Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · feminine
ethics
vin de palme fermenté; boisson enivrante
toddy; spirituous liquor, an intoxicating drink
DN 31
akkh'itthiyo vāruṇī naccagītaṃ, divā soppaṃ pāricariyā akāle, pāpā ca mittā sukadariyatā ca, ete cha ṭhānā purisaṃ dhaṃsayanti.
Part of speech
noun · feminine
general
une femme possédée par un esprit
a woman possessed by a spirit
Ja 547
yāssu indasagottassa, ulūkassa pavassato, sutvāna nadato bhītā, vāruṇī'va pavedhati, sā kath'ajja anujjh'aṅgī, vanaṃ gacchati bhīrukā.
ethics
un ivrogne; un alcoolique
a drunkard; an alcoholic
DN 31
yo vāruṇī addhano akiñcano, pipāso pivaṃ papāgato, udakam'iva iṇaṃ vigāhati, akulaṃ kāhiti khippam'attano.
Encyclopedia
Vāruṇī
PersonUn nom donné aux femmes esclaves qui servaient dans la crainte du dieu des eaux Varuṇa, et qu’un passage du Jātaka explique plutôt comme des diseuses de bonne aventure possédées par un yakkha.
A name given to slave women who serve and live in fear of the water deity Varuṇa, and in one Jātaka passage explained instead as fortune-tellers possessed by a yakkha.
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