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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vārivāha : (m.) a rain cloud.

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

Vārivāha refers to: “watercarrier, ” i.e. cloud A. II, 56; III, 53; S. V, 400; J. VI, 26, 543, 569; Kh VII. 8.—vārita, —yuta, —dhuta, —phuṭa (Jain practice) D. I, 57; M. I, 377. (Page 609)

Note: vārivāha is a Pali compound consisting of the words vāri and vāha.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vārivāha (वारिवाह).—a cloud; अथ दीपितवारिवाहवर्त्मा (atha dīpitavārivāhavartmā) Kirātārjunīya 13.2; कृतनिश्चयिनो वन्द्यास्तुङ्गिमा नोपभुज्यते । चातकः को वराकोऽयं यस्येन्द्रो वारिवाहकः (kṛtaniścayino vandyāstuṅgimā nopabhujyate | cātakaḥ ko varāko'yaṃ yasyendro vārivāhakaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.142.

Derivable forms: vārivāhaḥ (वारिवाहः).

Vārivāha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāri and vāha (वाह). See also (synonyms): vārivāhana.

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

Vārivāha (वारिवाह).—m.

(-haḥ) A cloud. E. vāri water, vāha what bears; also vārivāhana .

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

Vārivāha (वारिवाह).—m. a cloud.

Vārivāha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāri and vāha (वाह).

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

Vārivaha (वारिवह).—[adjective] carrying or pouring forth water.

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Vārivāha (वारिवाह).—[adjective] = [preceding]; [masculine] cloud or the raingod.

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

Vārivaha (वारिवह):—[=vāri-vaha] [from vāri > vār] mf(ā)n. carrying water, running with water, [Rāmāyaṇa] (in ramya-vāri-vaha, śiva-vāri-vaha).

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

Vārivāha (वारिवाह):—[vāri-vāha] (haḥ) 1. m. A cloud.

[Sanskrit to German]

Varivaha in German

context information

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

Vārivāha (ವಾರಿವಾಹ):—[noun] a cloud, that carries water.

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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)

Partial matches: A, Vaha, Vari, Na.

Starts with: Varivahaka, Varivahana.

Full-text: Varivahaka, Varivakam, Varivana, Varivahana.

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