वर [ vara ] [ vará ]2 m. f. n. ( fr. √ 2. [ vṛ ] ) choosing (see [ patiṃ-varā ] , [ svayaṃ-varā ] )

[ vara ] m. " chooser " , one who solicits a girl in marriage , suitor , lover , bridegroom , husband (rarely " son-in-law " ) Lit. RV.

a bridegroom's friend Lit. MW.

a dissolute man (= [ vita ] or [ ṣiḍga ] ) Lit. L.

mf ( [ ā ] ) n. ( [ vára ] ) " select " , choicest , valuable , precious , best , most excellent or eminent among (gen. loc. abl. , or comp.) or for (gen.) Lit. ŚrS. Lit. MBh.

(ifc.) royal , princely Lit. Jātakam.

better , preferable , better than (abl. , rarely gen.) or among (abl.) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

eldest Lit. W.

[ varam ] ind. ( [ am ] ) (g. [ svar-ādi ] ) preferably , rather , better (also = preferable , sometimes with abl. which in Veda is often followed by [ ā ] e.g. [ agní bhyo váram ] , " better than fires " Lit. RV. ; [ sákhibhya ā́ váram ] , " better than companions " Lit. ib. ; exceptionally with acc. e.g. [ śiṣyaiḥ śata-hutān homān ] , [ ekaḥ putra-huto varam ] , " better one sacrifice offered by a son than a hundred offered by disciples " Lit. ShaḍvBr.) Lit. RV.

[ varam ] ind. it is better that , it would be best if (with pres. e.g. [ varaṃ gacchāmi ] , " it is better that I go " ; or with Impv. e.g. [ varaṃ naye sthāpyatām ] , " it would be better if he were initiated into our plan " Lit. Kathās. ; or without any verb e.g. [ varaṃ siṃhāt ] , " better ( death caused ) by a lion " Lit. Pañcat. ; sometimes with Pot. , e.g. [ varaṃ tat kuryāt ] , " better that he should do that " Lit. Kām.) Lit. Kāv. Lit. Kathās.

it is better than , rather than (in these senses [ varam ] is followed by [ na ] , [ na ca ] , [ na tu ] , [ na punaḥ ] , [ tad api na ] or [ tathāpi na ] , with nom. e.g. [ varaṃ mṛtyur nacākīrtiḥ ] , " better death than ( lit. " and not " ) infamy " ; exceptionally with instr. e.g. [ varam eko guṇī putro na ca mūrkha-śatair api ] , " better one virtuous son than hundreds of fools " Lit. Hit. ; [ na hi-varam ] , " by no mean - but rather " ) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

[ vara ] m. ( rarely n. ; ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) " act or object of choosing " , election , wish , request

m. boon , gift , reward , benefit , blessing , favour ( [ várāya ] , [ váram ā́ ] , [ práti váram ] or [ váraṃ varam ] , " according to wish , to one's heart's content " ; [ mad-varāt ] , " in consequence of the boon granted by me " ; [ váraṃ-√ vṛ ] , " to choose a boon " ; [ varaṃ-√ yāc ] or [ ā-√ kāṅkṣ ] or √ [ brū ] or Caus. of [ pra-√ arth ] , " to prefer a request " ; [ váraṃ√ dā ] , " to grant a boon or blessing " ; [ varam pra-√ dā ] or [ pra-√ yam ] id. ; [ varaṃ-√ labh ] , " to receive a boon or reward " ) Lit. RV.

a benefit , advantage , privilege Lit. Daś.

charity , alms Lit. VarBṛS.

a dowry Lit. Pañcat.

a kind of grain (= [ varata ] ) Lit. KātyŚr. Sch.

bdellium Lit. L.

a sparrow Lit. L.

N. of a son of Śvaphalka Lit. VP.

[ varā ] f. N. of various plants and vegetable products (accord. to Lit. L. " the three kinds of myrobalan " ; Clypea Hernandifolia ; Asparagus Racemosus ; Cocculus Cordifolius ; turmeric ; Embelia Ribes ; a root similar to ginger ; = [ brāhrnī ] and [ reṇukā ] ) Lit. Suśr.

N. of Pārvatī Lit. L.

N. of a river Lit. BhP.

[ varī ] f. Asparagus Racemosus Lit. L.

N. of Chāya (the wife of Sūrya) Lit. L.

[ vara ] n. saffron Lit. BhP. ( In comp. not always separable from 1. [ vara ] .)