The Sanskrit term Varṣakarī can be transliterated into English as Varsakari or Varshakari, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Varṣakarī (वर्षकरी):—[=varṣa-karī] [from varṣa-kara > varṣa] f. a cricket (this animal chirping in wet weather), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Varṣakārī (वर्षकारी):—[=varṣa-kārī] [from varṣa] f. ([according to] to [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] = sravat-pāṇipādā) ‘a girl with moist hands and feet, unfit for marriage’ (but of doubtful meaning), [Gṛhya-sūtra]

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

Varṣakarī (वर्षकरी):—[varṣa-karī] (rī) 3. f. A cricket.

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

Varṣakāri (ವರ್ಷಕಾರಿ):—[noun] that which brings or causes rains.

context information

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: Varsha, Karin.

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