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वराह

वराह [वराय अभीष्टाय मुस्तादिलाभाय आहंति भूमिं आ-हन्-ड Tv.]
1 A boar, hog; विस्रब्धं क्रियतां वराहततिभिर्मुस्ताक्ष- तिः पल्वले Ś. 2. 6.
2 A ram.
3 A bull.
4 A cloud.
5 A crocodile.
6 An array of troops in the form of a boar.
7 N. of Viṣṇu in the hird or boar-incarnation; cf. वसति दशनशिखरे धरणी तव लग्ना शशिनि कलं- ककलेव निमग्ना । केशव धृतशूकररूप जय जगदीश हरे Gīt. 1.
8 A particular measure.
9 N. of Varāhamihira.
10 N. of one of the 18 Purāṇas.
−Comp.
−अवतारः the boar or third incarnation of Viṣṇu.
−कंदः a kind of esculent root.
−कर्णः a kind of arrow.
−कर्णिका a kind of missile.
−कल्पः the period of the boarincarnation, the period during which Viṣṇu assumed the form of a boar.
−क्रांता the sensitive plant.
−द्वादशी a festival held on the 12th day in the bright half of Māgha in honor of Viṣṇu.
−नामन् n. an esculent root.
−मिहिरः N. of a celebrated astronomer, author of बृहत्सहिता (supposed to be one of the ‘nine gems’ at the court of king Vikrama).
−शृंगः N. of Śiva.

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