vīrá m. a man, (esp.) a brave or eminent man, hero, chief (sometimes applied to gods, as to Indra, Viṣṇu &c.; pl. men, people, mankind, followers, retainers), [RV.] &c. &c.
a hero (as opp. to a god), [RTL. 272 n.]
a husband, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Pur.]
a male child, son (collectively male progeny), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]
the male of an animal, [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
(with, Tāntrikas) an adept (who is between the divya and the paśu, [RTL. 191]), [Rudray.]
(in dram.) heroism (as one of the 8 Rasas [q.v.]; the Vīra-carita [q.v.] exhibits an example), [Bhar.]; [Daśar.]; [Sāh.] &c.
an actor, [W.]
a partic. Agni (son of Tapas), [MBh.]
fire, (esp.) sacred or sacrificial fire, [L.]
N. of various plants (Terminalia Arunja; Nerium Odorum; Guilandina Bonduc, manioc-root), [L.]
N. of an Asura, [MBh.]
of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [ib.]
of a son of Bharad-vāja, [ib.]
of a son of Puruṣa Vairāja and father of Priya-vrata and Uttāna-pāda, [Hariv.]
of a son of Gṛñjima, [ib.]
of two sons of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.]
of a son of Kṣupa and father of Viviṃśa, [MārkP.]
of the father of Līlāvatī, [ib.]
of a teacher of Vinaya, [Buddh.]
of the last Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.]
(also with bhaṭṭa, ācārya &c.) of various authors &c., [Cat.]
(pl.) of a class of gods under Manu Tāmasa, [BhP.]
vīrá n. (only [L.]) a reed (Arundo Tibialis)
the root of ginger (?)
pepper
rice-gruel
the root of Costus Speciosus, of Andropogon Muricatus &c.
vīrá mf(A)n. heroic, powerful, strong, excellent, eminent, [L.]
[cf. Lat. vir; Lith. výras; Goth. wair; Angl.Sax. wër, wëre-wulf; Eng. were-wolf; Germ. Werwolf, Wergeld.]