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• -रः

  1. The act of choosing, selecting.
  2. Choice, selection.
  3. A boon, blessing, favour (तपोभिरिष्यते यस्तु देवेभ्यः स वरो मतः); वरं वृ or याच् 'to ask a boon'; प्रीतास्मि ते पुत्र वरं वृणीष्व R.2.63; भवल्लब्धवरोदीर्णः Ku.2.32; (for the distinction between वर and आशिस् see आशिस्).
  4. A gift, present, reward, recompense.
  5. A wish, desire in general.
  6. Solicitation, entreaty.
  7. Charity, alms.
  8. Surrounding, enclosing.
  9. Obstructing, checking.
  10. A bridegroom, husband; वरं वरयते कन्या; see under वधू (1) also.
  11. A suitor, wooer.
  12. A dowry.
  13. A son-in-law; 'वरो जामातरि श्रेष्ठे' इति विश्वः; रथाङ्गभर्त्रेऽभिनवं वराय Śi.3.36.
  14. A dissolute man, libertine.
  15. A sparrow.
  16. Bdellium.

• -रम् Saffron; (for वरम् see separately).

• -अङ्ग

  1. Adjective having an excellent form.
  2. (ङ्गः) an elephant.
  3. Name of Viṣṇu.
  4. Name of Cupid.
  5. a Nakṣatra year consisting of 324 days. (-ङ्गी) turmeric.
  6. (ङ्गम्) the head; वराङ्गानि महार्हाणि धनुषा शातयामि वः Rām.1.66.1; वराङ्गमुर्व्यामपतच्चमूमुखे Mb.8.91.53.
  7. the best part.
  8. an elegant form.
  9. pudendum muliebre.
  10. green cinnamon.

• -अङ्गना a lovely woman; वराङ्गनासेवनमल्पभोजनम् Lakṣmīcharitra.

• -अन्नम् excellent dish; पक्वापक्वं दिवारात्रं वरान्नममृतोपमम् Mb.7.67.2.

• -अरणिः a mother; ददर्श रावणस्तत्र गोवृषेन्द्रवरारणिम् Rām.7.23.22.

• -अर्ह

  1. Adjective
  2. worthy of a boon.
  3. very worthy, highly esteemed;

• -मत्कृतेऽद्य

  1. वरार्हायाः श्यामतां समुपागतम्(मुखम्) Mb.3.144. 11.
  2. very expensive.

• -आनना a lovely-faced woman.

• -आजीविन् Masculine an astrologer.

• -आरुहः an ox.

• -आरोह

  1. Adjective having fine hips.
  2. (हः) an excellent rider.
  3. a rider on an elephant or horse.
  4. mounting, riding. (-हा) an elegant or a beautiful woman; कामं कुरु वरा- रोहे देहि मे परिरम्भणम् Māl.6.11.

• -आलिः the moon.

• -आसनम्

  1. an excellent seat.
  2. the chief seat, a seat of honour.
  3. the China rose.
  4. a cistern, reservoir.
  5. (नः) a door-keeper.
  6. a lover, paramour

• -इन्द्रः

  1. a chief, sovereign.
  2. Indra.
  3. (also Neuter) Name of a part of Bengal.

• -न्द्री the ancient Gaura or Gauda country.

• -ईश्वरः Name of Śiva.

• -उरुः, -रूः Feminine a beautiful woman (Literal having beautiful thighs).

• -क्रतुः an epithet of Indra.

• -गात्र Adjective fair-limbed, beautiful.

• -चन्दनम्

  1. a kind of sandal wood.
  2. the pine tree.

• -तनु Adjective fairlimbed. (-नुः Feminine) a beautiful woman; वरतनुरथवासौ नैव दृष्टा त्वया मे V.4.22.

• -तन्तुः Name of an ancient sage; कौत्सः प्रपेदे वरतन्तुशिष्यः R.5.1.

• -त्वचः the Nimba tree.

• -द

  1. Adjective
  2. conferring a boon, granting or fulfilling a boon; आगच्छ वरदे देवि जपे मे संनिधौ भव Sandhyā.
  3. propitious.
  4. (दः) a benefactor.
  5. Name of a class of Manes.
  6. fire for propitiatory burnt offerings. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedचतुर्थी Name of the 4th day in the bright half of माघ, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedहस्तः the boon-giving or beneficent hand (placed on the head of a suppliant by a deity etc.).
  7. (दा) Name of a river; वरद वरदारोधोवृक्षैः सहावनतो रिपुः M.5.1.
  8. a maiden, girl.

• -दक्षिणा

  1. a present made to the bridegroom by the father of the bride.
  2. a term for expense incurred in fruitless endeavours to recover a loss.

• -दानम् the granting of a boon.

• -दानिक Adjective arising from the bestowal of a favour or boon; चतुर्दश वने वासं वर्षाणि वरदानिकम् Rām.2.17.7.

• -द्रुमः agallochum.

• -धर्मः a noble act of justice.

• -निमन्त्रणम् a journey undertaken by the parents of the bride to recall the bridegroom (who pretends to go to Kāśī.).

• -निश्चयः the choice of a bridegroom.

• -पक्षः the party of the bridegroom (at a wedding); प्रमुदितवरपक्षमेकतस्तत् R.6.86.

• -पुरुषः the best of men; अहं वरपुरुषमनुष्यो वासुदेवः कामयितव्यः Mk.1.3/31.

• -प्रद Adjective granting wishes.

• -प्रदा Name of Lopāmudrā.

• -प्रस्थानम्, -यात्रा the setting out of the bridegroom in procession towards the house of the bride for the celebration of marriage.

• -फलः the cocoa-nut tree.

• -बाह्लिकम् saffron.

• -युवतिः, -ती Feminine a beautiful young woman.

• -रुचिः Name of a poet and grammarian (one of the 'nine gems' at the court of king Vikrama; see नवरत्न; he is identified by some with Kātyāyana, the celebrated author of the Vārtikas on Pāṇini's Sūtras).

• -लक्षणम् the requisites of wedding. पाणिग्रहणमन्त्राश्च प्रथितं वरलक्षणम् Mb.7.55.16.

• -लब्ध Adjective received as a boon. (-ब्धः) the Champaka tree.

• -वत्सला a mother-in-law.

• -वर्णम् gold.

• -वर्णिनी

  1. an excellent or fair-complexioned woman; मया हीयं वृता पूर्वं भार्यार्थे वरवर्णिनी Mb.1.5.23.
  2. a woman in general.
  3. turmeric.
  4. lac.
  5. Name of Lakṣmī.
  6. of Durgā.
  7. of Sarasvatī.
  8. the creeper called Priyaṅgu.
  9. a yellow pigment.

• -वृद्धः Name of Śiva.

• -शीतम् cinnamon.

• -सुरत

  1. Adjective
  2. very wanton.
  3. acquainted with the secrets of sexual intercourse.

• -स्रज् Feminine 'the bridegroom's garland', the garland put by the bride round the neck of the bridegroom.