Visrishti, Visṛṣṭi: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Visṛṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Visrsti or Visrishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVisṛṣṭi (विसृष्टि):—(von sarj mit vi) f.
1) das Loslassen, Schuss [Kāṭhaka-Recension 28, 3.] das Entlassen: śukra [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 192.] —
2) Schöpfung [Ṛgveda 10, 129, 6. 7.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10, 5, 3, 3. 14, 4, 2, 12.] [Harivaṃśa 114.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 102, 19.] pūrva [Harivaṃśa 25. 406.] neben sṛṣṭi so v. a. Schöpfung im Einzelnen [BRAHMAVAIV. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] bei [BURNOUF,] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa I, XLVI.] —
3) Nachkommenschaft [Harivaṃśa 1997.]
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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Ends with: Daivisrishti, Shambhavisrishti, Shukravisrishti.
Full-text: Visitthi, Shukravisrishti, Shukravisarga, Lehana, Vaisargiki, Ritu.
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