वर्द्धमान mfn. (
-नः-ना-नं)
1. Prosperous, thriving.
2. Increasing, growing. 3. A house having no entrance on the south-side.
m. (
-नः) 1. The castor-oil tree.
2. A lid, a cover, especially a shallow earthen platter or saucer, used also as a top to water-jars, &c. 3. A name of VISHṆU.
4. A sort of riddle or charade.
5. The last and most celebrated of the twenty-four Jinas or Jaina teachers of the present æra.
6. A mystical figure or diagram.
7. A district and city, Burdwān.
E. वृध् to increase,
शानच् aff.