varṣa—parvata m. one of the mountainous ranges supposed to separate the Varṣas or divisions of the earth from each other (6 in number, viz. Himavat, Hema-kūṭa, Niṣadha, Nīla, Śveta and Śṛṅgin or Śṛṅga-vat; Meru constitutes a 7th, and others are given), [L.]