My father's *first* name was Varma (in Finnish, 'sure', 'certain', 'safe',
etc.) He used his middle name, though.
I guess he was a typical Western Piscean, sometimes exceedingly
soft, sometimes almost psychopathically hard and cold.
varman n. [nom. sing: varma; cf. brahman - brahma* -- card] (or m. Siddh. ;
fr. 1. %{vR}) `" envelope "' , defensive armour , a coat of mail RV. &c. &c. ;
a bulwark , shelter , defence , protection ib. (often at the end of the names
of Kshatriyas) ; bark , rind VarBr2S. ; N. of partic. preservative formulas and
prayers (esp. of the mystic syllable %{hum}) BhP.
* anaadimat paraM *brahma* (brahman is without beginning and
transcendental)
