged from वराह-मिहिर ibidem Un2. Scholiast or Commentator
    16. masculine gender of the son of a guardian of a temple Ra1jat.
    17. masculine gender of a mountain MBh. R.
    18. masculine gender of one of the 18 Dvi1pas द्वीप s Lexicographers
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  2. आदिवराहādivarāham. "the first boar", N. of Vishn2u विष्णु Ka1d. Hariv.
    1. masculine gender "the first boar", Name of Vishn2u विष्णु Ka1d. Hariv.
    2. masculine gender Name of a poetry or poetic
    3. masculine gender Name of Bhoja भोज (Kanouj king), Inscriptions
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  3. उदीर्णवराहतीर्थudīrṇavarāhatīrthan. N. of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ .

    neuter gender Name of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ .

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  4. जगतीवराहjagatīvarāhan. N. of a Sa1man सामन् .

    neuter gender Name of a Sa1man सामन् .

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  5. दुर्वराहdurvarāha(द्/उर्-) m. a tame hog S3Br. xii A1s3vS3r. ix, 10, 15 Sch.

    (द्/उर्-) masculine gender a tame hog S3Br. xii A1s3vS3r. ix, 10, 15 Scholiast or Commentator

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  6. द्रुतवराहकुलdrutavarāhakulan. a herd of running boars Ragh.

    neuter gender a herd of running boars Ragh.

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  7. धरणीवराहdharaṇīvarāham. N. of a king Katha1s.

    masculine gender Name of a king Katha1s.

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  8. धरणीवराहसंवादdharaṇīvarāhasaṃvādam. N. of wk.

    masculine gender Name of work

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