वार [ vāra ] [ vāra ]2 m. ( fr. √ 1. [ vṛ ] ) keeping back , restraining ( also mfn. ifc. = difficult to be restrained Lit. TBr. ; cf. [ dur-v ] )

anything which covers or surrounds or restrains , a cover Lit. MW.

anything which causes an obstruction , a gate , door-way Lit. W.

anything enclosed or circumscribed in space or time , esp. an appointed place (e.g. [ sva-vāraṃ samā-√ sthā ] , to occupy one's proper place) Lit. R.

the time fixed or appointed for anything (accord. to some fr. √ 2. [ vṛ ] , to choose) , a person's turn Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. (often , esp. with numerals , = times e.g. [ varāṃs trīn ] or [ vara-trayam ] , three times ; [ bhūribhir vāraiḥ ] or [ bhūri-vārān ] or [ bahu-vāram ] or [ vāraṃ vāram ] or [ vāraṃ vāreṇa ] , many times , often , repeatedly)