वर्मन्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From वर (vara, “covering, enclosing”).

Noun

वर्मन् • (varman) n

  1. armor (RV., etc.)
  2. protection, shelter (as frequently used as suffix to names of Kshatriyas)
  3. bark, rind (VarBṛ.)
  4. name of particular formulas or prayers for protection (especially हुम् (hum, “hum”)) (BhP.)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “वर्मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0926.
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
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