vara

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[apte] a. [vṛ-karmaṇi ap] 1 Best, ex- cellent, most beautiful or precious, choicest, finest; with gen, or loc. or usually at the end of comp.; vadatāṃ varaḥ R. 1. 59; vedavidāṃ vareṇa 5. 23, 11. 54; Ku. 6. 18; nṛvaraḥ, taruvarāḥ, sari- dvarā &c. --2 Better than, preferable to; graṃthibhyo dhāriṇo varāḥ Ms. 12. 103; Y. 1. 352. --raḥ 1 The act of choos- ing, selecting. --2 Choice, selection. --3 A boon, blessing, favour...

[mw] m. (fr. 1. vṛ), environing, enclosing, circumference, space, room RV.; AV.; TS. (v/ara /ā pṛthivy/āḥ, on the wide earth) 921,1 186562 m. stopping, checking RV. i, 143, 5. 119001 921,1 186563 m. or n. (?) N. of a place Cat. 119002 921,1 186564 = vare-ja Pa1n2. 6-3, 16. 119003 921,1 186565

[mw] mf (A) n. (fr. 2. vṛ) choosing (See patiṃ-varā, svayaṃ-varā) 922,1 186779 m. chooser, one who solicits a girl in marriage, suitor, lover, bridegroom, husband (rarely son-in-law) RV. &c 922,1 186779.02 m. a bridegroom's friend MW. 922,1 186779.04 m. a dissolute man (= vita or ṣiḍga) L. 922,1 186779.06

Root

√vṛ वृ

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Parasmaipada · saṃvaraṇe

to cover,to surround, to conceal

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a. [vṛ-karmaṇi ap] 1 Best, ex- cellent, most beautiful or precious, choicest, finest; with gen, or loc. or usually at the end of comp.; vadatāṃ varaḥ R. 1. 59; vedavidāṃ vareṇa 5....

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 757
Texts Appeared In: 77

DCS: without any statement | Monier-Williams: N. of a poet, Cat.

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Ṭikanikayātrā surface: vāras

nakṣatraṃ tithiyas tathaiva karaṇaṃ vāras tathā gocaraṃ drekāṇaṃ sanavāṃśagrahad
Ṭikanikayātrā surface: vāra

udito yato yataś ca bhramaṇe yad vārabheṣu cāragate
Vṛddhayamasmṛti surface: vāram

vyāhṛtībhiś caturvāraṃ triḥ pibet praṇavena vā