As a deity name
Name 704 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
वर्ष · noun · masculine
वृष्टि । जलवर्षण · काल का एक मान जिसमें दो अयन और बारह महीने होती हैं । उतना समय जितने में सब ऋतुओं की एक आवृत्ति हो जाती है । संवत्सर । साल · पुराण में माने हुए सात द्वीपों का एक विभाग — Śabdasāgara
वर्ष · varsha · s.m.
Rain, raining; a shower of rain; sprinkling, effusion — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1188
वर्ष · masculine
annum, year
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi वर्ष — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa, “rain, raining; year”). Doublet of बरस (baras).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
varṣa mf(ā)n. (fr. √ vṛṣ) raining (ifc., e.g. kāma-v˚, raining according to one's wish), BhP.
varṣa m. and (older) n. (ifc. f(ā). ) rain, raining, a shower (either ‘of rain’, or fig. ‘of flowers, arrows, dust &c.’; also applied to seminal effusion), RV. &c. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a division of the earth as separated off by certain mountain ranges (9 such divisions are enumerated, viz. Kuru, Hiraṇmaya, Ramyaka, Ilāvṛta, Hari; Ketu-mālā, Bhadrāśva, Kiṃnara, a…
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M1 · same meaning "varṣa" is the vocative of "varṣā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
varṣa mf(ā)n. (fr. √ vṛṣ) raining (ifc., e.g. kāma-v˚, raining according to one's wish), BhP.
varṣa m. and (older) n. (ifc. f(ā). ) rain, raining, a shower (either ‘of rain’, or fig. ‘of flowers, arrows, dust &c.’; also applied to seminal effusion), RV. &c. &c.
(pl.) the rains, AV. (cf. varṣā f.)
a cloud, L.
a year (commonly applied to age), Br. &c. &c. (ā varṣāt, for a whole year; varṣāt, after a year; varṣeṇa within a year; varṣe every year)
varṣā (ā), f. See p. 927, col. 2.
varṣā f. rain, ŚāṅkhGṛ.; VarBṛS.
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