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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
vīrāवीराf. (in music) a partic. Śruti, [Saṃgīt.]
N. of the wife of Bharad-vāja, [L.]
of the wife of Karaṃ-dhama, [MārkP.]
of a river, [MBh.] (B. vāṇī)
vīrāyaवीरायNom. Ā. °yate, to act like a hero, show heroism, [Uttarar.] (°yita n. impers.)
vīrākhyaवीराख्यm. Guilandina Bonduc, [L.]
vīrāmlaवीराम्लm. a kind of dock or sorrel (= amla-vetasa), [L.]
vīrādhvanवीराध्वन्m. = vīra-mārga, [MBh.]
an heroic death, [VP.]
vīrāṇakaवीराणक([Inscr.]) or vīrānaka ([Rājat.]), N. of a place.
vīrāgamaवीरागमn. (?) N. of wk.
vīrāpuraवीरापुरvīrā-pura n. N. of a town, [Cat.]
vīrārukaवीरारुकn. a medicinal plant (= āruka), [L.]
vīrāsanaवीरासनn. ‘hero-sitting’, [W.]
sleeping out in the open air, the station of a guard or sentinel, [BhP.], Sch.
standing on an elevated spot (= ūrdhvāvasthāna), [ib.]
a bivouac, [W.]
a partic. sitting posture practised by ascetics (squatting on the thighs, the lower legs being crossed over each other = paryaṅka, q.v.; cf. also 1. āsana, p. 159), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
a field of battle, [W.]
kneeling on one knee, [W.]
vīrācāryaवीराचार्यm. N. of an author, [Gaṇar.]
vīrānandaवीरानन्दm. N. of a drama.
vīrāṣṭakaवीराष्टकm. ‘consisting of eight men’, N. of one of Skanda's attendants, [MBh.]
vīrāśaṃsanaवीराशंसनn. ‘place wished for by heroes’, the post of danger in battle, [L.]
a field of battle, [Śiś. xix, 79] (v.l. vairāś°)
keeping watch, [W.]
a forlorn hope, [MW.]
vīrākṣaramālāvirudaवीराक्षरमालाविरुदvīrākṣara-mālā-viruda n. N. of an artificial stanza in the Panegyric called Virudāvalī (in which the qualities of the hero are enumerated singly in alphabetical order), [Cat.]