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वाराणसी

वाराणसी

Hindi

Proper noun

वाराणसी • ‎(vārāṇsī) ?

Varanasi; Benares (a city in India)

Sanskrit

Proper noun

वाराणसी • ‎(vārāṇasī)

the city Benares (more properly written Banaras ; accord. to JābālUp. so called after the names of two rivers, वरणा and असि, or असी ; also written वाणारसी q.v., वराणसी or वारणसी) MBh. Kāv. &c.