ཆུ་ལྷ་

ཆུ་ལྷ། (Wyl. chu lha ) Pron.: chulha

• Skt. वरुणः, varuṇa, Pron.: varuna. From Sanskrit: once in the | 'Allenveloping Sky', N. of an Āditya (in the Veda commonly the night as Mitra over the day, but often celebrated separately, whereas Mitra is rarely invoked alone | Varuṇa is one of the oldest of the Vedic gods, and is commonly thought to correspond to the of the Greeks, although of a more spiritual conception | he is often regarded as the supreme deity, being then styled 'king of the gods' or 'king of both gods and men' or 'king of the universe' | no other deity has such grand attributes and functions assigned to him | he is described as fashioning and upholding heaven and earth, as possessing extraordinary power and wisdom called | as sending his spies or messengers throughout both worlds, as numbering the very winkings of men's eyes, as hating falsehood, as seizing transgressors with his | or noose, as inflicting diseases, especially dropsy, as pardoning sin, as the guardian of immortality | he is also invoked in the Veda together with Indra, and in later Vedic literature together with Agni, with Yama, and with Vishṇu | in | he is even called the brother of Agni | though not generally regarded in the Veda as a god of the ocean, yet he is often connected with the waters, especially the waters of the atmosphere or firmament, and in one place | is called with Mitra | 'lord of the sea or of rivers' | hence in the later mythology he became a kind of Neptune, and is there best known in his character of god of the ocean | in the | Varuṇa is said to be a son of Kardama and father of Pushkara, and is also variously represented as one of the Deva-gandharvas, as a Nāga, as a king of the Nagas, and as an Asura | he is the regent of the western quarter | and of the Nakshatra Śatabhishaj | the Jainas consider Varuṇa as a servant of the twentieth Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī | the ocean | water | the sun | awarder off or dispeller | on | N. of a •partic. magical formula recited over weapons | the tree Crataeva Roxburghii | the gods generally [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW
• Skt. वरुणो नागराजा, varuṇo nāgarājā, Pron.: varuno nagaraja [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP