Varshin, Varṣin, Varṣiṇī, Varshini: 9 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Shaktism
2. Jyotisha
Languages
1. Sanskrit
See also

Introduction:

Varshin means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit terms Varṣin and Varṣiṇī can be transliterated into English as Varsin or Varshin or Varsini or Varshini, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Varṣin (वर्षिन्) (Cf. Vāhinī) refers to the “rain” (viz., ‘rains of nectar’), according to the second recension of the Yogakhaṇḍa of the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “Then Viṣṇu, the supreme Yoni, was sad. (He / she thought): ‘I have fallen from (my) austerities (and so) Bhairava has disappeared into the earth’. Then when that goddess, who is the divine energy of nectar that rains down specks (of nectar) [i.e., kaṇa-varṣiṇī] onto Himavat, meditated there, a drop of this nectar, which is the supreme energy, fell that very moment from the sky onto the earth”.

context information

Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Varṣin (वर्षिन्) refers to the “rain”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If there should be both lunar and solar eclipses in one month, princes will suffer both from dissensions among their own army and from wars. [...] If the eclipses should fall in the lunar month of Caitra painters, writers, singers, prostitutes, men learned in the Vedas and dealers in gold, the people of Pauṇḍra, of Auḍra, of Kekaya and of Āśmaka will suffer distress and there will be good rain [i.e., varṣin] throughout the land”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Varṣin (वर्षिन्).—mfn. (-rṣī-rṣiṇī-rṣi) 1. Raining. 2. Sprinkling. E. vṛṣ to sprinkle, ghinuṇ aff.

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

Varṣin (वर्षिन्).—i. e. vṛṣ, and var- ṣa, + in, adj., f. iṇī, Raining, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 1183.

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

Varṣin (वर्षिन्).—[adjective] raining, sprinkling (—°); or = varṣika.

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

1) Varṣin (वर्षिन्):—[from varṣa] mfn. raining, discharging like rain, pouring out, showering down, distributing (anything good or evil; mostly ifc.), [Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra] etc. etc. (ṣi-tā f.)

2) [v.s. ...] shedding profuse tears, [Kāvya literature]

3) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) attended with a rain of (See sāśma-v)

4) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) having (so many) years (e.g. ṣaṣṭi-v, 60 years old), [Mahābhārata]

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

Varṣin (वर्षिन्):—[(rṣī-rṣiṇī-rṣi) a.] Raining.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Varṣin (वर्षिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Varisi.

[Sanskrit to German]

Varshin 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.

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