varAhaH [ varAya aBIzwAya mustAdilABAya AhaMti BUmiM A-han-qa Tv. ] 1 A boar, hog; visrabDaM kriyatAM varAhatatiBirmustAkzatiH palvale Ś. 2. 6. 2 A ram. 3 A bull. 4 A cloud. 5 A crocodile. 6 An array of troops in the form of a boar. 7 N. of Viṣṇu in the third or boar-incarnation; cf. vasati daSanaSiKare DaraRI tava lagnA SaSini kalaMkakaleva nimagnA . keSava DftaSUkararUpa jaya jagadISa hare Gīt. 1. 8 A particular measure. 9 N. of Varāhamihira. 10 N. of one of the 18 Purāṇas. Comp. — avatAraH the boar or third incarnation of Viṣṇu. — kaMdaH a kind of esculent root. — karRaH a kind of arrow. — karRikA a kind of missile. — kalpaH the period of the boarincarnation, the period during which Viṣṇu assumed the form of a boar. — krAMtA the sensitive plant. — dvAdaSI a festival held on the 12th day in the bright half of Māgha in honor of Viṣṇu. — nAman n. an esculent root. — mihiraH N. of a celebrated astronomer, author of bfhatsahitA (supposed to be one of the ‘nine gems’ at the court of king Vikrama). — SfMgaH N. of Śiva.