vfzaH 1 A bull; asaMpadastasya vfzeRa gacCataH Ku. 5. 80 ; Me. 52 ; R. 2. 35 ; Ms. 9. 123. 2 The sign Taurus of the zodiac. 3 The chief or best of a class, the best of its kind; Ms. 3. 18 ; (often at ( pb ) the end of comp. ); munivfzaH , kapivfzaH &c. 4 The god of love. 5 A strong or athletic man. 6 A lustful man, a man of one of the four classes into which men are divided in erotic works; see Ratimañjarī 37. 7 An enemy, adversary. 8 A rat. 9 The bull of Śiva. 10 Morality, justice. 11 Virtue, a pious or meritorious act; na sadgatiH syAd vfzavarjitAnAM Kīr. K. 9. 62 (where vfza means a ‘bull’ also). 12 N. of Karṇa. 13 N. of Viṣṇu. 14 N. of a particular drug. 15 The principal die. — zaM A peacock's plumage. Comp. — aMkaH 1 an epithet of Śiva; R. 3. 23. 2 a pious or virtuous man. 3 the marking-nut plant. 4 a eunuch. °jaH a small drum. — aMcanaH an epithet of Śiva — aMtakaH an epithet of Viṣṇu. — AhAraH a cat. — utsargaH setting free a bull on the occasion of a funeral rite, or as a religious act generally. — daMSaH, -daMSakaH a cat. — DvajaH 1 an epithet of Śiva; R. 11. 44. 2 an epithet of Gaṇeśa. 3 a pious or virtuous man. — nASanaH N. of Kṛṣṇa. — patiH 1 an epithet of Śiva. 2 a bull set at liberty. — parvan m. 1 an epithet of Śiva. 2 N. of a demon who with the aid of Śukra, preceptor of the Asuras, maintained struggle with the gods for a long time. His daughter Śarmiṣṭhā was married by Yayāti; see Yayāti and Devayānī. — BAsA the residence of Indra and the gods; i. e. Amarāvatī. — rAjaketanaH N. of Śiva. — locanaH a cat. — vAhanaH an epithet of Śiva. — skaMDa a. having shoulders as lusty as those of a bull; U. 6. 25 ; R. 12. 34.