| vardhanī | वर्धनी | várdhanī (ī), f. a broom, brush, [L.] |
| a water-jar of a partic. shape, [Pur.]; [Hcat.] (cf. vārdhani) |
| the act of increasing, increase, growth, prosperity, success, [MBh.]; [R.] |
| enlarging magnifying, strengthening, promoting, [KātyŚr.]; [Hit.] |
| a means of strengthening, restorative, comfort, [RV.] |
| educating, rearing, [Kathās.] |
| vardhana | वर्धन | n. the act of cutting or cutting off (see nābhi-v°) |
| mfn. ifc. after a proper N. prob. = ‘town’ (cf. puṇḍra-v°, and Old Persian vardana). |
| várdhana mf(I)n. increasing, growing, thriving, [MBh.] |
| (often ifc.) causing to increase, strengthening, granting prosperity, [RV.] &c. &c. |
| (mostly ifc.) animating, gladdening, exhilarating, [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.] |
| várdhana m. a granter of increase, bestower of prosperity, [ib.] |
| a tooth growing over another tooth, [Suśr.] |
| (in music) a kind of measure, [Saṃgīt.] |
| N. of Śiva, [MBh.] |
| of one of Skanda's attendants, [ib.] |
| of a son of Kṛṣṇa and Mitra-vindā, [BhP.] |
| &c. See p. 926, col. 1. |
| vardhanīya | वर्धनीय | mfn. to be increased or strengthened to be made prosperous or happy, [Inscr.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] |
| vardhanaka | वर्धनक | mf(ikA)n. exhilarating, gladdening (see cakṣur-vardhanikā) |
| vardhanikā | वर्धनिका | f. a small vessel in which sacred water is kept, [Buddh.] |
| vardhanīyatā | वर्धनीयता | vardhanīya—tā f. |
| vardhanaśīla | वर्धनशील | vardhana—śīla mfn. having a tendency to increase or grow, increasing, growing, [MW.] |
| vardhanasūri | वर्धनसूरि | vardhana—sūri m. N. of a Jaina preceptor, [W.] |
| vardhanīyatva | वर्धनीयत्व | vardhanīya—tva n. augmentability, [MW.] |
| vardhanasvāmin | वर्धनस्वामिन् | vardhana—svāmin m. N. of a partic. temple or image, [Rājat.] |