varī

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] 1 N. of Chāyā, wife of the sun. --2 The plant called śatāvarī.

[mw] f. pl. (See also under 2. vara) streams, rivers Naigh. i, 13 (cf. vār, vāri). 119333 923,3 187162 m. N. of a Daitya daitya MBh. 119334 923,3 187163 m. N. of the father of the Gandharva gandharva Na1rada nārada Hariv. 119335 923,3 187164 f. a kind of metre L. 119336 923,3 187165

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Appears in 10 texts

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1 N. of Chāyā, wife of the sun. --2 The plant called śatāvarī.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

535

Texts Appeared In

72

DCS: one conversant with the history of Yavakrīta

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 83 15.5%
2. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 49 9.2%
3. Suśrutasaṃhitā 34 6.4%
4. Liṅgapurāṇa 31 5.8%
5. Rāmāyaṇa 31 5.8%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: vāry

  jñānaṃ tapo 'gnir āhāro mṛnmano vāry upāñjanam

• Manusmṛti surface: vāribhiḥ

  śaucaṃ yathārhaṃ kartavyaṃ kṣārāmlodakavāribhiḥ

• Manusmṛti surface: vāriṇā

  carūṇāṃ sruksruvāṇāṃ ca śuddhir uṣṇena vāriṇā