vargaH [ vfj-GaY ] 1 A class, division, group; company, society, tribe, collection (of similar things); nyazeDi Sezo'pyanuyAyivargaH R. 2. 4 , 11. 7 ; so pOravargaH, nakzatravargaH &c. 2 A party, side; Ku. 7. 53. 3 A category. 4 A class of words grouped together; as manuzyavargaH, vanaspativargaH &c. 5 A class of consonants in the alphabet. 6 A section, chapter, division of a book. 7 Particularly, a subdivision of an Adhyāya in Ṛgveda. 8 The square power. 9 Strength. 10 Sphere, province. 11 The whole class of objects of worldly existence ( Darma, arTa , and kAma ). Comp. — aMtyaM, -uttamaM the last letter of each of the first five classes of consonants; i. e. a nasal. — GanaH the cube of a square. °GAtaH the fifth power. — padaM, -mUlaM the square root. — prakftiH f. an affected square. — vargaH the square of a square.