Pāli Dictionary

vāruṇī1

varuṇastemīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

ethics

  • 야자술 등의 발효주; 취하게 하는 음료

  • 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.

vāruṇī2

varuṇastemīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • 영에 씐 여인

  • 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.

vāruṇī3

varuṇastemīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

pipāsa, soṇḍa

ethics

  • 술꾼; 알코올 중독자

  • a drunkard; an alcoholic

  • DN 31

    yo vāruṇī addhano akiñcano, pipāso pivaṃ papāgato, udakam'iva iṇaṃ vigāhati, akulaṃ kāhiti khippam'attano.

Encyclopedia

Vāruṇī
Person

  • 물의 신 바루나(Varuṇa)를 두려워하며 섬기는 노예 여성들에게 붙여진 이름으로, 어느 자타카 구절에서는 대신 야차에 씐 점쟁이로 설명된다.

  • 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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