Vareti, Vāreti: 3 definitions

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Vareti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vāreti : (var + e) prevents; obstructs; hinders.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vāreti, (Caus. of vuṇāti, representing vṛ1 (to enclose, obstruct), as well as vṛ1 (to choose)) 1. to prevent, obstruct, hinder Pv. II, 77 (vārayissaṃ I had the habit of obstructing; =nivāresiṃ PvA. 102); VvA. 68; Sdhp. 364.—2. to ask in marriage ThA. 266; PvA. 55.—Caus. II. vārāpeti to induce somebody to choose a wife J. IV, 289.—Note. vāriyamāna (kālakaṇṇi-salākā) at J. IV, 2 read cār° (cp. PvA. 272 vicāresuṃ id.).—pp. vārita. (Page 609)

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vāreti (वारेति) or Vārayati.—shares, hands out in turn (as gifts), distributes (? either ‘caus.’ to vṛ-ṇāti, like Sanskrit varayati, or perhaps denom. to Sanskrit vāra, turn?): (so) dāni brāhmaṇo modakāni krīṇiya brāhmaṇāṃ śabdāvitvā modakāni vāreti (v.l. vārayati) Mahāvastu ii.442.2 (prose). Senart ignores the word, which surely deserves a note, and seems to me puzzling; the Sanskrit caus. to vṛ, regularly varayati, not vār°, seems to mean only choose for oneself. To this probably MIndic caus. vārāpayati (§ 38.57), causes to distribute: tāttakā caiva vārāpeya (opt.) Kāśyapa Parivarta 158.3 (here text vārā- vāpeya); 159.6—7. [In Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iii.11.13; 15.19; and else- where, for (etad) vārayāmi, read dhār°, at the end of a vote in the saṃgha.]

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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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