bARaH 1 An arrow, shaft, reed; DanuzyamoGaM samaDatta bARaM Ku. 3. 66. 2 An aim or mark for arrows. 3 The feathered end of an arrow. 4 The udder of a cow. 5 A kind of plant ( nIlaJiMwI ; f. also); vikacabARadalAvalayo 'DikaM rurucire rucirekzaRaviBramAH Śi. 6. 46. 6 N. of a demon, son of Bali; cf. uzA . 7 N. of a celebrated poet who lived at the court of king ( pb ) Harshavardhana and flourished in the first half of the seventh century; (see App. II). He is the author of kAdaMbarI, harzacarita and of some other works; (Govardhana in his Āryāsaptaśatī v . 37 speaks in these terms of Bāṇa: — jAtA SiKaMqinI prAgyaTA SiKaMqI taTAvagacCAmi . prAgalByamaDikamAptuM vARI bARo baBUvoti .. ; so hfdayavasatiH paMcabARastu bARaH P. R. 1. 22 ). 8 A symbolical expression for the number ‘five’. 9 A sound, voice. 10 Fire. 11 Lightning. — RaH, -RA The hinder part or feathered end of an arrow. Comp. — asanaM a bow. — AvaliH -lI f. 1 a series of arrows. 2 a series of five verses forming one sentence. — ASrayaH a quiver. — gaMgA N. of a river said to have been produced by Rāvaṇa's arrow. — gocaraH the range of an arrow. — jAlaM a number of arrows. — jit m. an epithet of Viṣṇu. — tURaH, -DiH a quiver. — paTaH the range of an arrow. — pARi a. armed with arrows. — pAtaH 1 an arrow-shot (as a measure of distance). 2 the range of an arrow. — mukti f. , — mokzaRaM discharging or shooting an arrow. — yojanaM a quiver. — reKA a long wound made by an arrow. — vAraH a breast-plate, an armour, cuirass; cf. vArabARaH . — vfzwiH f. a shower of arrows. — saMDAnaM the fitting of an arrow to the bow-string. — sidDiH f. the hitting of a mark by an arrow. — sutA an epithet of Uṣā, daughter of Bāṇa; see uzA . — han m. an epithet of Viṣṇu.