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vāraṇaवारणvāraṇá mf(I)n. warding off, restraining, resisting, opposing, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
all-resisting, invincible (said of the Soma and of Indra's elephant), [RV. ix, 1, 9]; [Hariv. 1700]
relating to prevention, [Suśr.]
shy, wild, [RV.]; [AV.] (with mṛga accord. to some = elephant, [RV. viii, 33, 8]; [x, 40, 4])
dangerous, [RV.]; [ṢaḍvBr.]
forbidden, [AitBr.]
vāraṇá m. (ifc. f(A). ) an elephant (from its power of resistance), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
vāraṇá m. an elephant-hook, [Daś.]
armour, mail, [L.]
a kind of ornament on an arch, [MBh. iv, 1326]
vāraṇá n. the act of restraining or keeping back or warding off from (abl.)
resistance, opposition, obstacle
impediment, [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.
a means of restraining, [Bhartṛ.]
= hari-tāla, [L.]
N. of a place, [MBh.]
vāraṇá mfn. (fr. varaṇa; for 1. See col. 1) consisting of or made from the wood of the Crataeva Roxburghii, [ŚBr.]; [Kauś.]
vāraṇasīवारणसीf. = vārāṇasī below.
vāraṇaśālāवारणशालाvāraṇa—śālā f. an elephant-stable, [R.]
vāraṇabusāवारणबुसाvāraṇa—busā or vāraṇa—vallabhā, f. Musa Sapientum, [L.]
vāraṇakaraवारणकरvāraṇa—kara m. an elephant's ‘hand’ i.e. trunk, [Bhām.]
vāraṇaveśaवारणवेशvāraṇa—veśa m. (with śāstrin) N. of an author, [Cat.]
vāraṇahastaवारणहस्तvāraṇa—hasta m. a partic. stringed instrument, [Saṃgīt.]
vāraṇapuṣpaवारणपुष्पvāraṇa—puṣpa m. a species of plant, [MBh.]
vāraṇasthalaवारणस्थलvāraṇa—sthala n. N. of a place, [R.]
vāraṇakesaraवारणकेसरvāraṇa—kesara m. Mesua Roxburghii, [Suśr.]
vāraṇakṛcchraवारणकृच्छ्रvāraṇa—kṛcchra m. ‘elephant's penance’, a penance consisting in drinking only rice-water, [Prāyaśc.]
vāraṇasāhvayaवारणसाह्वयvāraṇa—sāhvaya n. (with or without pura) ‘the town called after elephant’, N. of Hastināpura, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
vāraṇavallabhāवारणवल्लभाvāraṇa—busā or vāraṇa—vallabhā, f. Musa Sapientum, [L.]