The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

557); ˚bhatta excellent food (opp. l!maka˚) J i.123; ˚lañcaka excellent gift (?) (Trenckner, Miln p. 424): see
under lañcaka. dhamma˚ the best norm Sn 233; nagara˚ the noble city Vv 166 (=uttama˚, R!jagaha'
sandh!ya vutta' VvA 82); ratana˚ the best of gems Sn 683; r!ja˚ famous king Vv 321 (=Sakka VvA 134);
or inserted between noun and apposition (or predicate), e. g. !ki**a -- vara -- lakkha*a full of the best
marks Sn 408; nar" -- vara -- ga*a a crowd of most lovely women Sn 301; esp. frequent in combn with
predicate gata: "gone on to the best of," i. e. riding the most stately (horse or elephant), or walking on the
royal (palace) etc., e. g. upari -- p!s!davara -- gata PvA 105; sindha -- pi&&hi -- vara -- gata J i.179; hatthi --
khandha vara -- gata PvA 75, 216, 279. -- nt. vara' in compar. or superl. function: better than (instr.); the
best, the most excellent thing A iv.128 (katama' nu kho vara': ya' . . . ya'); Dh 178 (!dhipaccena
sot!pattiphala' v.), 322 (vara' assatar! dant! . . . attadanto tato vara'). -- angan! a noble or beautiful
woman Mhvs 33, 84. -- !d!yin acquiring the best S iv.250; A iii.80. -- !roha (1) state elephant Vv 51
(=varo aggo se&&ho !roho ti var!roho VvA 35); (2) (f.) a noble lady J vi.562 (Madd" var!roh! r!japutt").
Vara
Vara2 (m. & nt.) [fr. v% to wish] wish, boon, favour Miln 110, 139. Usually in phrases ilke vara' dad!ti to
grant a wish or a boon J iv.10; VvA 260; PvA 20. vara' ga*h!ti to take a wish or a vow J v.382; vara'
vu*!ti (varati) id. J iii.493 (vara' varassu, imper.); Pv ii.940, 42; Miln 227. -- vara' y!cati to ask a favour J
iii.315 (var!ni y!c!mi).
Varaka
Varaka1 [cp. *Sk. varaka] the bean Phaseolus trilobus J ii.75 (where equal to kal!ya); Miln 267; DhA
i.311.
Varaka
Varaka2 (adj.) [fr. v%] wishing or asking (in marriage) Th 2, 406.
Vara*a
Vara*a [cp. Sk. vara*a rampart, causeway, wall] the tree Crataeva roxburghii J i.222, 317 (˚rukkha),
319=DhA iii.409 (˚ka&&habhañja); J vi.535.
*Varati
*Varati [v%] & der. ("to choose" as well as "to obstruct") see vu*!ti.
Varatta
Varatta (nt.) & Varatt! (f.) [cp. Vedic varatr!, given also in meaning "elephant's girth" at Hal!yudha ii.66] a
strap, thong, strip of leather S i.63; A ii.33; Sn 622; Dh 398 (fig. for ta*h!); J ii.153; v.45. As "harness" at J
i.175; as straps on a ship's mast (to hold the sails) Miln 378. -- Cp. v!rattika. -- kha*.a strip of leather, a
strap M i.244=ii.193= iii.259=S iv.56=A iii.380.
Var!ka
Var!ka (adj.) [cp. Epic Sk. var!ka] wretched, miserable S i.231; J iv.285; Vism 315; VvA 101; PvA 120
(syn. for kapa*a), 175 (id.).
Var!ha