The Sanskrit terms Varāśi and Vārāśi can be transliterated into English as Varasi or Varashi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)

Varasi (वरसि) (in Chinese: P'o-lo-sseu) is the name of an ancient kingdom associated with Dhaniṣṭhā or Dhaniṣṭhanakṣatra, as mentioned in chapter 18 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—Chapter 18 deals with geographical astrology and, in conversation with Brahmarāja and others, Buddha explains how he entrusts the Nakṣatras [e.g., Dhaniṣṭhā] with a group of kingdoms [e.g., Varasi] for the sake of protection and prosperity.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Varasi in India is the name of a plant defined with Albizia amara in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mimosa pulchella Roxb. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Species Plantarum.
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1799)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1834)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Varasi, for example chemical composition, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vārasī (वारसी).—f A timber-tree. See vārasa.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Varāśi (वराशि).—A coarse cloth.

Derivable forms: varāśiḥ (वराशिः).

See also (synonyms): varāsi.

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Varāsi (वरासि).—A swordsman; L. D. B.

Derivable forms: varāsiḥ (वरासिः).

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Varāsī (वरासी).—f. Bathing cloth or soiled cloth; L. D. B.

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Vārāśi (वाराशि).—[vār + rāśiḥ] An ocean; वाराशिगभीराम्भसि काराभवनेऽभिग्रस्तामिह मुस्तामिव यस्तामुदहार्षीत् (vārāśigabhīrāmbhasi kārābhavane'bhigrastāmiha mustāmiva yastāmudahārṣīt) Viś. Guṇā.387.

Derivable forms: vārāśiḥ (वाराशिः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Varāśi (वराशि).—m.

(-śiḥ) Coarse cloth. E. vara covering, aś to pervade, aff. in; also varāsi .

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Varāsi (वरासि).—m.

(-siḥ) 1. Coarse cloth. 2. A swordsman. f. (-sī) Dirty clothes. E. vara covering, as to be, affs. in and ṅīp .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Varāśi (वराशि):—varāsi See barāsī.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Varāśi (वराशि):—[varā+śi] (śiḥ) 2. m. Coarse cloth.

2) Varāsi (वरासि):—[varā+si] (siḥ) 2. m. Coarse cloth; swordsman. f. Dirty clothes.

[Sanskrit to German]

Varasi in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vārāśi (ವಾರಾಶಿ):—[noun] = ವಾರಾಕರ [varakara].

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Vārāsi (ವಾರಾಸಿ):—[noun] = ವಾರಾಕರ [varakara].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Varashidurga, Varashika, Varashikha, Varashim, Varashita, Varasiddhi, Varasimgha, Varasimha, Varasimha-ji, Varasimhasana.

Ends with: Abhavasvabhavarashi, Baravarashi Solavarashi, Bevarashi, Civaraci, Huvarasi, Kaadu-hoovarasi, Kaduhuvarasi, Kshiravarashi, Lavarasi, Nivarashi, Paravarashi, Sattvarashi, Valvaraci, Vavaraci.

Full-text: Barashi, Varati, Dhanishtha, Kshauma.

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