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vardhana

n. the act of cutting or cutting off (see nābhi-v°)

mfn. ifc. after a proper N. prob. = ‘town’ (cf. puṇḍra-v°, and Old Persian vardana).

várdhana mf(I)n. increasing, growing, thriving, [MBh.]

(often ifc.) causing to increase, strengthening, granting prosperity, [RV.] &c. &c.

(mostly ifc.) animating, gladdening, exhilarating, [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]

várdhana m. a granter of increase, bestower of prosperity, [ib.]

a tooth growing over another tooth, [Suśr.]

(in music) a kind of measure, [Saṃgīt.]

N. of Śiva, [MBh.]

of one of Skanda's attendants, [ib.]

of a son of Kṛṣṇa and Mitra-vindā, [BhP.]

&c. See p. 926, col. 1.