search `varNa' in `Apte Dic'
meanings of "varNa" [1]
m.{a-stem}
1.a colour;
2.a paint, see varN(1);
3.colour;
4.look;
5.a class of men, tribe, caste (especially applied to the four principal castes, braahmaNa, kSatriya, baizya and zuudra);
6.a class;
7.a letter;
8.fame;
9.a good quality;
10.praise;
11.dress;
12.outward appearance;
13.a cloak;
14.a covering;
15.the order or arrangement of a subject in a song;
16.the housings of an elephant;
17.a quality;
18.a religious observance;
19.an unknown quantity;
20.the number 'one';
21.application of perfumed unguents to the body;
22.gold;
23.a musical mode
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meanings of "varNa" [2]
n.{a-stem}
1.saffron;
2.a coloured unguent or perfume
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