varāha वराह m. (derivation doubtful) a boar, hog, pig, wild boar, [RV.] &c. &c. (ifc. it denotes, ‘superiority, pre-eminence’; see g. vyāghrādi) a cloud, [Naigh. i, 10] a bull, [Col.] a ram, [L.] Delphinus Gangeticus, [L.] N. of Viṣṇu in his third or boar-incarnation (cf. varāhāvatāra), [TĀr.]; [MBh.] &c. an array of troops in the form of a boar, [Mn. vii, 187] a partic. measure, [L.] Cyperus Rotundus, [L.] yam, manioc-root, [L.] = varāha-purāṇa and °hopaniṣad (q.v.) N. of a Daitya, [MBh.] of a Muni, [ib.] of various authors (also with paṇḍita and śarman), [Cat.] abridged fr. varāha-mihira, [ib.]; [Uṇ., Sch.] of the son of a guardian of a temple, [Rājat.] of a mountain, [MBh.]; [R.] of one of the 18 Dvīpas, [L.] varāhaka वराहक m. N. of a serpent-demon, [MBh.] n. N. of an Upaniṣad. varāhayu वराहयु varāhayú mfn. eager after boars, useful or fit for boar-hunting, [RV.] varāhadat वराहदत् varāha—dat or varāha—danta, mfn. having boar's teeth, [L.] varāhavat वराहवत् varāha—vat ind. like a boar, [MW.] varāhaśaila वराहशैल varāha—śaila m. N. of a mountain, [Cat.] varāhadeva वराहदेव varāha—deva m. N. of a man, [Rājat.] varāhamūla वराहमूल varāha—mūla n. N. of a place having an image of Viṣṇu in his boar-form, [Rājat.] varāhavasā वराहवसा varāha—vasā f. hog's grease, [Suśr.] varāhayūtha वराहयूथ varāha—yūtha m. a herd of wild boars, [Ṛtus.] varāhaśṛṅga वराहशृङ्ग varāha—śṛṅga m. ‘boar-horned’, N. of Śiva, [Śivag.] varāhadanta वराहदन्त varāha—dat or varāha—danta, mfn. having boar's teeth, [L.] varāhadatta वराहदत्त varāha—datta m. N. of a merchant, [Kathās.] varāhadvīpa वराहद्वीप varāha—dvīpa N. of a Dvīpa, [VāyuP.] varāhakālin वराहकालिन् varāha—kālin m. a kind of sunflower, Helianthus Annuus, [L.] varāhakāntā वराहकान्ता varāha—kāntā f. a kind of yam, [L.] varāhakalpa वराहकल्प varāha—kalpa m. the period during which Viṣṇu assumed his boar-form, [MBh.] varāhakanda वराहकन्द varāha—kanda m. an esculent root, a sort of yam, [L.] varāhakarṇī वराहकर्णी varāha—karṇī f. Physalis Flexuosa, [L.] varāhakarṇa वराहकर्ण varāha—karṇa m. ‘boar-eared’, N. of a kind of arrow, [MBh.]; [R.] N. of a Yakṣa, [MBh.] varāhanāman वराहनामन् varāha—nāman m. Mimosa Pudica, [L.] an esculent root, yam, [L.] varāhasphuṭa वराहस्फुट varāha—sphuṭa m. or n. N. of wk. varāhastuti वराहस्तुति varāha—stuti f. N. of ch. of the [BrahmāṇḍaP.] varāhavadhrī वराहवध्री varāha—vadhrī f. (prob.) a flitch, [R.] varāhakavaca वराहकवच varāha—kavaca n. N. of a Kavaca (q.v.), [Cat.] varāhakrāntā वराहक्रान्ता varāha—krāntā f. a sort of sensitive plant, Mimosa Pudica, [L.] (accord. to some ‘Lycopodium Imbricatum’), varāhamihira वराहमिहिर varāha—mihira m. N. of an astronomer (son of Āditya-dāsa and author of the Bṛhaj-jātaka, Bṛhat-saṃhitā, Laghu-jātaka, Yoga-yātrā, Pañca-siddhāntikā; in the last of these works he takes 506 A.D. as the epoch of his calculations), [IW. 176] &c. varāhapattrī वराहपत्त्री varāha—pattrī f. Physalis Flexuosa, [L.] varāhapurāṇa वराहपुराण varāha—purāṇa n. N. of the fifteenth Purāṇa (celebrating Viṣṇu in his boar-incarnation; cf. purāṇa and [IW. 514]). varāhasvāmin वराहस्वामिन् varāha—svāmin m. N. of a mythical king, [Kathās.] varāhavapuṣa वराहवपुष varāha—vapuṣa n. the body of a boar, [ib.] varāhadaṃṣṭra वराहदंष्ट्र varāha—daṃṣṭra m. and f(A). ‘boar-toothed’, N. of a disease (reckoned among the Kṣudrarogas), [ŚārṅgS.] varāhadvādaśī वराहद्वादशी varāha—dvādaśī f. N. of a festival in honour of the boar-incarnation of Viṣṇu (observed on the twelfth day in the light half of Māgha), [W.] varāhakarṇikā वराहकर्णिका varāha—karṇikā f. a kind of missile weapon, [L.] varāhaparvata वराहपर्वत varāha—parvata m. N. of a mountain, [Viṣṇ.] varāhasaṃhitā वराहसंहिता varāha—saṃhitā f. N. of wk. (the Bṛhat-saṃhitā of Varāha-mihira). varāhadānavidhi वराहदानविधि varāha—dāna-vidhi m. N. of wk. varāhamāhātmya वराहमाहात्म्य varāha—māhātmya n. N. of wk. varāhadevasvāmin वराहदेवस्वामिन् varāha—deva—svāmin m. N. of an author. varāhanāmāṣṭottaraśata वराहनामाष्टोत्तरशत varāha—nā°māṣṭottara-śata n. N. of a Stotra.