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varāha

m. (derivation doubtful) a boar, hog, pig, wild boar, [RV.] &c. &c. (ifc. it denotes, ‘superiority, pre-eminence’; see g. vyāghrādi)

a cloud, [Naigh. i, 10]

a bull, [Col.]

a ram, [L.]

Delphinus Gangeticus, [L.]

N. of Viṣṇu in his third or boar-incarnation (cf. varāhāvatāra), [TĀr.]; [MBh.] &c.

an array of troops in the form of a boar, [Mn. vii, 187]

a partic. measure, [L.]

Cyperus Rotundus, [L.]

yam, manioc-root, [L.]

= varāha-purāṇa and °hopaniṣad (q.v.)

N. of a Daitya, [MBh.]

of a Muni, [ib.]

of various authors (also with paṇḍita and śarman), [Cat.]

abridged fr. varāha-mihira, [ib.]; [Uṇ., Sch.]

of the son of a guardian of a temple, [Rājat.]

of a mountain, [MBh.]; [R.]

of one of the 18 Dvīpas, [L.]