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vāri

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Vāri (nt.) [Vedic vāri, cp. Av. vār rain, vairi -- sea; Lat. ūrīna=urine; Ags. waer sea; Oicel. ūr spray, etc.] water D ii.266; M iii.300; A iii.26 (in lotus simile); Th 1, 1273; Sn 353, 591, 625, 811; Vv 7910; J iv.19; Nd1 135, 203 (=udaka); Miln 121; PvA 77.

 -- gocara living or life (lit. feeding) in water Sn 605. -- ja "water -- born," i. e. (1) a lotus Sn 845, cp. Nd1 203; -- (2) a fish Dh 34 (=maccha DhA i.289); Jv.464 (=Ānanda -- maccha C.), 507. -- da "water -- giver," i. e. cloud Dāvs iii.40. -- dhara water -- holder, water jug J v.4. -- bindu a drop of water Sn 392.-- vāha "watercarrier," i. e. cloud A ii.56; iii.53; S v.400; J vi.26, 543, 569; Kh vii.8. -- vārita, -- yuta, -- dhuta, -- phuṭa (Jain practice) D i.57; M i.377.

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