वाराणसी

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit.

Proper noun

वाराणसी • (vārāṇsī) f

  1. Varanasi; Benares (a city in India)
    Synonym: बनारस (banāras)

Sanskrit

Proper noun

वाराणसी • (vārāṇasī)

  1. 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.
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