Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

[वृ-उनन् Uṇ.3.53]

1. Name of an Āditya (usually associated with Mitra); Bṛi. Up.1.4.11.
2. (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.
3. The ocean.
4. Firmament.
5. The Sun.
6. The Varuṇa tree.

1. masculine gender (once in the TA1r. वरुण्/अ) "Allenveloping Sky", Name of an A1ditya आदित्य (in the Veda वेद commonly the night as Mitra मित्र over the day, but often celebrated separately, whereas Mitra मित्र is rarely invoked alone; Varun2a वरुण is one of the oldest of the Vedic gods, and is commonly thought to correspond to the Οὐρανός of the Greeks, although of a more spiritual conception; he is often regarded as the supreme deity, being then styled "king of the gods" or "king of both gods and men" or "king of the universe"; no other deity has such grand attributes and functions assigned to him; he is described as fashioning and upholding heaven and earth, as possessing extraordinary power and wisdom called माया, as sending his spies or messengers throughout both worlds, as numbering the very winkings of men's eyes, as hating falsehood, as seizing transgressors with his पाश or noose, as inflicting diseases, especially dropsy, as pardoning sin, as the guardian of immortality; he is also invoked in the Veda वेद together with Indra इन्द्र, and in later Vedic literature together with Agni अग्नि, with Yama यम, and with Vishn2u विष्णु; in fg-veda iv, 1, 2, he is even called the brother of Agni अग्नि; though not generally regarded in the Veda वेद as a god of the ocean, yet he is often connected with the waters, especially the waters of the atmosphere or firmament, and in one place [fg-veda vii, 64, 2] is called with Mitra मित्र, सिन्धु-पति, "lord of the sea or of rivers"; hence in the later mythology he became a kind of Neptune, and is there best known in his character of god of the ocean; in the MBh. Varun2a वरुण is said to be a son of Kardama कर्दम and father of Pushkara पुष्कर, and is also variously represented as one of the Deva-gandharvas देव-गन्धर्व s, as a Na1ga नाग, as a king of the Nagas नग s, and as an Asura असुर; he is the regent of the western quarter [confer, compare लोक-पाल] and of the Nakshatra नक्षत्र S3atabhishaj शतभिषज् [VarBr2S.]; the Jainas जैन s consider Varun2a वरुण as a servant of the twentieth Arhat अर्हत् of the present Avasarpin2i1 अवसर्पिणी) fg-veda etc. etc. (confer, compare IW. 10; 12 etc.)
2. masculine gender the ocean VarBr2S.
3. masculine gender water Katha1s.
4. masculine gender the sun Lexicographers
5. masculine gender awarder off or dispeller Sa1y. on fg-veda v, 48, 5
6. masculine gender Name of a particular magical formula recited over weapons R. (varia lectio वरण)
7. masculine gender the tree Crataeva Roxburghii Lexicographers (confer, compare वरण)
8. masculine gender plural (probably) the gods generally AV. iii, 4, 6
9. etc. see page and participle 921, column 2 .