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VARUNA

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Overview

VARUNA (noun)
  The noun VARUNA has 1 sense:

1. in Vedism, god of the night sky who with his thousand eyes watches over human conduct and judges good and evil and punishes evildoers; often considered king of the Hindu gods and frequently paired with Mitra as an upholder of the worldplay

  Familiarity information: VARUNA used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


VARUNA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In Vedism, god of the night sky who with his thousand eyes watches over human conduct and judges good and evil and punishes evildoers; often considered king of the Hindu gods and frequently paired with Mitra as an upholder of the world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Hindu deity (a deity worshipped by the Hindus)


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