वर्ण [वर्ण्-अच्]
1 A colour, hue; अंतःशुद्धस्त्वमपि भविता वर्णमात्रेण कृष्णः Me. 49.
2 A paint, dye, paintcolour; see वर्ण् (1).
3 Colour, complexion, beauty; त्वय्यादातुं जल- मवनते शार्ङ्गिणो वर्णचौरे Me. 46; R. 8. 42.
5 A class of men, tribe, caste (especially applied to the four principal castes, ब्राह्मण, क्षत्रिय, वैश्य, and शूद्र); वर्णानामानुपूर्व्येण Vārt; न कश्चि- द्वर्णानामपथमपकृष्टोऽपि भजते Ś. 5. 10; R. 5. 19.
6 A class, race, tribe, kind, species; as in सवर्णं अक्षरं.
7 (a) A letter, character, sound; न मे वर्णविचारक्षमा दृष्टिः V. 5. (b) A word, syllable; S. D. 9.
8 Fame, glory, celebrity, renown; राजा प्रजारंजनल- ब्धवर्णः R. 6. 21.
9 A good quality, merit, virtue.
10 Praise.
11 Dress, decoration.
12 Outward appearance. form, figure.
13 A cloak, mantle.
14 A covering, lid.
15 The order or arrangement of a subject in a song (गीतक्रम); उपात्तवर्णे चरिते पिना- किनः Ku. 5. 56 ‘celebrated in song, made the subject of a song.’
16 The housings of an elephant.
17 A quality, property.
18 A religious observance.
19 An unknown quantity.
20 The number ‘one.’
21 Application of perfumed unguents to the body.
22 Gold.
23 A musical mode.
−र्णं
1 Saffron.
2 A coloured unguent or perfume.
−Comp.
−अंका a pen.
−अधिपः a planet presiding over a caste or class.
−अपसदः an outcast.
−अपेत a. devoid of any caste, outcast, degraded.
−अर्हः a kind of bean.
−आगमः the addition of a letter; भवेद्वर्णागमाद्धंसः Sk.
−आत्मन् m. a word.
−आश्रमाः the (four) castes and stages of life; R. 5. 19.
−उदकं coloured water; R. 16. 70.
−कूपिका an ink-stand.
−क्रमः 1. the order of castes or colours. −2. alphabetical order or arrangement.
−गत a. 1. coloured. −2. algebraical.
−चारकः a painter.
−ज्येष्ठः a Brāhmaṇa. −तूलिः, −तूलिका, −तूली f. a pencil, paint-brush.
−द a. colouring. (
−दं) a kind of fragrant yellow wood.
−दात्री turmeric.
−दूतः a letter.
−दूषक a. violating the distinctions of castes.
−धर्मः the peculiar duties of a caste.
−पातः the omission of a letter.
−पात्रं a paint-box.
−पुष्पं the flower of the globe-amaranth.
−पुष्पकः the globe-amaranth.
−प्रकर्षः excellence of colour.
−प्रसादनं aloe-wood.
−मातृ f. a pen, pencil.
−मातृका N. of Sarasvatī. −माला, −राशिः the alphabet. −रे (ले) खा chalk. −वर्तिः, −वर्तिका f. a paint-brush, pencil.
−वादिन् m. a panegyrist.
−विपर्ययः the substitution or change of letters; (भवेत्) सिंहो वर्ण- विपर्ययात् Sk.
−विलासिनी turmeric.
−विलोडकः 1. a house-breaker. −2 a plagiarist (lit. word-stealer).
−वृत्तं a metre regulated by the number of syllables it contains (opp. मात्रावृत्त).
−व्यवस्थितिः f. the institution of caste.
−शिक्षा instruction in letters.
−श्रेष्ठः a Brāhmaṇa.
−संयोगः marriage between persons of the same caste.
−संसर्गः confusion of castes. −सं करः 1. confusion of castes through intermarriage. −2. mixture or blending of colours; चित्रेषु वर्णसंकरः K. (where both senses are intended); Śi. 14. 37. −संघातः, −समाम्नायः the alphabet.
−स्थानं an organ of utterance.
−हीन a. outcast.