Vishvasa, Viśvāsa: 11 definitions
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Vishvasa has 10 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Viśvāsa can be transliterated into English as Visvasa or Vishvasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Vishwas.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViśvāsa (विश्वास):—(von śvas mit vi) m. Vertrauen [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 1, 23. 3, 4, 24, 149.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1518.] [Halāyudha 4, 84. 5, 62.] viśvāsaḥ saṃpadāṃ mūlam [Spr. 2857.] viśvāsātkathitam [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 75, 27.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 38, 47. 3, 66, 2.] parama [5, 34, 21.] [Vikramorvaśī 71, 13.] naitadviśvāsakāraṇam [Spr. (II) 404.] viśvāsojjhitadhī [(I) 2858.] viśvāsāya vihaṃgānām (subj.) [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 51.] kiṃ tu me nāsti viśvāsastava cittamajānataḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 33, 122.] yadyasti mayi viśvāsaḥ zu mir [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 99, 30.] [Spr. (II) 900. (I) 1059.] viśvāsaṃ strīṣu varjayet [1353. 2191. 5024.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 20, 3.] [Hitopadeśa 10, 18.] guruvedāntavākyeṣu [Vedānta lecture No. 12.] statt des loc. auch gen.: prāṇānāmapi viśvāso mama na syāt [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 53, 6.] tiraścām [Spr. 1032.] anyonyasya [5105.] āgantunā saha [Hitopadeśa 18, 2.] pramadājana [Spr. (II) 316.] viśvāsaṃ tāvadutpādayāmi [Hitopadeśa 17, 16. 18, 16.] pratipanna [Spr. 2855.] na jātu gacchedviśvāsam [1378.] gantavyo na tu viśvāsaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 1, 32.] viśvāsamāgatya [52, 49.] viśvāsopagama [Śākuntala 14.] yasminviśvāsamāyāti [Spr. 5025.] tasya viśvāsaṃ gatvā [Pañcatantra 22, 10.] vaidye viśvāsameti [Suśruta 1, 95, 19.] viśvāsaṃ strīṣu na vrajet [KĀM. NĪTIS. 7, 50.] bṛhaspaterapi prājño na viśvāsaṃ vrajennaraḥ [Spr. 1986.] yadatra mārātmake viśvāsaḥ kṛtaḥ [Hitopadeśa 12, 10.] yasya vacasi tvayā viśvāsaḥ kṛtaḥ [41, 17.] nakhināṃ ca nadīnāṃ ca śṛṅgiṇāṃ śastrapāṇinām . viśvāso naiva kartavyaḥ strīṣu rājakuleṣu ca .. [Spr. 1362.] ekāntato na viśvāsaḥ kāryo viśvāsaghātakaiḥ (st. loc.) [Mahābhārata 12, 5160.] videśagamane cāsya saiva (bhāryā) viśvāsakārikā Vertrauen einflössend [Spr. 4259.] upajātaviśvāsā [Hitopadeśa 86, 7.] pātra [88,12.] [Oxforder Handschriften 154,a,14.] viśvāsaikabhū [KUSUM. 24, 20.] ghāta Missbrauch des Vertrauens, Verrath [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 356] (zu lesen ghātajam st. ghātanam). ghātin Verräther [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 79, 17.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 88, 24.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 6, 45. 10, 77.] ghātaka [Mahābhārata 12, 5160.] [Spr. 1803. 2199. 2854.] hantar [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 15, 7.] hartar [Mahābhārata 13, 5466.] rāja ein vom König anvertrautes Geheimniss [Hitopadeśa 73, 16.] a (s. auch bes.) Misstrauen [Spr. 1987.] [Daśakumāracarita 186, 2.] sarveṣāṃ kṛtavairāṇāmaviśvāsaḥ sukhodayaḥ [Mahābhārata 12, 5160.] anyasmin [KUSUM. 21, 10.] mā kṛthā mayyaviśvāsam [Kathāsaritsāgara 73, 365.]
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Viśvāsa (विश्वास):—, vairiṇā saha viśvāsaṃ yo naraḥ kartumicchati [Spr. (II) 6293.]
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Starts with (+46): Vishva, Vishvasabhanga, Vishvasabhumi, Vishvasadevi, Vishvasaghata, Vishvasaghataka, Vishvasaghataki, Vishvasaghati, Vishvasaghatin, Vishvasah, Vishvasaha, Vishvasahantri, Vishvasahartri, Vishvasahasra, Vishvasahaya, Vishvasahva, Vishvasahvan, Vishvasaikabhu, Vishvasaikasara, Vishvasajamina.
Ends with: Amdhavishvasa, Atmavishvasa, Avishvasa, Gatavishvasa, Jatavishvasa, Korada Vishvasa, Pranakrishna vishvasa, Upajatavishvasa, Vagvishvasa, Vishva.
Full-text (+52): Vishvasaghata, Vishvasapatra, Vishvasaghataka, Vishvasasthana, Vishvasabhumi, Vishvasabhanga, Vishvasin, Vishvasaprada, Vishvasakarana, Vishvasakrit, Vishvasapratipanna, Vishvasaghatin, Vaishvasika, Avishvasa, Vishvasakarya, Vishvasopagama, Vishvasaikasara, Vissasa, Vishvasaraya, Vishvasajanman.
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