As a deity name
Name 554 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
वारुण · noun · masculine
जल · शतभिषा नक्षत्र · भारतवर्ष के एक खंड का नाम । (इसे आजकल 'वरनारक' कहते हैं ।) — Śabdasāgara
वारुण · adj
वरुण संबधी । वरुण का · जलीय । जलसंबंधी · पश्चिमी — Śabdasāgara
वाँ
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(fr. varuṇa) relating or belonging or sacred to or given by Varuṇa, &c. &c. (in & also said of partic. weapons)
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
vāruṇa mf(ī)n. (fr. varuṇa) relating or belonging or sacred to or given by Varuṇa, AV. &c. &c. (in MBh. & R. also said of partic. weapons)
relating to the sea or to water, marine, oceanic, aquatic, MBh.; Kāv. &c. (with bhūta n. an aquatic animal)
western (cf. under varuṇa), AdbhBr.; R.; VarBṛS.
relating to Vāruṇi i.e. Bhṛgu, MBh.
vāruṇa m. an aquatic animal, fish, MBh. xiii, 4142 (perhaps also, RV. ii, 38, 8, where varuṇa seems to be w.r.)
Alternative readings
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