Vishadana, Viṣādana: 6 definitions
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Vishadana has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Viṣādana can be transliterated into English as Visadana or Vishadana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViṣādana (विषादन):—(vom caus. von sad mit vi)
1) adj. Bestürzung —, Verzweiflung bewirkend [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 86, 19.] —
2) f. ī eine best. Schlingpflanze, = palāśī [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) n. = viṣāda
2) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 3, 30.] niederschlagende Erfahrung: iṣyamāṇaviruddhārthasaṃprāptistu viṣādanam [KUVALAY. 159,a (133], b).
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Starts with: Vishadanana, Vishadanarakarankaya.
Full-text: Vishadani, Vacyalankara, Alamkara.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 167 - Greatness of Bhūtamātṛkā (Bhūta-mātṛkā) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
1-2: The number of Alaṃkāras (poetic figures) mentioned < [Chapter 5 - A Comparative study of the different alaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
Bhishma Charitra (by Kartik Pandya)