Geography/Culture: Hindustani: Vedic.
Linguistic Note: Her name may be derived from the root vr, 'to cover,' or 'to encompass'.
Description: Goddess of golden liquor, wine and intoxication. Perhaps earlier: Goddess of the waters or of night.
To Whom Sacred: wine (the term varunatmaja, Varuna's Daughter', is applied to intoxicating liquor).
Male Associates: Consort Varuna, He-Who-Encompasses.

• Sometimes Ganga, Ganga, has Varuna, He-Who-Encompasses, as consort.
• Some say Varuni, She-Who-Encompasses, is an alternate name for Gauri, Brilliant-White.
• Jumna, ----, also has Varuna as consort.
• Varuni, She-Who-Encompasses, is also called Madira, ----, below.
• She is equated with Suradevi, Wine-Goddess, below.
• The name Varunani, V1RUN*NE, ----, which would seem to be a variant, is the name of one of the Gnas, Women, Who are linked with Vac, Creative-Word.

Geography/Culture: Hindustani.
Linguistic Note: the meaning of Her name is probably connected with Sanskrit madhu, 'honey'. Related Sanskrit words seem to be Madyam, 'intoxicating liquor', used in worship of the Saktis, Divine-Energies, and Madugha, a plant yielding a honey-like substance used in making love spells and in nuptial ceremonies; it is chewed by debators to insure success, the same concept expressed in the English phrase: 'honey-tongued'.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• Alternate name or epithet of Durga, Inaccessible-One.
• Perhaps also called Suradevi, Wine-Goddess, below.
• Alternate name of Varuni, She-Who-Encompasses, above.

Geography/Culture: Hindustani.
Linguistic Note: If this translation is literal, Sanskrit sura would appear to mean 'wine'. And see Devi.
Description: Goddess of intoxication; Source of strength and energy; Vehicle of divine communion; She Who is a lordly [sic] power and the essence of food; She Who is the Quintessence of that Divine life which moves in the sap and juices of Earth.
To Whom Sacred: distilled molasses; distilled madhuka flowers; distilled rice (rice-brandy); {alcohol}.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• Perhaps alternate name for Madira, ----, above.
• Transliteration variant Shuradevi.
• She is equated with Varuni, She-Who-Encompasses, above.