As a deity name
Name 712 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 921 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
वार · noun · masculine
जल । पानी · रक्षक । त्राता । प्रति- पालक (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
वार · noun · masculine
द्वार । दरवाजा । उ॰,—संदेसे ही घर भरय़उ कइ अंगणि कई वार ।—ढोला॰, दू॰ २०० · अवरोध । रोक । रुकावट · ढाँकनेवाली वस्तु । आवरण — Śabdasāgara
वार · wār · s.m.
A knock, stroke, blow; a cut, gash, wound — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1173
वार · wār
suff. = wāl = wālā, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1173
वार · masculine
assault, attack; day (of the week); occasion, time
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi वार — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit वार (vāra).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. vāra m. (earlier form of vāla, q.v.) the hair of any animal's tail (esp. of a horse's tail, = οὐρά), RV.
vāra m. n. sg. and pl. a hair-sieve, ib.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
anything which causes an obstruction, a gate, door-way
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (15)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vāra" is the vocative of "vārā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "vāra" is derived from "vār" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
vār n. (said to be fr. √ 1. vṛ) water, RV. &c. &c. (n. pl. once in BhP. vāras, as if m. or f.; vārāṃ nidhiḥ, ‘receptacle of waters’, the ocean, Prab.)
stagnant water, a pond, RV. iv, 19, 4; viii, 98, 8; ix, 112, 4
1. vāra m. (earlier form of vāla, q.v.) the hair of any animal's tail (esp. of a horse's tail, = οὐρά), RV.
vāra m. n. sg. and pl. a hair-sieve, ib.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
1. vāra m. (earlier form of vāla, q.v.) the hair of any animal's tail (esp. of a horse's tail, = οὐρά), RV.
vāra m. n. sg. and pl. a hair-sieve, ib.
2. vāra m. (fr. √ 1. vṛ) keeping back, restraining (also mfn. ifc. = difficult to be restrained, TBr.; cf. dur-v˚)
anything which covers or surrounds or restrains, a cover, MW.
anything which causes an obstruction, a gate, door-way, W.
vārā (ā), f. a harlot, courtezan, MBh. vi, 5766 (cf. -kanyakā &c.)
vār n. (said to be fr. √ 1. vṛ) water, RV. &c. &c. (n. pl. once in BhP. vāras, as if m. or f.; vārāṃ nidhiḥ, ‘receptacle of waters’, the ocean, Prab.)
stagnant water, a pond, RV. iv, 19, 4; viii, 98, 8; ix, 112, 4
Alternative readings
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