वीर [ vīra ] [ vīrá ] m. a man , (esp.) a brave or eminent man , hero , chief (sometimes applied to gods , as to Indra , Vishṇu ; pl. men , people , mankind , followers , retainers) Lit. RV.

  a hero (as opp. to a god) Lit. RTL. 272 n.

  a husband Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. Pur.

  a male child , son (collect. male progeny) Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. Br. Lit. GṛŚrS.

  (collect. male progeny) Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. Br. Lit. GṛŚrS.

  the male of an animal Lit. AV. Lit. ŚāṅkhŚr.

  (with , Tāntrikas) an adept ( who is between the [ divya ] and the [ paśu ] Lit. RTL. 191) Lit. Rudray.

  (in dram.) heroism (as one of the 8 Rasas ( q.v. ) ; the Vīra-carita ( q.v. ) exhibits an example) Lit. Bhar. Lit. Daśar. Lit. Sāh.

  an actor Lit. W.

  a partic. Agni (son of Tapas) Lit. MBh.

  fire , (esp.) sacred or sacrificial fire Lit. L.

  N. of various plants (Terminalia Arunja ; Nerium Odorum ; Guilandina Bonduc , manioc-root) Lit. L.

  N. of an Asura Lit. MBh.

  of a son of Dhṛita-rāshṭra Lit. ib.

  of a son of Bharad-vāja Lit. ib.

  of a son of Purusha Vairāja and father of Priya-vrata and Uttāna-pāda Lit. Hariv.

  of a son of Gṛiñjima Lit. ib.

  of two sons of Kṛishṇa Lit. BhP.

  of a son of Kshupa and father of Viviṃśa Lit. MārkP.

  of the father of Līlāvatī Lit. ib.

  of a teacher of Vinaya Lit. Buddh.

  of the last Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī Lit. L.

  ( also with [ bhaṭṭa ] , [ ācārya ] ) of various authors Lit. Cat.

  (pl.) of a class of gods under Manu Tāmasa Lit. BhP.

  [ virā ] f. a wife , matron (whose husband and sons are still alive) Lit. L.

  an intoxicating beverage Lit. ib.

  N. of various plants and drugs (Flacourtia Cataphracta ; Convolvulus Paniculatus ; Gmelina Arborea ; the drug Ela-vāluka ) Lit. L.

  [ vīrā ] f. (in music) a partic. Śruti Lit. Saṃgīt.

  N. of the wife of Bharad-vāja Lit. L.

  of the wife of Karaṃ-dhama Lit. MārkP.

  of a river Lit. MBh. (B. [ vāṇī ] )

  [ vīra ] n. ( only Lit. L.) a reed (Arundo Tibialis)

  the root of ginger (?)

  pepper

  rice-gruel

  the root of Costus Speciosus , of Andropogon Muricatus

  mf ( [ ā ] ) n. heroic , powerful , strong , excellent , eminent Lit. L. ( cf. Lat. (vir) ; Lith. (vy4ras) ; Goth. (wair) ; Angl.Sax. (wr) , (wre-wulf) ; Eng. (werewolf) ; Germ. (Werwolf) , (Wergeld) . )