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वर्ण f. am. (or n.g. अर्धर्चा-दि, prob. fr. √ 1.वृ; ifc. f(आ). ) a covering, cloak, mantle, [L.]
a cover, lid, [Yājñ. iii, 99]
outward appearance, exterior, form, figure, shape, colour, [RV.] &c. &c.
colour of the face, (esp. ) good colour or complexion, lustre, beauty, [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c.
colour, tint, dye, pigment (for painting or writing), [MBh.] ; [Kāv.] &c.
colour = race, species, kind, sort, character, nature, quality, property (applied to persons and things), [RV.] &c. &c.
class of men, tribe, order, caste (prob. from contrast of colour between the dark aboriginal tribes and their fair conquerors; in [RV.] esp. applied to the आर्यs and the दासs; but more properly applicable to the four principal classes described in मनु's code, viz. Brāhmans, क्षत्रियs, वैश्यs, and शूद्रs; the more modern word for ‘caste’ being जाति; cf. [IW. 210 n. 1] ), ib.
a letter, sound, vowel, syllable, word, [Br.] ; [Prāt.] &c.
a musical sound or note (also applied to the voice of animals), [MBh.] ; [R.] ; [Pañcat.]
the order or arrangement of a song or poem, [W.]
praise, commendation, renown, glory, [Mṛcch.] ; [Kum.] ; [Rājat.]
(in alg. ) an unknown magnitude or quantity
(in arithm. ) the figure, ‘one’
(accord. to some) a co-efficient
-ताल a kind of measure, [L.] (cf. )
gold, [L.]
a religious observance, [L.]
one who wards off, expeller, [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 104, 2]
वर्ण n. bn. saffron, [L.]
वर्ण [cf. accord. to some, Slav. vranŭ, ‘black’, ‘a crow’; Lith. vÂrnas, ‘a crow.’]
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