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vardhanaवर्धनn. 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.
vardhanakaवर्धनकmf(ikA)n. exhilarating, gladdening (see cakṣur-vardhanikā)
vardhanaśīlaवर्धनशीलvardhana—śīla mfn. having a tendency to increase or grow, increasing, growing, [MW.]
vardhanasūriवर्धनसूरिvardhana—sūri m. N. of a Jaina preceptor, [W.]
vardhanasvāminवर्धनस्वामिन्vardhana—svāmin m. N. of a partic. temple or image, [Rājat.]