Vimukha: 18 definitions
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Vimukha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Vimukh.
In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
: archive.org: The religion and philosophy of the Veda and the Upanishads (dharmashastra)Vimukha (啶掂た啶啶�) is the name of a deity to be invoked in a certain ritual, according to the M腻navag峁沨yas奴tra 2.14. Accordingly, the deity is prescribed when one suffers from possession by the Vin腻yakas, 艢腻laka峁璦峁卥a峁璦, K奴峁腻峁囜笉ar腻japutra, Usmita and Devayajana. The Baijav腻pag峁沨yas奴tra replaces the names of last two vin腻yakas with Mita and Sammita. According to R. C. Hazra in his Ga峁嘺pati-worship, 鈥渢his rite is both expiatory and propitiatory in nature and in which various things including meat and fish (both raw and cooked) and wine and cakes are to be offered鈥�..
The 驳峁沨测补-蝉奴迟谤补蝉 are a branch of 诲丑补谤尘补-蝉奴迟谤补蝉 and refer to a category of Vedic literature dealing with domstic rites and rituals. The M腻nava-g峁沨ya-s奴tra belongs to the K峁涐梗峁嘺-yajurveda. The Baijav腻pa-g峁沨ya-s奴tra is known only through references to it in other works (e.g., V墨ramitrodaya-Sa峁僺k腻ra).
Dharmashastra (啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, dharma艣腻stra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaVimukha (啶掂た啶啶�).鈥擜 hermit of ancient India. This hermit is member of the assembly of Indra. (Mah腻bh腻rata Sabh腻 Parva, Chapter 7).
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationVimukha (啶掂た啶啶�) refers to 鈥渢hose having distorted and deformed faces鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur腻峁嘺 2.3.43 (鈥淒escription of 艢iva鈥檚 wonderful sport鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Brahm腻 narrated to N腻rada: 鈥淸...] Immediately the army of 艢iva came there consisting of wonderful arrays of Bh奴tas, Pretas and Ga峁嘺s. [...] Some were awful with overgrown moustaches and beards. Some were lame. Some were blind. Some held staffs and nooses and some great iron clubs in their hands. Some rode on peculiar vehicles. Some played on horns. Some played on 岣宎marus. Some played on Gomukhas. Some had no faces. Some had distorted and deformed faces (vimukha). Some had many faces. Some had no hands. Others had deformed hands. Some of them had many hands. [...]鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryvimukha : (adj.) turning away from; neglectful.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryVimukha, (adj.) (vi+mukha) turning away from, averted, neglectful Mhvs 22, 80; PvA. 3 (dhamma-sa帽帽腻掳), 269 (carita掳). (Page 632)
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav腻da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvimukha (啶掂た啶啶�).鈥攁 S Having the face averted or turned from.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishvimukha (啶掂た啶啶�).鈥�a Having the face averted or turned from.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVimukha (啶掂た啶啶�).鈥�a. (-办丑墨 f.)
1) With the face averted or turned away from.
2) Averse, disinclined, opposed; 啶� 啶曕啶粪啶︵啶班啶洁お啶� 啶啶班ぅ啶じ啷佮啷冟い啶距お啷囙啷嵿し啶ぞ 啶膏啶多啶班く啶距く 啶啶班ぞ啶啶む 啶た啶む啶班 啶さ啶むた 啶掂た啶啶栢 啶曕た啶� 啶啶ㄠぐ啷嵿く啶膏啶むぅ啷嬥啷嵿啷堗 (na k峁dro'pi prathamasu办峁洺倌錺ek峁y腻 sa峁兣況ay腻ya pr腻pte mitre bhavati vimukha岣� ki峁� punaryastathoccai岣�) Meghad奴ta 17,27; 啶啶班え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ啷�啶｀ぞ啶� 啶啶班啷嵿啶� 啶啶班啶粪啷佮ぃ啶掂た啶溹啶炧ぞ啶ㄠさ啶苦ぎ啷佮啷� (purandhr墨峁嚹遽箖 praj帽腻 puru峁gu峁嘺vij帽腻navimu办丑墨) Mu.2.7; (谤补驳丑奴峁嚹遽箖) 啶え啶� 啶ぐ啶膏啶む啶班啶掂た啶啶栢お啷嵿ぐ啶掂啶む啶むた (mana岣� parastr墨vimukhaprav峁泃ti) R.16.8;19.47.
3) Adverse; 啶呧い啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶むさ啶苦ぎ啷佮啷� 啶︵啶掂 啶掂啶ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷� 啶い啷嵿え啷� 啶� 啶啶班啶粪 (atyantavimukhe daive vyarthe yatne ca pauru峁) H.1.111.
4) Without, devoid of (in comp.); 啶曕ぐ啷佮ぃ啶距さ啶苦ぎ啷佮啷囙え 啶啶む啶啶ㄠぞ 啶灌ぐ啶むぞ 啶む啶掂ぞ啶� 啶掂う 啶曕た啶� 啶� 啶 啶灌啶むぎ啷� (karu峁嚹鍁imukhena m峁泃yun腻 hara迟腻 tv腻峁� vada ki峁� na me h峁泃am) R.8.67.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVimukha (啶掂た啶啶�).鈥攎fn.
(-kha岣�-办丑墨-kha峁�) 1. Averted, having the face cast down or turned away. 2. Opposed, averse, disinclined. 3. Void of. E. vi reverse, and mukha the countenance.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVimukha (啶掂た啶啶�).鈥攁dj. 1. with averted face, [贬颈迟辞辫补诲别艣补] i. [distich] 189, M. M. 2. averted, B枚htl. Ind. Spr. 814. 3. averse, disinclined, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] ii. [distich] 86; iv. [distich] 5.
Vimukha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and mukha (啶啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVimukha (啶掂た啶啶�).鈥擺adjective] turning the face away or back, averted; turning off or abstaining from ([locative], [ablative], [genetive] [with] upari, or 鈥斅�); opposed, unfavourable; [abstract] 迟腻 [feminine]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vimukha (啶掂た啶啶�):鈥擺=vi-mukha] [from vi] a See sub voce
2) [=vi-mukha] b mf(腻)n. having the face averted, turned backwards ([accusative] with 鈭�办峁�, 鈥榯o cause to fly鈥�, 鈥榩utto flight鈥�), [Mah腻bh腻rata; K腻vya literature] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] turning away from ([genitive case]), disappointed, downcast, [K腻vya literature; Kath腻sarits腻gara; Pur腻峁嘺]
4) [v.s. ...] averse or opposed to, abstaining or desisting from ([locative case] [ablative], [genitive case] with upari, or [compound]), [Mah腻bh腻rata; K腻vya literature] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) indifferent to, [Vikram腻峁卥adeva-carita, by Bilha峁嘺]
6) [v.s. ...] adverse, hostile (as fate), [Ve峁嚹玸.]
7) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) wanting, lacking, [艢腻nti艣ataka]
8) [v.s. ...] (vi [privative]) without the mouth or opening, [艢腻r峁単adhara-sa峁僪i迟腻]
9) [v.s. ...] deprived of the face or head, [Hariva峁兣沘]
10) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a text ([V腻jasaneyi-sa峁僪i迟腻 xvii, 86]; xxxix, 7), [K腻ty腻yana-艣rauta-s奴tra]
11) [v.s. ...] of a Muni ([varia lectio] vimuca), [R腻m腻ya峁嘺]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVimukha (啶掂た啶啶�):鈥擺vi-mukha] (kha岣�-kh腻-kha峁�) a. Averted; hostile.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Vimukha (啶掂た啶啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vimuha.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (sa峁僺办峁泃am), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryVimukha (啶掂た啶啶�) [Also spelled vimukh]:鈥�(a) indifferent, indifferently disposed, disinclined, having a sense of aversion; ~[迟腻] indifference, disinclination, aversion.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVimukha (嗖掂部嗖硜嗖�):鈥�
1) [adjective] having the face averted. turned back or away.
2) [adjective] having or showing no interest, concern or feeling; uninterested, apathetic; indifferent.
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Vimukha (嗖掂部嗖硜嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] a man who has turned his face away from or backward.
2) [noun] a man showing no interest, concern or feeling for; an indifferent man.
3) [noun] a man who has turned back from, retreated or gone back or uninterested in carrying on or out something.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryVimukha (啶掂た啶啶�):鈥攁dj. 1. with the face turned away from; 2. opposed; averse; 3. adverse; 4. without or devoid of face; 5. displeased; disappointed; depressed;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with: Vimukhabhavabhuta, Vimukhabhavapaccupatthana, Vimukhabhavaparicitacitta, Vimukhabhuta, Vimukhagolisu, Vimukhakala, Vimukhapupphi, Vimukhata, Vimukhate, Vimukhatva, Vimukhavritti, Vimukhay, Vimukhaya, Vimukhibhava.
Full-text (+15): Vimukhata, Vimukhibhava, Shastravimukha, Pranayavimukha, Kamassadavimukha, Vimukhabhuta, Vaimukhya, Vimukhapupphi, Vimukhi, Vimukhatva, Vimukhin, Vimukhikarana, Vimukhikrita, Vimukh, Avimukham, Vimukhibhu, Danasilavimukha, Vimukhavritti, Stanitavimukha, Karunavimukha.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 350 < [Volume 16 (1913)]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 104 < [Volume 9 (1888)]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by 艢r墨la R奴pa Gosv腻m墨)
Verse 1.2.111 < [Part 2 - Devotional Service in Practice (s腻dhana-bhakti)]
Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 19 [Amb腻 in Dual and non-dual aspect] < [Chapter 1 - First Vimar艣a]
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 8 < [Chapter 1 - Prathama-y腻ma-s腻dhana (Ni艣腻nta-bhajana鈥撆況addh腻)]
Text 11 < [Chapter 1 - Prathama-y腻ma-s腻dhana (Ni艣腻nta-bhajana鈥撆況addh腻)]
Sanskrit Words In Southeast Asian Languages (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
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