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varaṇa

m. a rampart, mound, [L.]


a causeway, bridge, [L.]


the tree Crataeva Roxburghii (also called varuṇa and setu; it is used in medicine and supposed to possess magical virtues), [MaitrS.] &c. &c.


any tree, [W.]


a camel, [L.]


a kind of ornament or decoration on a bow, [MBh.]


a partic. magical formula recited over weapons, [R.] (varuṇa B.)


N. of Indra, [L.]


N. of a country, [Buddh.]


(pl.) of a town, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 82] (cf. [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. i, 2, 53])


n. surrounding, enclosing, [L.]


keeping off, prohibiting, [L.]


n. the act of choosing, wishing wooing, choice of a bride, [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.


honouring &c. (pūjanādi), [L.]


m. pl. the sacred texts recited at the choice of a priest, [ĀpŚr.]


&c. See p. 921, col. 1.