Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · feminine
ethics
ヤシ酒（発酵酒）；酔わせる飲み物
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
霊に憑かれた女性
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
酒飲み；酒好き
a drunkard; an alcoholic
DN 31
yo vāruṇī addhano akiñcano, pipāso pivaṃ papāgato, udakam'iva iṇaṃ vigāhati, akulaṃ kāhiti khippam'attano.
Encyclopedia
Vāruṇī
Person水神ヴァルナ（Varuṇa）を恐れて仕える奴隷女性たちに与えられた呼称であり、あるジャータカの一節では代わりに夜叉に憑かれた占い師と説明されている。
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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