vārāṇasī वाराणसी – the holy city Benares, (also written varāṇasī, q. v.)

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

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Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

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vārāṇasī ·f. N. of a city (Benares).

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Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

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vārāṇasī vārāṇasī, f. the holy city Benares, (also written varāṇasī, q. v.)

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Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine

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vārāṇasī f. N. pr. einer Stadt, das heutige Benares, TRIK. 2,1,16. H. 974. HALĀY. 2,132. gaṇa nadyādi zu P. 4,2,97. Schol. zu P. 2,1,16. MBH. 1,4084. MBH. 3,8056. MBH. 5,1883. MBH. 13,694. von Divodāsa erbaut MBH. 13,1955. MBH. 13,5795. MBH. 14,141. LALIT. ed. Calc. 20,12. LALIT. ed. Calc. 331,13. Spr. 920. KATHĀS. 3,27. KATHĀS. 19,54. KATHĀS. 37,97. KATHĀS. 69,48. KATHĀS. 69,53. RĀJA-TAR. 3,297. PRAB. 19,8. PRĀYAŚCITTEND. 11,b,2. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 10,a,9. fgg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 39,a,31. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 46,a,32. fgg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 53,a,39. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 64,a,7. fgg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 68,b, No. 120. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 83,b, No. 141. fgg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 121,b, No. 214. BHĀG. P. 7,14,31. PAÑCAR. 4,2,17. VET. in LA. (III) 4,21. ŚUK. ebend. 34,16. HIT. 49,22. KṢITĪŚ. 17,5. ˚māhātmya Verz. d. Oxf. H. 8,a,28. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 42,a,6. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 75,b,25. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 85,a,8. ˚śrīparvatayormāhātmyam Verz. d. Oxf. H. 45,a,3. ˚nātha Verz. d. B. H. No. 1242. Das Wort wird auf die Namen zweier Flüsschen nördlich und südlich von der Stadt, varaṇā und asi oder asī (auch nāśī), zurückgeführt; vgl. JĀBĀLOP._in_Ind. St. 2,74. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 46,a,32. SHERRING, Sacred city 34. PADMAP. KĀŚĪKH. 5,58. HALL, Introd. ebend. — Vgl. vāṇārasī.