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वर्षपर्व्वत

   
Script: Devanagari

वर्षपर्व्वत

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
वर्षपर्व्वत  m.  (-तः) A mountainous range, supposed to separate the various Varshas or divisions of the globe from each other: six ranges are enumerated from south to north; viz.:--HIMAVĀN, HEMAKŪTA, NISĀDHA, NĪLA, ŚWETA, and SRINGĪ or ŚRINGA- VĀNA; meru constitutes the seventh; some authorities places CHAITRA and KARNĪ instead of NĪLA and ŚWETA.
   E. वर्ष as above, पर्व्वत a mountain; also similar compounds, as वर्षगिरि &c.

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