BErava mf( A and I )n. ( fr. BIru ) frightful, terrible, horrible, formidable ( am ind. ), MBh. ; R. &c.
BErava a. ( vI f. ) [ BIroridaM aR ] 1 Terrible, frightful, horrible, formidable; U. 5. 6. 2 Miserable. 3 Relating to Bhairava. — vaH 1 A form of Śiva (of which 8 kinds are enumerated). 2 The sentiment of terror ( BayAnaka ). 3 Fear, terror. 4 N. of a musical mode ( rAga ) calculated to excite emotions of fear or terror. — vI 1 A form of the goddess Durgā. 2 N. of a Rāgiṇī in the Hindu musical system. 3 A girl of 12 or a young girl representing the goddess Durgā at the Durga festival. — vaM Terror, horror. Comp. — ISaH an epithet of Viṣṇu (or Śiva ?); so BEravatarjakaH — yAtanA a sort of purificatory torment inflicted by Bhairava of Benares on those who die there, to make their spirits fit for absorption into the Supreme Spirit.