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vāraṇa

vāraṇá mf(I)n. warding off, restraining, resisting, opposing, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

all-resisting, invincible (said of the Soma and of Indra's elephant), [RV. ix, 1, 9]; [Hariv. 1700]

relating to prevention, [Suśr.]

shy, wild, [RV.]; [AV.] (with mṛga accord. to some = elephant, [RV. viii, 33, 8]; [x, 40, 4])

dangerous, [RV.]; [ṢaḍvBr.]

forbidden, [AitBr.]

vāraṇá m. (ifc. f(A). ) an elephant (from its power of resistance), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

vāraṇá m. an elephant-hook, [Daś.]

armour, mail, [L.]

a kind of ornament on an arch, [MBh. iv, 1326]

vāraṇá n. the act of restraining or keeping back or warding off from (abl.)

resistance, opposition, obstacle

impediment, [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.

a means of restraining, [Bhartṛ.]

= hari-tāla, [L.]

N. of a place, [MBh.]

vāraṇá mfn. (fr. varaṇa; for 1. See col. 1) consisting of or made from the wood of the Crataeva Roxburghii, [ŚBr.]; [Kauś.]