Vishasana, Viśasana: 13 definitions
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Vishasana has 12 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Viśasana can be transliterated into English as Visasana or Vishasana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViśasana (विशसन):—(von śas mit vi)
1) adj. (f. ī) mörderisch, Tod bringend: gadā [Mahābhārata 6, 2775. 2798. 9, 3186.] kṣaya [8, 2836. 10, 540.] viśasane gūḍhāgāre bandhanena baddhaḥ [Mṛcchakaṭikā 98, 9.] —
2) m. Schwert [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 54.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 144.] [Mahābhārata 12, 6203.] als solches bildliche Bez. der Strafe [4428.] —
3) n. a) das Schlachten, Zerschneiden [Ṛgveda 10, 85, 35.] [Suśruta 1, 96, 12.] Metzelei [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 83.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 370.] [Halāyudha 2, 322.] putraśatrugaṇasya [Mahābhārata 11, 301.] mahadviśasanaṃ kṛtam . yādogaṇamahāgrāhadaityadānavarakṣasām [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 42, 7. 43, 7. 6, 108, 4.] so v. a. Schlacht [Mahābhārata 7, 661. 840. 12, 11292.] [Harivaṃśa 5596.] Metzelei so v. a. grausame Behandlung [UTTARAR. 74, 13 (96, 5).] — b) Name einer Hölle [Viṣṇupurāṇa 207. fg.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 26, 7.]
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Starts with: Vishasanaramga.
Ends with: Bahishtadvishasana, Jivavishasana, Madhumuranarakavishasana.
Full-text: Vicacanam, Vaishasa, Bahishtadvishasana, Naraka, Shash.
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