varcas वर्चस् várcas n. (√ ruc) vital power, vigour, energy, activity, (esp.) the illuminating power of fire or the sun i.e. brilliance, lustre, light, [RV.] &c. &c. colour, [R.]; [BhP.] splendour, glory, [Kāv.]; [Pur.] form, figure, shape, [L.] excrement, ordure, feces, [Rājat.]; [Suśr.] várcas m. N. of a son of Soma, [MBh.] of a son of Su-tejas or Su-ketas, [ib.] of Rākṣasa, [BhP.] (Sch.) varcasa वर्चस varcasá n. (ifc.) = varcas, light, lustre, colour, [AV.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. (cf. brahma-v°). varcasin वर्चसिन् varcasín See brahma- and su-v° varcaska वर्चस्क m. n. (g. ardharcādi) power, vigour, brightness &c., [MBh.]; [Hariv.] ordure, excrement, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 148.] varcasyā वर्चस्या (ā), f. (scil. iṣṭakā) N. of partic. sacrificial bricks (at the laying of which certain Mantras containing the word varcas are used), [Pāṇ. iv, 4, 125], Sch. varcasya वर्चस्य varcasyà mfn. bestowing vital power or vigour, [VS.]; [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.] relating to varcas, [Kauś.] acting on the excrement, [Śuśr.] varcasvat वर्चस्वत् várcas—vat (várcas-), mfn. vigorous, fresh, [AV.]; [VS.] shining, bright, [VS.] containing the word varcas, [Pāṇ. iv, 4, 125], Sch. varcasvin वर्चस्विन् varcas—vín mfn. vigorous, active, energetic, [AV.]; [VS.] &c. varcas—vín m. an energetic man, [ŚBr.] N. of a son of Varcas and grandson of Soma, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] varcaskasthāna वर्चस्कस्थान varcaska—sthāna n. = caḥ-sthāna, [Car.]