vāruṇī

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] 1 The west(the quarter presided over by Varuṇa). --2 Any spirituous liquor; payopi śauḍikīhaste vāruṇītyabhidhīyate H. 3. 11; Pt. 1. 178 (where both senses are intend- ed); Ku. 4. 12. --3 The asterism śatabhiṣaj. --4 Dūrvā grass. --5 N. of the wife of Varuṇa. --6 A kind of Dūrvā. --Comp. --vallabhaḥ an epithet of Varuṇa.

Root

Appears in 42 texts

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1 The west(the quarter presided over by Varuṇa). --2 Any spirituous liquor; payopi śauḍikīhaste vāruṇītyabhidhīyate H. 3. 11; Pt. 1. 178 (where both senses are intend- ed); Ku. 4....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

94

Texts Appeared In

33

DCS: Chenopodium | Monier-Williams: vAruRI/ ( I ), f. , see below

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 13 13.8%
2. Carakasaṃhitā 7 7.4%
3. Baudhāyanadharmasūtra 6 6.4%
4. Mahābhārata 6 6.4%
5. Rāmāyaṇa 5 5.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: vāruṇī

  varuṇasya tatas kanyā vāruṇī raghunandanaiḥ utpapāta mahābhāgā mārgamāṇā parigra

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: vāruṇī

  hṛṣṭāḥ pramuditāś cāsan vāruṇīgrahaṇāt surāḥ

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: vāruṇī

  balākā vāruṇīyuktā kulmāṣaiś ca virudhyate