Varati, Varātī, Varāṭī, Varāṭi, Vaṟaṭi, Vāraṭi: 4 definitions

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Varati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

varātī (वराती).—avarātyā a (varāta) Relating to a varāta or marriage-procession. 2 Applied revilingly to a dawdling courier or runner, to a dull and heavy horse &c.

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vāratī (वारती).—f (varatrā or vāratra S) A cord, leathern strip, iron bar &c. by which a cradle or swinging seat is suspended.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Varāṭī (वराटी).—(In music) A kind of Rāga.

See also (synonyms): varāḍī.

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

1) Varāṭī (वराटी):—[from varāṭa > vara] f. (in music) a [particular] Rāga, [Colebrooke] (cf. varādī below).

2) Varaṭī (वरटी):—[from varaṭa > vara] f. a kind of wasp, [Suśruta]

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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.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Varāṭi (வராடி) noun < varāṭikā. Cowry, Cypraea moneta; பலகறை. (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [palagarai. (sudamaninigandu)]

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Varāṭi (வராடி) noun < varāḍi. (Music) A melody-type of the pālai tracts; பாலையாழ்த் திறத் தொன்று. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [palaiyazhth thirath thonru. (pingalagandu)]

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Varāṭi (வராடி) noun < varāśi. Saree of coarse yarn; முரட்டுநூற் சீலை. [murattunur silai.] (W.)

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Vaṟaṭi (வறடி) noun Feminine of வறடன். [varadan.] (W.)

1. Lean woman; மெலிந்தவள். [melinthaval.]

2. Barren woman; மலடி. [maladi.]

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Vāraṭi (வாரடி) [vāraṭittal] [vār-aṭi] intransitive verb < வார்⁴ [var⁴] +. To spread out and flow, as water; நீர் நிரவி யோடுதல். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [nir niravi yoduthal. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

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Vāraṭi (வாரடி) noun cf. வராடி. [varadi.] Cowry; பல கறை. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [pala karai. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]

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Vāraṭi (வாரடி) [vār-aṭi] noun < வார் [var] +. Whipping; சாட்டையடி. [sattaiyadi.] Pond.

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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