adjective · vara 1 · vara 2
boon
[ vara , read avara , q.v. ; Gv 105.20 , text sattvavarasya, read sattvā°.]
excellent; noble. (masculine), a boon; favour
Vara 1 (adjective) [from vr̥ to wish; Vedic vara] excellent, splendid, best, noble. As attribute it either precedes or follows the noun which it characterizes, e.g. °pañña of supreme wisdom Snp 391, 1128 (= agga-pañña Nidd II §557); °bhatta excellent food (opposite lāmaka°) Ja I 123; °lañcaka excellent gift (?) ( Trenckner, Miln page 424): see under lañcaka. Dhamma° the best norm Snp 233; nagara° the noble city Vv 16 6 (= uttama°, Rājagahaṃ sandhāya vuttaṃ Vv-a 82); ratana° the best of gems Snp 683; rāja° famous king Vv 32 1 (= Sakka Vv-a 134); or inserted between noun and apposition (or predicate), e.g. ākiṇṇa-vara-lakkhaṇa full of the best marks Snp 408; narī-vara-gaṇa a crowd of most lovely women Snp 301; especially frequent in combination with predicate gata: "gone onto the best of," i.e. riding the most stately (horse or elephant), or walking on the royal (palace) etc., e.g. upari-pāsādavara-gata Pv-a 105; sindha-piṭṭhi-vara-gata Ja I 179; hatthi-khandha vara-gata Pv-a 75, 216, 279. — neuter varaṃ in compound or superlative function: better than (instrumental); the best, the most excellent thing A IV 128 (katamaṃ nu kho varaṃ: yaṃ ... yaṃ); Dhp 178 (ādhipaccena Sotāpatti-phalaṃ v.), 322 (varaṃ assatarā dantā ... attadanto tato varaṃ). -aṅgaṇā a noble or beautiful woman Mhv 33, 84; -ādāyin acquiring the best S IV 250; A III 80; -āroha (1) state elephant Vv 5 1 (= varo aggo seṭṭho āroho ti varāroho Vv-a 35);(2) (feminine) a noble lady Ja VI 562 (Maddī varārohā rājaputtī). Vara 2 (masculine and neuter) [from vr̥ to wish] wish, boon, favour Miln 110, 139. Usually in phrases ilke varaṃ dadāti to grant a wish or a boon Ja IV 10; Vv-a 260; Pv-a 20. varaṃ gaṇhāti to take a wish or a vow Ja V 382; varaṃ vuṇāti (varati) the same Ja III 493 (varaṃ varassu, imperative); Pv II 9 40, 42 ; Miln 227. °varaṃ yācati to ask a favour Ja III 315 (varāni yācāmi).
【形】 優良的，貴族的。【陽】 恩惠，好意。~ṅganā,【陰】 高貴的淑女。~da,【形】 佈施優良供品的人。~dāna,【中】 恩惠或特權的 允許。~pañña,【形】 有優良知識的。~lakkhaṇa,【中】 優良的相（在身體上）。
vara a. [ vf-karmaRi ap ] 1 Best, excellent, most beautiful or precious, choicest, finest; with gen, or loc. or usually at the end of comp. ; vadatAM varaH R. 1. 59 ; vedavidAM vareRa 5. 23 , 11. 54 ; Ku. 6. 18 ; nfvaraH, taruvarAH , saridvarA &c. 2 Better than, preferable to; graMTiByo DAriRo varAH Ms. 12. 103 ; Y. 1. 352. — raH 1 The act of choosing, selecting. 2 Choice, selection. 3 A boon, blessing, favour ( tapoBirizyate yastu deveByaH sa varo mataH ); varaM vf or yAc ‘to ask a boon’; prItAsmi te putra varaM vfRIzva R. 2. 63 ; BavallabDavarodIrRaH Ku. 2. 32 ; (for the distinction ( pb ) between vara and ASis see ASis ). 4 A gift, present, reward, recompense. 5 A wish, desire in general. 6 Solicitation, entreaty. 7 Charity, alms. 8 Surrounding, enclosing. 9 Obstructing, checking. 10 A bridegroom, husband; varaM varayate kanyA ; see under vaDU (1) also. 11 A suitor, wooer. 12 A dowry. 13 A son-in-law. 14 A dissolute man, libertine. 15 A sparrow. — raM Saffron; (for varam see separately). Comp. — aMga a. having an excellent form. — (gaH) 1 an elephant. 2 N. of Viṣṇu. 3 N. of Cupid. — (gI) turmeric. — (gaM) 1 the head. 2 the best part. 3 an elegant form. 4 pudendum muliebre. 5 green cinnamon. — aMganA a lovely woman. — arha a. 1 worthy of a boon. 2 very worthy, highly esteemed. 3 very expensive. — AnanA a lovelyfaced woman. — AjIvin m. an astrologer. — Aroha a. having fine hips. — (haH) 1 an excellent rider. 2 a rider on an elephant or horse. 3 mounting, riding. — (hA) an elegant or a beautiful woman; kAmaM kuru varArohe dehi me pariraMBaRaM Māl. 6. 11. — AliH the moon. — AsanaM 1 an excellent seat. 2 the chief seat, a seat of honour. 3 the China rose. — (naH) 1 a doorkeeper. 2 a lover, paramour. — iMdraH 1 a chief, sovereign. 2 Indra. — ISvaraH N. of Śiva. — uruH — rUH f. a beautiful woman ( lit. having beautiful thighs). — kratuH an epithet of Indra. — cadaMnaM 1 a kind of sandal wood. 2 the pine tree. — tanu a. fair-limbed. ( — nuH f. ) a beautiful woman; varatanuraTavAsO nEva dfzwA tvayA me V. 4. 22. — taMtuH N. of an ancient sage; R. 5. 1. — tvacaH the Nimba tree. — da a. 1 conferring a boon, granting or fulfilling a boon. 2 propitious. — (daH) 1 a benefactor. 2 N. of a class of Manes. 3 fire for propitiatory burnt offerings. °hastaH the boon-giving or beneficent hand (placed on the head of a suppliant by a deity &c.). — (dA) 1 N. of a river; M. 5. 1. 2 a maiden, girl. — dakziRA 1 a present made to the bridegroom by the father of the bride. — dAnaM the granting of a boon. — drunaH agallochum. — niScayaH the choice of a bridegroom. ( pb ) — pakzaH the party of the bridegroom (at a wedding); R. 6. 86. — pradA N. of Lopāmudrā. — prasTAnaM, -yAtrA the setting out of the bridegroom in procession towards the house of the bride for the celebration of marriage. — PalaH the cocoa-nut tree. — bAhlikaM saffron. — yuvatiH -tI f. a beautiful young woman. — ruci N. of a poet and grammarian (one of the ‘nine gems’ at the court of king Vikrama; see navaratna ; he is identified by some with Kātyāyana, the celebrated author of the Vārtikas on Pāṇini's Sūtras). — labDa a. received as a boon. — (bDaH) the Campaka tree. — vatsalA a mother-in-law. — varRaM gold. — varRinI 1 an excellent or fair-complexioned woman. 2 a woman in general. 3 turmeric. 4 lac. 5 N. of Lakṣmī. 6 of Durgā. 7 of Sarasvatī. 8 the creeper called Priyaṅgu . 9 a yellow pigment. — vfdDaH N. of Śiva. — surata a. 1 very wanton. 3 acquainted with the secrets of sexual intercourse. — sraj f. ‘the bridegroom's garland’, the garland put by the bride round the neck of the bridegroom.
(adj, adj) excellent; best; foremost excellent, noble [lit.] select Construction: √var + a
(adj, adj) princely; stately; royal [lit.] select Construction: √var + a
(masc, masc) wish boon, favour Construction: √var + a