vīra वीर vīrá m. a man, (esp.) a brave or eminent man, hero, chief (sometimes applied to gods, as to Indra, Viṣṇu &c.; pl. men, people, mankind, followers, retainers), [RV.] &c. &c. a hero (as opp. to a god), [RTL. 272 n.] a husband, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Pur.] a male child, son (collectively male progeny), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.] the male of an animal, [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] (with, Tāntrikas) an adept (who is between the divya and the paśu, [RTL. 191]), [Rudray.] (in dram.) heroism (as one of the 8 Rasas [q.v.]; the Vīra-carita [q.v.] exhibits an example), [Bhar.]; [Daśar.]; [Sāh.] &c. an actor, [W.] a partic. Agni (son of Tapas), [MBh.] fire, (esp.) sacred or sacrificial fire, [L.] N. of various plants (Terminalia Arunja; Nerium Odorum; Guilandina Bonduc, manioc-root), [L.] N. of an Asura, [MBh.] of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [ib.] of a son of Bharad-vāja, [ib.] of a son of Puruṣa Vairāja and father of Priya-vrata and Uttāna-pāda, [Hariv.] of a son of Gṛñjima, [ib.] of two sons of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.] of a son of Kṣupa and father of Viviṃśa, [MārkP.] of the father of Līlāvatī, [ib.] of a teacher of Vinaya, [Buddh.] of the last Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.] (also with bhaṭṭa, ācārya &c.) of various authors &c., [Cat.] (pl.) of a class of gods under Manu Tāmasa, [BhP.] vīrá n. (only [L.]) a reed (Arundo Tibialis) the root of ginger (?) pepper rice-gruel the root of Costus Speciosus, of Andropogon Muricatus &c. vīrá mf(A)n. heroic, powerful, strong, excellent, eminent, [L.] [cf. Lat. vir; Lith. výras; Goth. wair; Angl.Sax. wër, wëre-wulf; Eng. were-wolf; Germ. Werwolf, Wergeld.] vīraṇī वीरणी (ī), f. a side-glance, leer, [W.] a deep place, [ib.] N. of a daughter of Vīraṇa and mother of Cākṣuṣa, [Hariv.] = n., [L.] vīraṇa वीरण m. N. of a Prajā-pati (father of Vīraṇī or Asiknī), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] of a teacher, [Cat.] (prob. w.r. for vīraṇin) n. a fragrant grass, Andropogon Muricatus, [MBh.] vīraka वीरक vīraká m. a little man, manikin, [RV. viii, 91, 2] a pitiable hero, [Bālar. ix, 1/2] Nerium Odorum, [L.] N. of one of the seven sages under Manu Cākṣuṣa, [BhP.] of a police-master, [Mṛcch.] (pl.) of a people, [MBh.] vīrasū वीरसू vīra—sū f. ‘hero-bearing’, the mother of a hero (-tva n.), [RV.] &c. &c. the mother of a male child, [L.] vīratā वीरता vīrá—tā (vīrá-), f. or vīra—tva, n. heroism, manliness, [VS.]; [MBh.] &c. vīrayā वीरया vīrayā́ ind. (instr.) with heroism, courageously, boldly, [RV.] vīrayu वीरयु vīrayú mfn. heroic, valiant, bold, [ib.] vīraghnī वीरघ्नी vīra—ghnī See vīra-han. vīraṇin वीरणिन् m. N. of a teacher, [Cat.] vīraśrī वीरश्री vīra—śrī f. (in music) a kind of composition, [Saṃgīt.] vīradru वीरद्रु vīra—dru m. Terminalia Arunja, [L.] vīrahan वीरहन् vīra—hán mf(GnI/ or haRI)n. slaying men or enemies, [TS.]; [Br.]; [MBh.]; [R.] vīra—hán m. destroyer of sacrificial fire, a Brāhman who has suffered his sacred domestic fire to become extinct (either from carelessness, impiety, or absence), [Vas.] N. of Viṣṇu, [MW.] vīrastha वीरस्थ vīra—sthá mfn. abiding with a man, [MaitrS.] vīratva वीरत्व vīrá—tā (vīrá-), f. or vīra—tva, n. heroism, manliness, [VS.]; [MBh.] &c. vīravah वीरवह् vīra—váh (strong form vā́h) mfn. conveying men, [RV.] vīravat वीरवत् vīrá—vat (vīrá-), mfn. abounding in men or heroes, having followers or sons, [RV.] consisting in men (as wealth or property), [ib.] manly, heroic, [ib.] vīrá—vat n. wealth consisting in men or sons, [RV.] vīravid वीरविद् vīra—víd mfn. procuring men or heroes, [AV.] vīrabhānu वीरभानु vīra—bhānu m. N. of a king and an author, [Cat.] vīrabhāva वीरभाव vīra—bhāva m. heroic nature, heroism, [Veṇīs.] vīrabhaṭa वीरभट vīra—bhaṭa m. a warrior, hero, [Daś.] N. of a king of Tāmra-lipta, [Kathās.] vīrabhuja वीरभुज vīra—bhuja m. N. of two kings, [Kathās.] vīradhara वीरधर vīra—dhara m. N. of a wheelwright, [Pañcat.] vīraṇaka वीरणक m. (g. ṛśyādi) N. of a serpent-demon, [MBh.] vīraśāka वीरशाक vīra—śāka m. a kind of pot-herb, [L.] vīraśaiva वीरशैव vīra—śaiva m. pl. a partic. Śaiva sect, [W.] N. of wk. by Appaya Dīkṣita vīraśaya वीरशय vīra—śaya m. ([BhP.]) the couch of a dead or wounded hero (formed of arrows). vīrabāhu वीरबाहु vīra—bāhu m. ‘strong-armed’, N. of Viṣṇu, [L.] of one of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and various kings and other men, [MBh.] of a monkey, [R.] vīrabali वीरबलि vīra—bali m. N. of wk. vīradeva वीरदेव vīra—deva m. N. of various men, [Kathās.]; [Rājat.] of a poet, [Cat.] vīradeya वीरदेय vīra—deya w.r. for vaira-d°. vīragati वीरगति vīra—gati f. ‘a hero's resort’, Indra's heaven, [MBh.]; [BhP.] vīrahaṇa वीरहण vīra—haṇa mf(I)n. hero-killing, [MW.] (cf. -han). vīrajāta वीरजात vīrá—jāta (vīrá-), mfn. (wealth) consisting in men or sons, [RV.] vīrajita वीरजित vīra—jita m. N. of a man, [Kathās.] vīrakāma वीरकाम vīra—kāma mfn. desirous of male offspring, [ŚāṅkhBr.]; [ŚrS.] vīrakāṭī वीरकाटी vīra—kāṭī f. N. of a village, [Kṣitīś.] vīrakīṭa वीरकीट vīra—kīṭa m. ‘worm of a hero’, a pitiful warrior, [MW.] vīrakarā वीरकरा vīra—karā f. ‘hero-forming’, N. of a river, [MBh.] (B. vīraṃ-k°). vīraketu वीरकेतु vīra—ketu m. N. of a man with the patr. Pāñcāla-putra, [MBh.] of a king of Ayodhyā, [Kathās.] of a king of Pāṭalī, [Daś.] vīralīla वीरलील vīra—līla mfn. playing at being a hero, [Bcar.] vīraloka वीरलोक vīra—loka m. ‘hero-world’, Indra's heaven, [MBh.]; [R.] pl. brave warriors or champions, heroes, [MBh.] vīramātṛ वीरमातृ vīra—mātṛ f. the mother of a male child or of a hero, [MBh.]; [BhP.] vīramatī वीरमती vīra—matī f. N. of a woman, [HPariś.] vīramaya वीरमय vīra—maya mf(I)n. (with Tāntrikas) relating or belonging to an initiated person, [L.] vīranātha वीरनाथ vīra—nātha m. N. of a man, [Rājat.] vīra—nātha mf(A)n. having a hero as protector, [R.] vīrapāṇa वीरपाण vīra—pāṇa or vīra—pāṇaka, n. the drink of warriors or heroes (taken before or during a battle, for refreshment or to raise the courage), [L.] vīrapāna वीरपान vīra—pāna n. = -pāṇa, [R.] vīrapoṣa वीरपोष vīra—poṣá m. thriving or prosperous condition of men or of sons, [AV.] vīrapura वीरपुर vīra—pura n. N. of a town in the district of Kānyakubja, [Hit.] of a mythical town in the Himālaya mountains, [Kathās.] vīraratha वीररथ vīra—ratha m. N. of a king, [VP.] vīrarasa वीररस vīra—rasa m. the Rasa of heroism (see rasa), [MW.] vīrareṇu वीररेणु vīra—reṇu m. N. of Bhīma-sena, [L.] vīrasena वीरसेन vīra—sena m. ‘having an army of heroes’, N. of a Dānava, [Kathās.] of a king of Niṣadha (father of Nala), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. of a king of Siṃhala, [Kathās.] of a king of Murala, [Daś.] of a king of Kānyakubja, [Hit.] of a king of Kaliṅga (the murderer of his brother), [Vās., Introd.] of a general of Agni-mitra, [Mālav.] of a son of Vigatāśoka, [Buddh.] of an author, [Cat.] N. of a poet (400 A.D.), [Inscr.] vīra—sena n. N. of a partic. plant (= āruka), [L.] vīrasoma वीरसोम vīra—soma m. N. of the author of the Hasti-vaidyaka, [Cat.] (others call him Vīra-sena). vīratama वीरतम vīrá—tama (vīrá-), m. (ifc. f(A). ) a very strong or powerful man, an eminent hero, [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.] vīratara वीरतर vīrá—tara mfn. (vīrá-) stronger, bolder vīrá—tara m. a great or a greater hero, [RV.]; [MBh.] an arrow, [L.] a corpse (?), [L.] vīrá—tara n. = vīraṇa, Andropogon Muricatus vīrataru वीरतरु vīra—taru m. N. of various trees and other plants (Pentaptera Arjuna; Andropogon Muricatus, Barleria Longifolia &c.), [L.] vīratṛṇa वीरतृण vīra—tṛṇa n. Andropogon, Muricatus, [L.] vīravāda वीरवाद vīra—vāda m. heroic fame, glory, [Mcar.] vīravara वीरवर vīra—vara m. ‘best of heroes’, N. of various men, [Kathās.]; [Hit.] vīravatī वीरवती vīrá—vatī (atī), f. a woman whose husband is living, [BhP.] a partic. fragrant plant (= māṃsa-rohiṇī), [Bhpr.] N. of a river, [MBh.] of a woman, [Kathās.] vīrabhāryā वीरभार्या vīra—bhāryā f. the wife of a hero, [L.] vīrabhadra वीरभद्र vīra—bhadra m. a distinguished hero, [L.] a horse fit for the Aśva-medha sacrifice, [L.] Andropogon Muricatus, [L.] N. of a Rudra, [Yājñ., Sch.] of an incarnation or form of Śiva (sometimes regarded as his son, and worshipped esp. in the Marāṭha country; in the Vāyu-Purāṇa he is said to have been created from Śiva's mouth in order to spoil the sacrifice of Dakṣa, and is described as having a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet, and wielding a thousand clubs; his appearance is fierce and terrific, he is clothed in a tiger's skin dripping with blood, and he bears a blazing bow and battle-axe; in another Purāṇa he is described as produced from a drop of Śiva's sweat), [MBh.]; [Pur.]; [Kathās.] &c. ([RTL. 79]; [82]) of a warrior on the side of the Pāṇḍavas, [MBh.] of a king and various authors, [Cat.] vīrabhavat वीरभवत् vīra—bhavat m. ‘your heroic worship’ (in reverential address), [Kathās.] vīrabhukti वीरभुक्ति vīra—bhukti f. N. of a place, [Cat.] (prob. for tīra-bhukti). vīraṃdhara वीरंधर vīra—ṃ-dhara m. (only [L.]) a peacock fighting with wild beasts a leather cuirass or jacket N. of a river. vīraṃkarā वीरंकरा vīra—ṃ-karā See vīra-k°. vīraśāyin वीरशायिन् vīra—śāyin mfn. lying as a dead or wounded warrior on a couch of arrows (cf. -śaya &c.), [MBh.] vīraśaṅku वीरशङ्कु vīra—śaṅku m. an arrow, [L.] vīraśayyā वीरशय्या vīra—śayyā f. id., [MBh.]; [Rājat.]; [BhP.] a partic. posture, [MBh.] (cf. vīra-sthāna). vīraśuṣma वीरशुष्म vīrá—śuṣma (vīrá-), mfn. having heroic strength or courage, [RV.] vīrabukka वीरबुक्क vīra—bukka m. N. of the founder of Vidyā-nagara, [BhP., Introd.] (see bukka). vīracakra वीरचक्र vīra—cakra n. (with Tāntrikas) N. of a mystic diagram, [RTL. 196] an army of heroes (see next) vīracaryā वीरचर्या vīra—caryā f. the deeds of a hero, adventurous exploits, [Kathās.]; [Rājat.] vīracarya वीरचर्य vīra—carya m. N. of a king, [Buddh.] vīradāman वीरदामन् vīra—dāman m. N. of a king, [Inscr.] vīradatta वीरदत्त vīra—datta m. N. of a poet vīragotra वीरगोत्र vīra—gotra n. a family of heroes, [MārkP.] vīragoṣṭhī वीरगोष्ठी vīra—goṣṭhī f. conversation between heroes, [Hcar.] vīrahatyā वीरहत्या vīra—hatyā f. the killing of a man, murder of a son, [Mn. xi, 41.] vīrahotra वीरहोत्र vīra—hotra m. pl. N. of a people, [MārkP.] vīrakarma वीरकर्म vīra—kárma n. ‘performing virile acts’, the membrum virile, [RV.] vīrakukṣi वीरकुक्षि vīrá—kukṣi (vīrá-), f. (a woman) bearing sons in the womb, [RV.] vīramānin वीरमानिन् vīra—mānin mfn. thinking one's self a hero, [Kathās.] vīra—mānin m. N. of a hero, [Vcar.] vīramārga वीरमार्ग vīra—mārga m. the course or career of a hero, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] vīramalla वीरमल्ल vīra—malla m. N. of a man, [Cat.] vīramiśra वीरमिश्र vīra—miśra m. N. of the author of the Vīra-mitrodaya (commonly called Mitra-miśra), [Cat.] vīraparṇa वीरपर्ण vīra—parṇa n. a partic. drug (= suraparṇa), [L.] vīrapatnī वीरपत्नी vīrá—patnī (vīrá-), f. the wife of a hero, [RV.]; [MBh.] &c. vīrapaṭṭa वीरपट्ट vīra—paṭṭa m. a kind of military dress or accoutrement (worn round the forehead), [Rājat.] vīrapeśas वीरपेशस् vīrá—peśas (vīrá-), m. forming the ornament of heroes, [RV.] °rá-; accord. to some, ‘consisting in male children’ vīraprabha वीरप्रभ vīra—prabha m. N. of a man, [Kathās.] vīraprasū वीरप्रसू vīra—prasū ([Bālar.]) f. a woman who brings forth heroes. vīrapuṣpī वीरपुष्पी vīra—puṣpī f. = siṅdūra-puṣpī, [L.] vīrapuṣpa वीरपुष्प vīra—puṣpa m. a kind of plant, [L.] vīrarajas वीररजस् vīra—rajas n. red lead, minium (= sindūra), [L.] vīrasainya वीरसैन्य vīra—sainya n. garlic, [W.] vīrasthāna वीरस्थान vīra—sthāna n. place or condition of a hero, [ṢaḍvBr.] a partic. posture (practised by ascetics), [MBh.] (cf. vīrāsana) N. of a place sacred to Śiva, [MBh.] vīrasūtva वीरसूत्व vīra—sū—tva n.