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varuna
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Varuna \Va*ru"na\ (v[.a]*r[udd]"n[.a]), n. [Skr. Varu[.n]a.] (Hindu Myth.) The god of the waters; the Indian Neptune. He is regarded as regent of the west, and lord of punishment, and is represented as riding on a sea monster, holding in his hand a snaky ...
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Varuna (; Sanskrit : , Malay : Baruna ) is the Hindu god of water and the celestial ocean , as well as a god of law of the underwater world. A Makara is his mount. His consort is the Hindu goddess Varuni . Originally the chief god of the Vedic pantheon ...
Usage examples of varuna.
They even accepted the fact that their own high deities Varuna, Mithra, Rudra were, to us, devils.
Among the Aditya is Varuna, the equivalent of Uranos, whose identification with Atlantis I have shown.
Jane Williams, Victoria Hammond, and especially Gail Bell for making me feel welcome among non-sf writers at the Varuna Writers' Centre and Carol Boothman, for her wisdom.
To take one simple example: the name of the Indian god Varuna has been identified etymologically with that of the Graeco-Roman god Uranus (Greek, Ouranos), also a common noun for 'heaven'.