adjectif : excellent, le meilleur
vara (1) (adj.) [fr.vṛ to wish; Vedic vara] excellent,splendid,best,noble.As attribute it either precedes or follows the noun which it characterizes,e.g.°pañña of supreme wisdom Sn.391,1128 (=agga-pañña Nd2 557); °bhatta excellent food (opp.lāmaka°) J.I,123; °lañcaka excellent gift (?) (Trenckner,Miln.p.424):see under lañcaka.‹-› dhamma° the best norm Sn.233; nagara° the noble city Vv 166 (=uttama°,Rājagahaṁ sandhāya vuttaṁ VvA.82); ratana° the best of gems Sn.683; rāja° famous king Vv 321 (=Sakka VvA.134); or inserted between noun and apposition (or predicate),e.g.ākiṇṇa-vara-lakkhaṇa full of the best marks Sn.408; narī-vara-gaṇa a crowd of most lovely women Sn.301; esp.frequent in combn with predicate gata: “gone on to the best of,” i.e.riding the most stately (horse or elephant),or walking on the royal (palace) etc.e.g.upari-pāsādavara-gata PvA.105; sindha-piṭṭhi-vara-gata J.I,179; hatthi-khandha vara-gata PvA.75,216,279.– nt.varaṁ in compar.or superl.function:better than (Instr.); the best,the most excellent thing A.IV,128 (katamaṁ nu kho varaṁ:yaṁ ...yaṁ); Dh.178 (ādhipaccena sotāpattiphalaṁ v.),322 (varaṁ assatarā dantā ...attadanto tato varaṁ).–aṅganā a noble or beautiful woman Mhvs 33,84.–ādāyin acquiring the best S.IV,250; A.III,80.–āroha (1) state elephant Vv 51 (=varo aggo seṭṭho āroho ti varāroho VvA.35); (2) (f.) a noble lady J.VI,562 (Maddī varārohā rājaputtī).
vṛ v. [9] pr. (vṛṇāti) pr. md. (vṛṇīte) aor. md. [4] (avṛṣṭa) pp. (vṛta_2) pfp. (vṛtya, vareṇya) pf. (pra) choisir, prendre pour <dat. loc. i.>; demander en mariage — ca. (varayati) choisir, solliciter, favoriser — ca. md. (varayate) choisir, sélectionner, solliciter || lat. volo; ang. to will; all. wollen; fr. vouloir.