In Hinduism

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Oxford Academic: Homo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and Its Significance to Ritual Theory

Varavaraṇa (वरवरण) refers to “choosing of the groom”, according to Dadhirāma Marāsini’s 19th century Vivāhapaddhati (part of his Karmakāṇḍabhāskara) which is based on the Pāraskara-Gṛhyasūtra, a domestic manual in the Mādhyandina school of the Vājasaneyisaṃhitā.—If performed traditionally, high caste marriages among the Parbatiyas (Parbates/Paharis/Pahadis) or Indo-Nepalese people in Nepal are normally executed by following the course of events as presented in marriage manuals. One of such rites, (classified as “Rules for choosing the groom”) is the worship and choosing of the arriving groom at the threshold or door (dvārāgata-vara-pūjana-varaṇa), his solicitation and worship.

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A class of long lived deities. Hearing that the Buddha was to be born, they started to make garlands to put on him on the day of his birth, but even on the day of his death these garlands were not finished, because, according to their computation, the time had passed so quickly. When they heard that the Buddha was about to die, they brought the unfinished garlands, but could not get anywhere within the Cakkavala. They therefore remained in the sky, singing the praises of the Buddha. DA.ii.576f.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Varavāraṇa (वरवारण).—m.

(-ṇaḥ) A fine elephant. E. vara, and vāraṇa an elephant.

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

1) Varavaraṇa (वरवरण):—[=vara-varaṇa] [from vara] n. the act of choosing or requesting, [???]

2) [v.s. ...] the choosing a bridegroom, [Viddhaśālabhañjikā]

3) Varavāraṇa (वरवारण):—[=vara-vāraṇa] [from vara] m. a fine elephant, [Mahābhārata]

4) Vāravāraṇa (वारवारण):—[=vāra-vāraṇa] [from vāra] [wrong reading] for -bāṇa.

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

Varavāraṇa (वरवारण):—[vara-vāraṇa] (ṇaḥ) 1. m. A fine elephant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Varavarana 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.

Pali-English dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

varavāraṇa—

(Burmese text): (က) မြတ်သော ဆင်ပြောင်။ (ခ) မြတ်သော ဂန္ဓမည်သော ဆင်ပြောင်။

(Auto-Translation): (a) Sacred elephant. (b) Sacred and illustrious elephant.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vara, Varana.

Full-text: Candamattavaravarana, Pagalitamadamattavaravarana, Vadhitavaravarana, Pabhinnavaravarana, Varavaram, Varanavara.

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