As a deity name
Name 888 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a harlot, courtezan, (cf. -kanyakā &c.)
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vāre" is the nominative dual of "vārā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "vāre" is the locative of "vāra" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "vāre" is the dative of "vār" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "vāre" is the vocative of "vāri" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vārā (ā), f. a harlot, courtezan, MBh. vi, 5766 (cf. -kanyakā &c.)
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.
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. vāri n. = vār, water, rain, fluid, fluidity, Mn.; MBh. &c.
a species of Andropogon, Bhpr.
Alternative readings
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