वर a. [वृ-कर्मणि अप्]
1 Best, excellent, most beautiful or precious, choicest, finest; 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, सरि- द्वरा &c.
2 Better than, preferable to; ग्रंथिभ्यो धारिणो वराः Ms. 12. 103; Y. 1. 352.
−रः
1 The act of choosing, selecting.
2 Choice, selection.
3 A boon, blessing, favour (तपोभि- रिष्यते 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 be tween वर and आशिस् see आशिस्).
4 A gift, present, reward, recompense.
5 A wish, desire in general.
6 Solicitation, entreaty.
7 Charity, alms.
8 Surrounding, enclosing.
9 Obstructing, checking.
10 A bridegroom, husband; वरं वरयते कन्या; see under वधू (1) also.
11 A suitor, wooer.
12 A dowry.
13 A sonin-law.
14 A dissolute man, libertine.
15 A sparrow.
−रं Saffron; (for वरम् see separately).
−Comp.
−अंग a. having an excellent form. (
−गः) 1. an elephant. −2. N. of Viṣṇu. −3. N. of Cupid. (
−गी) turmeric. (
−गं) 1. the head. −2. the best part. −3. an elegant form. −4. pudendum muliebre. −5. green cinnamon.
−अंगना a lovely woman.
−अर्ह a. 1. worthy of a boon. −2. very worthy, highly esteemed. −3. very expensive.
−आनना a lovelyfaced woman.
−आजीविन् m. an astrologer.
−आरोह a. having fine hips. (
−हः) 1. an excellent rider. −2. a rider on an elephant or horse. −3. mounting, riding. (
−हा) an elegant or a beautiful woman; कामं कुरु वरा- रोहे देहि मे परिरंभणं Māl. 6. 11.
−आलिः the moon.
−आसनं 1. an excellent seat. −2. the chief seat, a seat of honour. −3. the China rose. (
−नः) 1. a door-keeper. −2. a lover, paramour.
−इंद्रः 1. a chief, sovereign. −2. Indra.
−ईश्वरः N. of Śiva.
−उरुः
−रूः f. a beautiful woman (lit. having beautiful thighs).
−क्रतुः an epithet of Indra.
−चदंनं 1. a kind of sandal wood. −2. the pine tree.
−तनु a. fair-limbed. (
−नुः f.) a beautiful woman; वरतनुरथवासौ नैव दृष्टा त्वया मे V. 4. 22.
−तंतुः N. of an ancient sage; R. 5. 1.
−त्वचः the Nimba tree.
−द a. 1. conferring a boon, granting or fulfilling a boon. −2. propitious. (
−दः) 1. a benefactor. −2. N. of a class of Manes. −3. fire for propitiatory burnt offerings. ºहस्तः the boon-giving or beneficent hand (placed on the head of a suppliant by a deity &c.). (
−दा) 1. N. of a river; M. 5. 1. −2. a maiden, girl.
−दक्षिणा 1. a present made to the bridegroom by the father of the bride.
−दानं the granting of a boon.
−द्रुनः agallochum.
−निश्चयः the choice of a bridegroom.
−पक्षः the party of the bridegroom (at a wedding); R. 6. 86.
−प्रदा N. of Lopāmudrā. −प्रस्थानं, −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.
−बाह्लिकं saffron. −युवतिः −ती f. a beautiful young woman.
−रुचि 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).
−लब्ध a. received as a boon. (
−ब्धः) the Campaka tree.
−वत्सला a mother-in-law.
−वर्णं gold.
−वर्णिनी 1. an excellent or fair-complexioned woman. −2. a woman in general. −3. turmeric. −4. lac. −5. N. of Lakṣmī. −6. of Durgā. −7. of Sarasvatī. −8. the creeper called Priyaṅgu. −9. a yellow pigment.
−वृद्धः N. of Śiva.
−सुरत a. 1. very wanton. −3. acquainted with the secrets of sexual intercourse.
−स्रज् f. ‘the bridegroom's garland’, the garland put by the bride round the neck of the bridegroom.