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The Sanskrit terms Viśvāmitra and Viśvamitra and Viśvāmitrā can be transliterated into English as Visvamitra or Vishvamitra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViśvamitra (विश्वमित्र):—m. ein Mannsname [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 3, 130, Scholiast] — Vgl. viśvāmitra .
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Viśvāmitra (विश्वामित्र):—(viśva + mitra)
1) m. [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 3, 101. 5, 37.] [Prātiśākha zum Atharvaveda 3, 9.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 3, 130. 2, 106, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 1. 165, Vārttika von Kātyāyana.] Nomen proprium eines berühmten Ṛṣi, mit dem patron. Gāthina (Gādheya), öfters zusammen mit Jamadagni genannt, Hauptverfasser von [Ṛgveda 3.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 2, 24.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 7, 20.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 850.] [Ṛgveda 3, 53, 7. 12. 10, 167, 4.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4, 29, 5. 18, 3, 15. fg.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 6, 18. 20. 7, 16. fg.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 5, 2, 6.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 3, 1, 7, 3.5, 2, 3, 4.] [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 14, 3, 12.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 15, 21, 1.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 3, 4, 2.] kṣudhārtaścāttumabhyāgādviśvāmitraḥ śvajāghanīm . caṇḍālahastādādāya dharmādharmavicakṣaṇaḥ .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 108.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 371.] prabhṛtayaḥ prāptā brahmatvamavyayam [Mahābhārata 1, 5432. 5, 3907. fgg. 9, 2296. fgg. 13, 246. fgg.] [Harivaṃśa 440. 725. fgg. 1457. fgg. 1766. fgg. 14148.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 20, 2. fgg.] [Spr. 2853.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 264. 400. 404. fg.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 646.] sein Zwist mit Vasiṣṭha [Mahābhārata 1, 6710. fgg. 9, 2365. fgg.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 51. fgg.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 373,] [Nalopākhyāna 9.] Verfasser eines Gesetzbuchs [Weber’s Indische Studien.1,22. 233. fg. 467.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1017.] [Oxforder Handschriften 266,b,20. 268,b,40. 270,b,44. 279,a,52.] [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch.3,254.] des Dhanurveda [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 21.] kalpa [470.] ein medicinischer Autor [Oxforder Handschriften 311.b,39.] Schullehrer (dārakācārya) [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 142, 4. fgg.] Jāhnava [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 21, 12, 2.] viśvāmitrasya saṃjayaḥ [1.] dafür auch kurzweg viśvāmitra m. Name eines Caturaha [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 23, 2, 14.] auch = viśvāmitrasyānuvākaḥ [Patañjali] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 133.] viśvāmitrasyājyadoham und viśvāmitrasyātyardhaḥ Namen von Sāman [Weber’s Indische Studien 3,237,a.] pl. Viśvāmitra’s Geschlecht [Ṛgveda 3, 1, 21. 18, 4. 53, 13. 10, 89, 17.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 18, 3, 6. 4, 54.] [Pravarādhyāya] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 56, 34. fgg.] Etymologie des Namens [Mahābhārata 13, 4493.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 8, 234.fg.] —
2) f. ā Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Mahābhārata 6, 334] [?(Viṣṇupurāṇa 183)]; vgl. viśvāmitranadī [3, 8362.] — Vgl. vaiśvāmitra .
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