E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Varun’a.
The Hindu Neptune. He is represented as an old man riding on a sea-monster, with a club in one hand and a rope in the other. In the Vedic hymns he is the night-sky, and Mitra the day-sky. Varuna is said to set free the “waters of the clouds.”
