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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वार्vārn.Water; प्रवाहो वारा यः पृषतलघुदृष्टः शिरसि ते Śivamahimna 17; सा किं शक्या जनयितुमिह प्रावृषेण्येन वाराम्…

    Water; प्रवाहो वारा यः पृषतलघुदृष्टः शिरसि ते Śivamahimna 17; सा किं शक्या जनयितुमिह प्रावृषेण्येन वाराम् (धारासारान् विकिरता वारिदेन) Bv.1.3.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -आसनम् a reservoir of water.

    • -किटिः (वाःकिटिः) a porpoise.

    • -गरः a wife's brother.

    • -घटीयन्त्रचक्रम् a wheel for drawing water.

    • -चः a goose, gander.

    • -दः a cloud.

    • -दरम्

      1. water.
      2. silk.
      3. speech.
      4. the seed of the mango.
      5. a curl on a horse's neck.
      6. a conch-shell.
    • -धनी a water-jar.

    • -धिः the ocean. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedभवम् a kind of salt.

    • -पुष्पम् (वाःपुष्पम्) cloves.

    • -भटः an alligator.

    • -मुच्, -वाहः Masculine a cloud; तं तात वयमन्येव वार्मुचां पतिमीश्वरम् Bhāg.1. 24.9; (कालवर्षाः) वार्वाहाः सन्तु Mv.7.42.

    • -राशिः the ocean.

    • -वटः a ship, boat.

    • -सदनम् (वाःसदनम्) a reservoir of water, a cistern.

    • -स्थ Adjective (वाःस्थ) being in water.

  2. अजहत्स्वार्थवृत्तिajahatsvārthavṛttia.Functioning without entirely surrendering one's own connotation; उत्पलशद्बसंनिधाने तदपेक्षा…

    Functioning without entirely surrendering one's own connotation; उत्पलशद्बसंनिधाने तदपेक्षा नीलशब्दस्तेनैकवाक्यतामभ्युपगच्छन्नजहत्स्वार्थवृत्तिरुपलविशे- षाभिधानपर उच्चार्यमाणः समबन्धमभ्युपैति । ŚB. on. MS.3.1.12.

  3. अजहत्स्वार्थाajahatsvārthāA kind of लक्षणा, in which the primary or original sense of a word (which is used elliptically) does not…

    [न जहत् स्वार्थोऽत्र, हा-शतृ न. ब.]

    A kind of लक्षणा, in which the primary or original sense of a word (which is used elliptically) does not disappear; as कुन्ताः प्रविशन्ति Equivalent to कुन्तधारिणः पुरुषाः; श्वेतो धावति Equivalent to श्वेतवर्णोऽश्वो धावति; also called उपादानलक्षणा quod vide, which see; स्वसिद्धये पराक्षेपः; कुन्ताः प्रविशन्ति, यष्टयः प्रविशन्ति इत्यादौ कुन्तादिभिरात्मन: प्रवेशसिद्ध्यर्थं स्वसंयोगिनः पुरुषा आक्षिप्यन्ते K.Parasmaipada2. Adhyātma Rām.7.5.27.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वार्vār[vấr] n. water (nm. pl. very rarely -as, as if m. or f.): -âm nidhi, ocean.

    [vấr] neuter water (nominative plural very rarely -as, as if masculine or feminine; also equal for): -âm nidhi, ocean.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वार्vārn. (said to be fr. √1. वृ) water RV. &c. &c. (n. pl. once in BhP. वारस्, as if m. or f.; वारां निधिः…
    1. neuter gender (said to be from √1. वृ) water fg-veda etc. etc. (neuter gender plural once in BhP. वारस्, as if masculine gender or feminine; वारां निधिः, "receptacle of waters", the ocean Prab.)
    2. neuter gender stagnant water, a pond fg-veda iv, 19, 4; viii, 98, 8; ix, 112, 4
    3. masculine gender (?) a protector, defender, i, 132, 3; x, 93, 3 . [confer, compare, according to to some, Greek οὖρον, οὐρέω; Latin urina, urinari .]
  2. अग्निवार्त्तagnivārttamfn. gaining a livelihood by fire [as a blacksmith &c.] VarBr2S.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective gaining a livelihood by fire [as a blacksmith etc.] VarBr2S.

  3. अजहत्स्वार्थाajahatsvārthāf. a rhetorical figure (using a word which involves the meaning of another word previously used, as "white…

    feminine a rhetorical figure (using a word which involves the meaning of another word previously used, as "white ones" for "white horses", "lances" for "men with lances").

  4. अतत्त्वार्थवत्atattvārthavatmfn. not conformable with the nature of truth

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not conformable with the nature of truth

  5. अतिस्वार्यatisvāryamfn. the last of the seven notes TS. Pra1t.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective the last of the seven notes TS. Pra1t.

  6. अद्वार्advārf. not a door S3Br. MBh.

    feminine not a door S3Br. MBh.