varaṇa वरण – dam

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varaṇá1 ·m. a kind of tree; f. ā N. of a river.

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varaṇa2 ·n. choosing, wishing, suing; m. pl. cert. verses recited at the choice of a priest.

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Varaṇa, as, m. a rampart, mound, wall of ma- sonry, &c., outer enclosure; a causeway, bridge; the tree Cratæva Roxburghii (found in every part of India; it is used in medicine, and supposed to pos- sess magical virtues; cf. varuṇa, setu); any tree; a camel; a kind of ornament or decoration on a bow; N. of a particular magical formula recited over weapons; N. of Indra; (ās), m. pl., N. of a people; of a kingdom; (ā), f., N. of a small river (running past the north of Benares into the Ganges and now called Burnah); (am), n. the act of screening, cover- ing, protecting, supporting; enclosing, encircling, surrounding, encompassing; keeping off, prohibiting; the act of choosing, selecting, choice of a bride; wish- ing, requesting, soliciting.

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1. varaṇá (von 1. var) UṆĀDIS. 2,74. 1〉 m. a〉 Wall AK. 2,2,3. H. 980. H. an. 3,224. MED. ṇ. 66. Damm HALĀY. 3,49. — b〉 Crataeva Roxburghii R. Br. (auch varuṇa, setu genannt), ein heil- und zauberkräftiger, in ganz Indien vorkommender Baum, AK. 2,4,2,5. H. an. MED. AV. 6,85,1. fgg. AV. 10,3,1. fgg. AV. 19,32,9. KAUŚ. 8. PAÑCAV. BR. 5,3,9. PAÑCAV. BR. 5,3,10. HARIV. 12677 (nach der Lesart der neueren Ausg., varuṇa die ältere). R. 2,94,9. SUŚR. 2,449,10. KIR. 5,25. — c〉 Kameel HĀR. 81. — d〉 Bez. einer best. Verzierung auf einem Bogen: varaṇā (vāraṇā ed. Bomb.) yatra sauvarṇāḥ pṛṣṭhe bhāsanti daṃśitāḥ MBH. 4,1326. — e〉 Bez. eines best. über Waffen gesprochenen Zauberspruches R. 1,30,7. varuṇa ed. Bomb. — f〉 pl. N. pr. eines Volkes KĀŚ._zu_P. 1,2,53. N. pr. eines Reiches HIOUEN-THSANG II, 183. fgg. Vie de HIOUEN-THSANG 265; vgl. 2〉b〉. — g〉 Bein. Indraʼs H. ś. 30; vgl. varāṇa. — 2〉 f. ā a〉 N. pr. eines Flusses bei Benares MED. JĀBĀLOP._in_Ind. St. 2,74. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 46,a,31. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 71,b,41. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 344. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 348. VP. 184 = MBH. 6,338, wo aber die ed. Calc. varuṇāmasīm (varuṇā und asī), die ed. Bomb. varāṇasīm liest; vgl. VP. (II) II, 152. — b〉 N. pr. einer Stadt P. 4,2,82. varaṇānām (wohl der Baum gemein) adūrabhavaṃ nagaraṃ varaṇā (varaṇāḥ SIDDH. K.) Schol.; vgl. 1〉f〉. — 3〉 n. a〉 das Abwehren, Verbieten H. 1539. — b〉 das Umringen, Umgeben (veṣṭana) MED.

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2. varaṇa (von 2. var) n. das Wählen, Wünschen, Werben H. an. 3,224. MED. ṇ. 66. vara˚ KĀTY. ŚR. 1,10,2. KĀTY. ŚR. 5,4,33. brahma˚ KĀTY. ŚR. 8,1,6. KĀTY. ŚR. 25,11,8, Schol. KĀTY. ŚR 25,132,16. KĀTY. ŚR 25,133,3. ṣoḍaśānāmṛtvijām Verz. d. Oxf. H. 267,a,25. KULL._zu_M. 2,143. M. 4,57. mitra˚ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 99,6. kriyatāṃ varaṇaṃ (so verbesserte SCHLEGEL st. varuṇaṃ) lokapālānām man wähle sc. zu Gatten MBH. 3,2171. na ca vipreṣvadhīkāro vidyate varaṇaṃ prati . svayaṃvaraḥ kṣatriyāṇāmitīyaṃ prathitā śrutiḥ .. MBH. 1,7067. KATHĀS. 28,79. svayaṃ kaliṅgasenākhyā varaṇāya mamāgatā KATHĀS. 31,61. RĀJA-TAR. 3,434. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 215,b,34. kanyā˚ R. 1,70 (R. 1,72 GORR.) in der Unterschr. varaṇaṃ rocayanti me R. 7,17,10. VARĀH. BṚH. 24,16. = pūjanādi ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. — Vgl. punarvaraṇa.

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2. varaṇa — 1〉 m. Pl. die Sprüche bei der Priesterwahl ĀPAST. ŚR. 10,1,13. — 2〉 n. — a〉 das Wählen, Wünschen, Werben. — b〉 *das Ehren u. s. w. Wünschen, Werben. — b〉 *das Ehren u. s. w.

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1. varaṇá — 1〉 n. — a〉 *Wall, Damm. — b〉 Crateva roxburghii (ein heil- und zauberkräftiger Baum) MAITR. S. 1,6,7. (98,6. 7). Vgl. Comm. zu JAIM. 3,1,22. — c〉 *Kamel. — d〉 eine Art Verzierung auf einem Bogen. — e〉 ein best. über Waffen gesprochener Zauberspruch. — f〉 *Bein. Indraʼs. — g〉 *Pl. N. pr. eines Volkes; Sg. eines Reiches. — 2〉 f. varaṇā N. pr. — a〉 eines Flusses bei Benares. — b〉 *einer Stadt. — 3〉 *n. — a〉 das Umringen, [Page6-022-b] Umgeben. — b〉 das Abwehren, Verbieten.

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varaṇaṃ [vṛ-lyuṭ lyu vā] 1 Choosing, selecting. 2 Begging, soliciting, requesting. 3 Surrounding, encircling. 4 Covering, screening, protecting. 5 The choice of a bride. 6 Worshipping (of priests &c.). 7 Keeping off, prohibiting, warding. — ṇaḥ 1 A rampart, surrounding wall. 2 A bridge. 3 The tree called Varuṇa. 4 A tree in general; iha siṃdhavaśca varaṇāvaraṇāḥ kariṇāṃ mude sanaladānaladāḥ Ki. 5. 25. 5 A camel. 6 A kind of ornament on a bow 7 N. of Indra. Comp. — mālā, -sraj see varasraj.

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1. varaṇá m. ein best Baum.

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2. varaṇa m. Pl. die Sprüche bei der Priesterwahl; n. Wahl, Wunsch, Werbung.

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varaṇa n. (sfx. ana) choix. (vṛ couvrir) action de couvrir, d'entourer, d'envelopper. Action de nourrir, de sustenter, cf. bharaṇa. — M. clôture, mur, banque de terre, chaussée, digue, pont. Chameau. Caprier, bot. — F. varaṇā np. d'un petit affluent du Gange au nord de Bénarès.