Varuna

[ vur-oo-nuh, vahr-uh- ]

/ ˈvɜr ʊ nə, ˈvɑr ə- /

the Vedic god of natural and moral law, probably a sky god originally: thought to correspond to the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda.

Example sentences from the Web for varuna

O hear this my calling, Varuna, be gracious now; longing for help, I have called upon thee.

Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I |Friedrich Max Mller
Harischandra is childless, and is instructed to pray to Varuna, promising to offer the babe as a human sacrifice.

Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) |Andrew Lang
It was at Lowestoft that 'Lais' first gave 'Varuna' a taste of her quality, as she beat the latter by 13 mins.

Yachting Vol. 2 |Various.
By the performance of austerities he gained from the gods the boon to reclaim some land from Varuna, the sea god.

Castes and Tribes of Southern India |Edgar Thurston

He who would flee far beyond the sky even he would not be rid of Varuna.

Demonology and Devil-lore |Moncure Daniel Conway

Varuna

/ (ˈværʊnə, ˈvʌ-) /

Hinduism the ancient sky god, later the god of the waters and rain-giver. In earlier traditions he was also the all-seeing divine judge