varuRaH [ vf-unan Uṇ. 3. 53 ] 1 N. of an Āditya (usually associated with Mitra). 2 (In later mythology) The regent of the ocean and of the western quarter (represented with a noose in hand); yAsAM rAjA varuRo yAti maDye satyAnfte avapaSyaYjanAnAm; varuRo yAdasAmahaM Bg. 10. 29 ; tvaM viSvezAM varuRAsi rAjA ye ca devA ye ca martAH Rv. 2. 27. 10 ; pratIcIM varuRaH pAti Mb. ; atisaktimetya varuRasya diSA BfSamanvarajyadatuzArakaraH Śi. 9. 7. 3 The ocean. 4 Firmament. 5 The Sun. 6 The Varuṇa tree. Comp. — aMgaruhaH an epithet of Agastya. — AtmajA spirituous liquor (so called being produced from the ( pb ) sea). — AlayaH, -AvAsaH the ocean. — devaM,-dEvataM the Nakṣatra Śatabhishaj. — pASaH 1 a shark. 2 the noose of Varuṇa. — lokaH 1 the world of Varuṇa. 2 water.