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vārāha

vā́rāha mf(I)n. (fr. varāha) coming from or belonging to a boar (with upānahau du. shoes made of pig's leather; with māṃsa n. pig's flesh), [Br.]; [Yājñ.] &c.


relating to the Boar form of Viṣṇu, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.


taught or composed by Varāha i.e. Varāha-mihira (see comp.)


vā́rāha m. ‘the Boar’ (i.e. Viṣṇu in his third incarnation, as a varāha, q.v.), [MBh.]; [Pañcar.] (v.l. varāha)


a banner with the representation of a boar, [MBh.]


a kind of bulbous plant, Dioscorea (cf. -kanda)


N. of a mountain, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] (v.l. varāh)


pl. N. of a school of the Black Yajur-veda, [Hcar.]; [Āryav.]


vā́rāha n. N. of a Sāman (vārāham uttaram), [ĀrṣBr.]


of a Tīrtha, [MBh.]


= varāha-dvīpa, [L.]