वर [vara] a. a. [वृ-कर्मणि अप्]
Best, excellent, most beautiful or precious, choicest, finest, royal, princely; with gen. or loc. or usually at the end of comp.; वदतां वरः
[R.1.59;] वेदविदां वरेण 5.23;11.54;
[Ku.6.18;] नृवरः, तरुवराः, सरिद्वरा &c.
Better than, preferable to; ग्रन्थिभ्यो धारिणो वराः
[Ms.12.13;] [Y.1.352.] रः The act of choosing, selecting.
Choice, selection.
A boon, blessing, favour (तपोभिरिष्यते यस्तु देवेभ्यः स वरो मतः); वरं वृ or याच् 'to ask a boon'; प्रीतास्मि ते पुत्र वरं वृणीष्व
[R.2.63;] भवल्लब्धवरोदीर्णः
[Ku.2.32;] (for the distinction between वर and आशिस् see आशिस्).
A gift, present, reward, recompense.
A wish, desire in general.
Solicitation, entreaty.
Charity, alms.
Surrounding, enclosing.
Obstructing, checking.
A bridegroom, husband; वरं वरयते कन्या; see under वधू (1) also.
A suitor, wooer.
A dowry.
A son-in-law; 'वरो जामातरि श्रेष्ठे' इति विश्वः; रथाङ्गभर्त्रेऽभिनवं वराय
[Śi.3.36.] A dissolute man, libertine.
A sparrow.
Bdellium.
-रम् Saffron; (for वरम् see separately). -Comp.
-अङ्ग a. a. having an excellent form.
conferring a boon, granting or fulfilling a boon; आगच्छ वरदे देवि जपे मे संनिधौ भव Sandhyā.
propitious.
(दः) a benefactor.
N. N. of a class of Manes.
fire for propitiatory burnt offerings. ˚चतुर्थी N. of the 4th day in the bright half of माघ, ˚हस्तः the boon-giving or beneficent hand (placed on the head of a suppliant by a deity &c.).
(दा) N. of a river; वरद वरदारोधोवृक्षैः सहावनतो रिपुः
[M.5.1.] a maiden, girl.
दक्षिणा a present made to the bridegroom by the father of the bride.
a term for expense incurred in fruitless endeavours to recover a loss.
-दानम् the granting of a boon.
-दानिक a. a. arising from the bestowal of a favour or boon; चतुर्दश वने वासं वर्षाणि वरदानिकम्
[Rām.2.17.7.] -द्रुमः agallochum.
-धर्मः a noble act of justice.
-निमन्त्र- णम् a journey undertaken by the parents of the bride to recall the bridegroom (who pretends to go to Kāśī.).-निश्चयः the choice of a bridegroom.
-पक्षः the party of the bridegroom (at a wedding); प्रमुदितवरपक्षमेकतस्तत्
[R.6.86.] -पुरुषः the best of men; अहं वरपुरुषमनुष्यो वासुदेवः कामयितव्यः
[Mk.1.3] /31.
-प्रद a. a. granting wishes.
-प्रदा N. N. of Lopāmudrā.
-प्रस्थानम्, -यात्रा the setting out of the bridegroom in procession towards the house of the bride for the celebration of marriage.
-फलः the cocoa-nut tree.
-बाह्लिकम् saffron.
-युवतिः, -ती f. f. a beautiful young woman.
-रुचिः N. N. of a poet and grammarian (one of the 'nine gems' at the court of king Vikrama; see नवरत्न; he is identified by some with Kātyāyana, the celebrated author of the Vārtikas on Pāṇini's Sūtras).
-लक्षणम् the requisites of wedding. पाणिग्रहणमन्त्राश्च प्रथितं वरलक्षणम्
[Mb.7.55.16.] -लब्ध a. a. received as a boon. (-ब्धः) the Champaka tree.-वत्सला a mother-in-law.
-वर्णम् gold.
वर्णिनी an excellent or fair-complexioned woman; मया हीयं वृता पूर्वं भार्यार्थे वरवर्णिनी
[Mb.1.5.23.] a woman in general.
turmeric.
lac.
N. N. of Lakṣmī.
of Durgā.
of Sarasvatī.
the creeper called Priyaṅgu.
a yellow pigment.
-वृद्धः N. N. of Śiva.
-शीतम् cinnamon.-सुरत a.
very wanton.
acquainted with the secrets of sexual intercourse.
-स्रज् f. f. 'the bridegroom's garland', the garland put by the bride round the neck of the bridegroom.
(ङ्गः) an elephant.
N. N. of Viṣṇu.
N. N. of Cupid.
a Nakṣatra year consisting of 324 days. (-ङ्गी) turmeric.
(ङ्गम्) the head; वराङ्गानि महार्हाणि धनुषा शातयामि वः
[Rām.1.66.1;] वराङ्गमुर्व्यामपतच्चमूमुखे
[Mb.8.91.53.] the best part.
an elegant form.
pudendum muliebre.
green cinnamon.
-अङ्गना a lovely woman; वराङ्गनासेवनमल्पभोजनम् Lakṣmīcharitra.
-अन्नम् excellent dish; पक्वापक्वं दिवारात्रं वरान्नममृतोपमम्
[Mb.7.67.2.] -अरणिः a mother; ददर्श रावणस्तत्र गोवृषेन्द्रवरारणिम्
[Rām.7.23.22.] -अर्ह a.
worthy of a boon.
very worthy, highly esteemed;
-मत्कृतेऽद्य वरार्हायाः श्यामतां समुपागतम्(मुखम्) Mb.3.144. 11.
very expensive.
-आनना a lovely-faced woman.-आजीविन् m. an astrologer.
-आरुहः an ox. -आरोहa. having fine hips.
(हः) an excellent rider.
a rider on an elephant or horse.
mounting, riding. (-हा) an elegant or a beautiful woman; कामं कुरु वरा- रोहे देहि मे परिरम्भणम्
[Māl.6.11.] -आलिः the moon.
आसनम् an excellent seat.
the chief seat, a seat of honour.
the China rose.
a cistern, reservoir.
(नः) a door-keeper.
a lover, paramour
इन्द्रः a chief, sovereign.
Indra.
(also n.) N. of a part of Bengal.
-न्द्री the ancient Gaura or Gauda country.
-उरुः, -रूः f. f. a beautiful woman (lit. having beautiful thighs).
-क्रतुः an epithet of Indra.
-गात्र a. a. fair-limbed, beautiful.
चन्दनम् a kind of sandal wood.
the pine tree.
-तनु a. a. fairlimbed. (-नुः f.) a beautiful woman; वरतनुरथवासौ नैव दृष्टा त्वया मे
[V.4.22.] -तन्तुः N. N. of an ancient sage; कौत्सः प्रपेदे वरतन्तुशिष्यः
[R.5.1.] -त्वचः the Nimba tree.
-द a.