virāṭ विराट् in comp. for 2. vi-rāj. virāṭa विराट m. N. of one of the midland or northwest districts of India (perhaps Berar), [VarBṛS.] N. of an ancient king of a particular district in India, (the Pāṇḍavas being obliged to live in concealment during the thirteenth year of their exile, journeyed to the court of this king and entered his service in various disguises), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. N. of Buddha, [L.] virāṭsu विराट्सु virāṭ—su n. (with vāmadevya) N. of a Sāman, [L.] virāṭajā विराटजा virāṭa—jā f. N. of a daughter of king Virāṭa, [MBh.] virāṭaja विराटज virāṭa—ja m. = rāja-paṭṭa, a sort of inferior diamond (said to be found in the country Virāṭa), [L.] virāṭaka विराटक m. a diamond of inferior quality, [MW.] virāṭtva विराट्त्व virāṭ—tva n. the being ten or tenfold (from the metre Virāj containing 10 syllables), [AitBr.] virāṭkāmā विराट्कामा virāṭ—kāmā f. a kind of Vedic metre, [RPrāt.] virāṭsuta विराट्सुत virāṭ—suta m. ‘son of Virāj’, N. of a class of deceased ancestors (also called Soma-sads), [Mn. iii, 195.] virāṭkrama विराट्क्रम virāṭ—krama m. pl. a partic. religious observance, [ĀpŚr.] virāṭpūrvā विराट्पूर्वा virāṭ—pūrvā f. N. of a metre, [RPrāt.] virāṭsthānā विराट्स्थाना virāṭ—sthānā f. a partic. Vedic form of the Triṣṭubh metre, [RPrāt.] virāṭkṣetra विराट्क्षेत्र virāṭ—kṣetra n. N. of a district, [Cat.] virāṭanagara विराटनगर virāṭa—nagara n. the city of the Virāṭas, [MBh.] (cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 89], Sch.) virāṭaparvan विराटपर्वन् virāṭa—parvan n. N. of the fourth book of the Mahābhārata (describing the adventures of the Pāṇḍu princes when living in the service of king Virāṭa). virāṭsvarāja विराट्स्वराज virāṭ—svarāja m. a partic. Ekāha, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] virāṭsvarūpa विराट्स्वरूप virāṭ—svarūpa mfn. consisting of Virāj (applied to the supreme Being), [MW.]