virAwaH 1 N. of a district in India. 2 N. of a king of the Matsyas. The Pāṇḍavas lived incognito in the service of this king for one year, (the thirteenth of their exile) having assumed different disguises. His daughter Uttarā was married to Abhimanyu and was mother of Parīkṣit who succeeded Yudhisṭhira to the throne of Hastināpura. Comp. — jaH a sort of inferior diamond. — parvan n. the fourth book of the Mahābhārata.