1. to prevent, obstruct, hinder Pv.ii.7#7 (vārayissaṃ I had the habit of obstructing; = nivāresiṃ Pv-a.102); Vv-a.68; Sdhp.364
2. to ask in marriage Thag-a.266; Pv-a.55

caus 2 vārāpeti to induce somebody to choose a wife Ja.iv.289-Note. vāriyamāna (kālakaṇṇi-salākā) at Ja.iv.2 read cār˚; (cp. Pv-a.272 vicāresuṃ id.)
pp vārita.

Caus. of vuṇāti, representing vṛ¹ (to enclose, obstruct), as well as vṛ¹ (to choose)