| 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. |
| vardhanaka | वर्धनक | mf(ikA)n. exhilarating, gladdening (see cakṣur-vardhanikā) |
| 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.] |
| vardhanasvāmin | वर्धनस्वामिन् | vardhana—svāmin m. N. of a partic. temple or image, [Rājat.] |