वर्षपर्व्वत m. (
-तः) A mountainous range, supposed to separate the various Varshas or divisions of the globe from each other: six ranges are enumerated from south to north; viz.:--HIMAVĀN, HEMAKŪTA, NISĀDHA, NĪLA, ŚWETA, and SRINGĪ or ŚRINGA- VĀNA; MERU constitutes the seventh; some authorities places CHAITRA and KARNĪ instead of NĪLA and ŚWETA.
E. वर्ष as above,
पर्व्वत a mountain; also similar compounds, as
वर्षगिरि &c.
ROOTS:
वर्ष पर्व्वत वर्षगिरि