Vikasvara, Vikashvara, Vikaśvara: 11 definitions
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Vikasvara has 11 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Vikaśvara can be transliterated into English as Vikasvara or Vikashvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVikaśvara (विकश्वर):—adj. = vikasvara [Bharata] zu [Amarakoṣa 3, 1, 30.]
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Vikaṣvara (विकष्वर):—adj. = vikasvara [Bharata] zu [Amarakoṣa 3, 1, 30.]
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Vikasvara (विकस्वर):—(wie eben) adj. (f. ā) offen so v. a. aufgeblüht [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 4, 3.] [Śiśupālavadha 4, 33.] kesarapuṣpa [Chandomañjarī 115.] caraṇapadma [Oxforder Handschriften 199,a,16.] geöffnet, von Augen: dṛṣṭirnṛpālokavikasvarā [Kathāsaritsāgara 18, 15.] pṛthupuṣpalocanāni [?54, 53. vom Munde 108, 120. Spr. 2668.] offen, von Menschen [Amarakoṣa 3, 1, 30.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 350.] vom Tone so v. a. klar ertönend [Daśakumāracarita.8,2.] Bez. einer best. Redefigur [KUVALAY. 126,a.]
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Ends with: Pratarvikasvara.
Full-text: Viasara, Pratarvikasvara, Vacyalankara.
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