Visanka, Visaṅka, Vishanka, Visamka: 12 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Viśaṅka (विशङ्क):—(2. vi + śaṅkā) adj.

1) keine Scheu empfindend, unbesorgt: antaḥkaraṇa [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 11.] prāṇatyāga sich nicht scheuend das Leben hinzugeben [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 28, 24.] viśaṅkam adv. ohne Scheu [Daśakumāracarita 86, 9.] —

2) keine Scheu —, keine Furcht verursachend, sicher: panthāḥ [KĀM. NĪTIS. 15, 13.] — viśaṅkā s. bes.

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Viśaṅkā (विशङ्का):—1. (von śaṅk mit vi) f. Bedenken in Bezug auf (loc.), Verdacht: damayantyāṃ viśaṅkāṃ tāmupākarṣat [Mahābhārata 3, 2996.] mayi te mā viśaṅkeyam [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 99, 20.] viśaṅkā tyajyatāmeṣā [5, 31, 61.] manuṣyo smi viśaṅkā te na kartavyātra karhicit [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 21, 53.] —

2) Besorgniss, Scheu, aus Besorgniss hervorgehendes Zögern: parapuṃso viśaṅkayā [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 78, 22] [?= 108, 8.] dharmalopaviśaṅkayā [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 20, 30.] ātmocchittiviśaṅkayā [KĀM. NĪTIS. 8, 64.] mā viśaṅkāṃ kuruṣva trage kein Bedenken [Mahābhārata 2, 2037.] aviśaṅkayā ohne alle Scheu, ohne Bedenken, ohne Zögern [?3, 17038. 4, 2322. 14, 111. Harivaṃśa 3854. Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 20, 28. zu Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad S. 267.] vītaviśaṅka adj. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 38, 19.] svapihi tvaṃ nirgataviśaṅkaḥ unbesorgt [Pañcatantra 124, 12.] a adj. sich nicht bedenkend, nicht zögernd [Mahābhārata 13, 2747.] aviśaṅkena manasā [3, 2171.] saviśaṅkā adj. [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 22, 6.] — Vgl. nirviśagka (auch [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 16, 27]).

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Viśaṅkā (विशङ्का):—2. (2. vi + śaṅkā) f. Abwesenheit aller Besorgniss, - Scheu: viśaṅkayā ohne alle Scheu, ohne Bedenken, ohne Zögern [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 24. 67. 10, 82, 42.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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