Alternative spellings of this word include Virach.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Virac (विरच्).—1 U.

1) To arrange; क्षितिविरचितशय्यं कौतुकागारमागात् (kṣitiviracitaśayyaṃ kautukāgāramāgāt) Kumārasambhava 7.94.

2) To compose, put together, write; इति विरचितवाग्भिर्बन्दिपुत्रैः (iti viracitavāgbhirbandiputraiḥ) R.5.75; मद्गोत्राङ्कं विरचितपदं गेयमुद्गातुकामा (madgotrāṅkaṃ viracitapadaṃ geyamudgātukāmā) Meghadūta 88,15.

3) To effect, produce, cause, make; मालाकार व्यरचि भवता या तरोरस्य पुष्टिः (mālākāra vyaraci bhavatā yā tarorasya puṣṭiḥ) Bv.1.3.

4) To put on.

5) To set, inlay.

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

Virac (विरच्).—produce, fabricate, construct, cause, effect, arrange, prepare; compose, write; invent, find out; put, place, fix on or in ([locative]); furnish with ([instrumental]).

Virac is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and rac (रच्).

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

Virac (विरच्):—[=vi-√rac] [Parasmaipada] -racayati (rarely [Ātmanepada]; [Aorist] vy-araracat, once -arīracat; [indeclinable participle] vi-racayya; [Passive voice] vi-racyate; [Aorist] vy-araci),

—to construct, contrive, form, fashion, make, arrange, [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.;

—to build, erect, [Rājataraṅgiṇī];

—to invent, produce, compose, write, [Kāvya literature; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā] etc.;

—to put on, don, wear, [Kāvya literature; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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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Partial matches: Rac, Vi.

Starts with (+59): Vira-campankulikai, Vira-cinkatanapuranam, Viraca, Viracacanam, Viracai, Viracaivam, Viracaivan, Viracaki, Viracakimaram, Viracakra, Viracakreshvara, Viracakshushmant, Viracakshushmat, Viracal, Viracam, Viracamakku, Viracana, Viracanam, Viracanati, Viracandra.

Full-text: Viracana, Viracayati, Viracya, Viracayitavya, Viracitokti, Viracitavac, Viracitavapus, Viranca, Viracitapada, Viracita, Vi.

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