Vaishamya, Vaiṣamya, Vaishaya: 14 definitions
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Vaishamya has 13 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Vaiṣamya can be transliterated into English as Vaisamya or Vaishamya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Vaishamy.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVaiṣamya (वैषम्य):—(von viṣama) n. nom. abstr. gaṇa brāhmaṇādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 124.]
1) Unebenheit (des Bodens) [Mahābhārata 12, 2235.] ati [Spr. 5028.] —
2) Ungleichheit, Verschiedenartigkeit, Nichtübereinstimmung, ungleiche Vertheilung, Störung des richtigen Verhältnisses [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 8, 8, 39.] [LĀṬY. 6, 5, 17.] phala [Mahābhārata 3, 13863.] [Spr. 4699. 1560.] saṃkhyā [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [?S. 20. Mahābhārata I, S. 308. Oxforder Handschriften 264,a,32. kāvyādarśa.3,182. Sāhityadarpana 633. MUIR, Stenzler.2,190. Bhāgavatapurāṇa.3,32,24.] mati [1, 9, 21.] guṇa [2, 10, 3. 3, 10, 14. 28, 43. 11, 10, 32.] [SĀṂKHYAK. 46.] vātapittakaphaśoṇitasaṃnipāta [Suśruta 1, 4, 8. 9. 2, 5, 16.] [Sânkhya Philosophy 50.] [] zu [Chāndogyopaniṣad] [?S. 57. SARVADARŚANAS. 163, 18.] āhāra [Suśruta 1, 194, 18.] dravyāvayava [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 26, 45.] —
3) Schwierigkeit: lokavyavahārasya [Mṛcchakaṭikā 149, 1.] schwierige Lage, Noth, Bedrängniss: vaiṣamyaṃ paramaṃ prāptaḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 2316. 13, 2506.] [Spr. 2904.] vaiṣamyāṇāṃ praśamanam [KĀM. NĪTIS. 13, 55.] a so v. a. Wohlfahrt [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 128, 33.] —
4) Ungerechtigkeit, Unbilligkeit, rauhes, unfreundliches Benehmen: madana [Mālavikāgnimitra 42, 16.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 2, 3. 7, 1, 23.] tathā viṣamaśīlaśca nāmnā vaiśasyato (lies vaiṣamyato) riṣu [Kathāsaritsāgara 120, 39.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 80, 14. fg. 121, 8.] bhāgya Missgeschick [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 98, 29.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 152, 11.] —
5) Unangemessenheit, Falschheit, Unrichtigkeit [SARVADARŚANAS. 127, 7. 143, 4.] pāṣaṇḍapatha [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 7, 31.] saṃkalpa [9, 1, 18. 20.] karmasu ein Versehert bei [8, 23, 14.] karma [15.]
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Vaiṣamya (वैषम्य):—
2) a Ebenmaass [VĀMANA 3, 2, 5.]
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Starts with: Vaishamyakaumudi, Vaishamyam.
Ends with: Agnivaishamya, Ativaishamya, Avaishamya, Bhagyavaishamya, Gunavaishamya, Malavaishamya, Paktivaishamya, Virekavaishamya.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.1.46 < [Chapter 1 - The Story of the Personified Vedas]
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 7 - Growth and Disease < [Chapter XIII - Speculations in the Medical Schools]
Part 8 - Vāyu, Pitta and Kapha < [Chapter XIII - Speculations in the Medical Schools]
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 11.29 < [Chapter 11 - Additional Ornaments]
Text 8.12 < [Chapter 8 - Literary Qualities]
Siddhanta Sangraha of Sri Sailacharya (by E. Sowmya Narayanan)
History of Indian Medicine (and Ayurveda) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 8 - Imbalance Condition (Vaiṣamya) < [Part 6 - The Science of the Triumvirate (Tridosha) Pathogenesis]
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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 5.14 < [Chapter 5 - Karma-sannyāsa-yoga (Yoga through Renunciation of Action)]