Variman, Varīman: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Variman (वरिमन्).—m.

1) Excellence, superiority, pre-eminence; न ह्यस्य वर्ष्मणः पुंसां वरिम्णः सर्वयोगिनाम् (na hyasya varṣmaṇaḥ puṃsāṃ varimṇaḥ sarvayoginām) Bhāgavata 3.25.2;4.15. 26.

2) Ved. Circuit, compass.

3) Breadth, extent.

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Varīman (वरीमन्).—m. Excellence &c.; see वरिमन् (variman).

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

Variman (वरिमन्).—m.

(-mā) Excellence, pre-eminence.

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

Variman (वरिमन्).—i. e. uru + iman (cf. the comparat. of uru, varīyaṃs), m. Extent, greatness.

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

Variman (वरिमन्).—1. [masculine] variman [neuter] circumference, compass, width, extent.

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Variman (वरिमन्).—2. [masculine] the chief or best.

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Varīman (वरीमन्).—[neuter] & varīman [masculine] = 1 & 2 variman.

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

1) Variman (वरिमन्):—[from vara] 1. variman variman or variman, m. (abstract noun of uru q.v.) expanse, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

2) Varīman (वरीमन्):—[from vara] 1a n. = variman1, expanse, width, breadth, room, [Ṛg-veda]

3) Variman (वरिमन्):—[from vara] 2. variman m. the most excellent, best, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] ([literally] ‘excellence, superiority, worth’).

4) Varīman (वरीमन्):—[from vara] 2a m. = variman2 [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

5) 1b varīyas. See p. 921, col. 2.

6) 2b rīyas. See p. 923, col. 1.

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

Varīman (वरीमन्):—[(mā-ma) a.] Excellent.

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Variman 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.

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