Varshana, Varṣaṇa: 14 definitions
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Varshana has 14 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Varṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Varsana or Varshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVarṣaṇa (वर्षण):—(von varṣ)
1) adj. (f. ī) regnend: sama (ghana) Inschr. in [Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7, 10,] [Śloka 35.] karkaśāṅgāra [Harivaṃśa 5528.] pāṃsu [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 79, 1.] pīyūṣavṛṣṭivarṣaṇī [Oxforder Handschriften 20,b,9.] astra eine Regen bewirkende Waffe [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 29, 16 (30, 14 Gorresio).] —
2) n. das Regnen, Regnenlassen, Ausgiessen [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 83.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 166.] [Harivaṃśa 266] (nach der Lesart der neueren Ausg.). śārada [8087. 12497] (nach der Lesart der neueren Ausg.). suciramūṣare varṣaṇam [Spr. 209.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 104, 21.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 4, 84, Scholiast] niḥśabdavarṣaṇamivāmbudharasya [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 252.] a [Spr. 3637.] varṣaṇādvṛṣabhaḥ [Yāska’s Nirukta 9, 22.] śastrāstrāśmāmbu [KĀM. NĪTIS. 17, 53.] ghṛtatailavasādi [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 97, 10.] raktaugha [Kathāsaritsāgara 46, 146.] aṅgāra [101, 127.] apātra das Herabregnenlassen (von Gaben) auf Unwürdige [Spr. 144.]
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Starts with: Varshanadi, Varshanaga, Varshanakshatrasucaka, Varshanavarsha, Varshanotsarga.
Ends with (+1): Abhipravarshana, Abhivarshana, Apatravarshana, Asthivarshana, Ativarshana, Avarshana, Avavarshana, Banavarshana, Dharavarshana, Kamabhivarshana, Nirvarshana, Praharshitavarshana, Prativarshana, Pravarshana, Pushpavarshana, Sadyovarshana, Samavarshana, Sampravarshana, Samvarshana, Trailokyavarshana.
Full-text (+16): Ativarsha, Avarshana, Banavarshana, Avavarshana, Samvarshana, Vivarshana, Nirvarshana, Samavarshana, Apatravarshana, Prativarshana, Varushava, Varshava, Varshani, Abhivarshana, Vrishanaman, Sadyovarshana, Varshanem, Pravarshana, Pushpavarshana, Varshita.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.177.2 < [Sukta 177]
Ramayana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
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Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
The Practice Manual of Noble Tārā Kurukullā (by Dharmachakra Translation Committee)
Chapter 8 < [Appendix - Sanskrit Text]