![]() ![]() ![]() The word also means "rain cloud" and is symbolic in some Rigvedic hymns, such as Vedic deity Vritra being called a varaha in Rigvedic verses 1.61.7 and 10.99.6, and Soma's epithet being a varaha in 10.97.7. ![]() The word varaha is found in Rigveda, for example, in its verses such as 1.88.5, 8.77.10 and 10.28.4 where it means "wild boar". Īs per Yaska, the boar is a beast that "tears up the roots, or he tears up all the good roots" is thus called varaha. The Monier-Williams dictionary states that the root √hr means "'to offer/present', 'to outdo, eclipse, surpass', 'to enrapture, charm, fascinate', and 'to take away or remove evil or sin'" and also "to take away, carry off, seize, deprive of, steal, rob". The Sanskrit grammarian and etymologist Yaska (circa 300 BCE) states that the word varaha originates from the root √hr. It is thus related to Avestan varāza, Kurdish beraz, Middle Persian warāz, and New Persian gorāz (گراز), all meaning "wild boar". The word varāha is from Proto-Indo-Iranian term warāȷ́ʰá, meaning boar. The deity Varaha derives its name from the Sanskrit word varaha ( Devanagari: वराह, varāha) meaning "boar" or "wild boar". 2.7 Other legends and textual references. ![]()
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