varRaH [ varR-ac ] 1 A colour, hue; aMtaHSudDastvamapi BavitA varRamAtreRa kfzRaH Me. 49. 2 A paint, dye, paintcolour; see varR (1). 3 Colour, complexion, beauty; tvayyAdAtuM jalamavanate SArNgiRo varRacOre Me. 46 ; R. 8. 42. 4 A class of men, tribe, caste (especially applied to the four principal castes, brAhmaRa, kzatriya, vESya , and SUdra ); varRAnAmAnupUrvyeRa Vārt; na kaScidvarRAnAmapaTamapakfzwo'pi Bajate Ś. 5. 10 ; R. 5. 19. 5 A class, race, tribe, kind, species; as in savarRaM akzaraM . 6 ( a ) A letter, character, sound; na me varRavicArakzamA dfzwiH V. 5. ( b ) A word, syllable; S. D. 9. 7 Fame, glory, celebrity, renown; rAjA prajAraMjanalabDavarRaH R. 6. 21. 8 A good quality, merit, virtue. 9 Praise. 10 Dress, decoration. 11 Outward appearance. form, figure. 12 A cloak, mantle. 13 A covering, lid. 14 The order or arrangement of a subject in a ( pb ) song ( gItakrama ); upAttavarRe carite pinAkinaH Ku. 5. 56 ‘celebrated in song, made the subject of a song.’ 15 The housings of an elephant. 16 A quality, property. 17 A religious observance. 18 An unknown quantity. 19 The number ‘one.’ 20 Application of perfumed unguents to the body. 21 Gold. 22 A musical mode. — rRaM 1 Saffron. 2 A coloured unguent or perfume. Comp. — aMkA a pen. — aDipaH a planet presiding over a caste or class. — apasadaH an outcast. — apeta a. devoid of any caste, outcast, degraded. — arhaH a kind of bean. — AgamaH the addition of a letter; BavedvarRAgamAdDaMsaH Sk. — Atman m. a word. — ASramAH the (four) castes and stages of life; R. 5. 19. — udakaM coloured water; R. 16. 70. — kUpikA an ink-stand. — kramaH 1 the order of castes or colours. 2 alphabetical order or arrangement. — gata a. 1 coloured. 2 algebraical. — cArakaH a painter. — jyezWaH a Brāhmaṇa. — tUliH, -tUlikA, -tUlI f. a pencil, paint-brush. — da a. colouring. — (daM) a kind of fragrant yellow wood. — dAtrI turmeric. — dUtaH a letter. — dUzaka a. violating the distinctions of castes. — DarmaH the peculiar duties of a caste. — pAtaH the omission of a letter. — pAtraM a paint-box. — puzpaM the flower of the globe-amaranth. — puzpakaH the globe-amaranth. — prakarzaH excellence of colour. — prasAdanaM aloe-wood. — mAtf f. a pen, pencil. — mAtfkA N. of Sarasvatī. — mAlA, -rASiH the alphabet. — re (le) KA chalk. — vartiH, -vartikA f. a paint-brush, pencil. — vAdin m. a panegyrist. — viparyayaH the substitution or change of letters; ( Bavet ) siMho varRaviparyayAt Sk. — vilAsinI turmeric. — viloqakaH 1 a house-breaker. 2 a plagiarist ( lit. word-stealer). — vfttaM a metre regulated by the number of syllables it contains ( opp. mAtrAvftta ). — vyavasTitiH f. the institution of caste. — SikzA instruction in letters. — SrezWaH a Brāhmaṇa. — saMyogaH marriage between persons of the same caste. — saMsargaH confusion of castes. ( pb ) — saMkaraH 1 confusion of castes through intermarriage. 2 mixture or blending of colours; citrezu varRasaMkaraH K. (where both senses are intended); Śi. 14. 37. — saMGAtaH, -samAmnAyaH the alphabet. — sTAnaM an organ of utterance. — hIna a. outcast.