Vishamashila, 痴颈峁尘补艣墨濒补, Visamasila, Vishama-shila: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 痴颈峁尘补艣墨濒补 can be transliterated into English as Visamasila or Vishamashila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara1) 痴颈峁尘补艣墨濒补 (啶掂た啶粪ぎ啶多啶�) is the name of the eighteenth book of the Kath膩sarits膩gara, written by Somadeva in the 11th-century.
2) 痴颈峁尘补艣墨濒补 (啶掂た啶粪ぎ啶多啶�) is another name for Vikram膩ditya, the son of king Mahendr膩ditya and an incarnation of the Ga峁嘺 named M膩lyavat, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 120. Accordingly, as 艢iva said to king Mahendr膩ditya: 鈥�... I am pleased with thee, King: so a son shall be born to thee, who by his might shall conquer the earth with all its divisions; and that hero shall reduce under his sway the Yak峁s, R膩k峁sas, Pi艣膩cas and others鈥攅ven those that move in the air and dwell in P膩t膩la鈥攁nd shall slay the hosts of the Mlecchas; for this reason he shall be named Vikram膩ditya, and also 痴颈峁尘补艣墨濒补, on account of his stern hostility to his enemies鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 痴颈峁尘补艣墨濒补, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Narav膩hanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the 惫颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉 (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Gu峁嚹佱笉hya鈥檚 B峁沨atkath膩 consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary痴颈峁尘补艣墨濒补 (啶掂た啶粪ぎ啶多啶�).鈥�a. cross-tempered, peevish, perverse.
痴颈峁尘补艣墨濒补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 惫颈峁尘补 and 艣墨濒补 (啶多啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴颈艣补尘补艣墨濒补 (啶掂た啶多ぎ啶多啶�).鈥攎fn.
(-濒补岣�-濒腻-濒补峁�) 1. Uneven. 2. Uneasy. E. 惫颈峁尘补, 艣墨濒补 having.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴颈峁尘补艣墨濒补 (啶掂た啶粪ぎ啶多啶�).鈥攁dj. uneven, difficult.
痴颈峁尘补艣墨濒补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 惫颈峁尘补 and 艣墨濒补 (啶多啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴颈峁尘补艣墨濒补 (啶掂た啶粪ぎ啶多啶�).鈥擺adjective] cross-tempered.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 痴颈峁尘补艣墨濒补 (啶掂た啶粪ぎ啶多啶�):鈥擺=惫颈-峁尘补-艣墨濒补] [from 惫颈-峁尘补] mfn. having an unequable disposition, cross-tempered, rough, difficult, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Vikram膩ditya, [Kath膩sarits膩gara]
3) [v.s. ...] of the 18th Lambaka of the Kath膩-sarit-s膩gara called after him
4) [v.s. ...] ([wrong reading] for 惫颈峁尘补-艣il膩, 鈥榓n uneven rock鈥� [Pa帽catantra iii, 310/311])
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴颈峁尘补艣墨濒补 (啶掂た啶粪ぎ啶多啶�):鈥擺惫颈峁尘补-艣墨濒补] (la岣�-l膩-la峁�) a. Uneven; uneasy; difficult.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus痴颈峁尘补艣墨濒补 (嗖掂部嗖粪伯嗖多硛嗖�):鈥擺adjective] immoral, corrupt, dissolute.
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痴颈峁尘补艣墨濒补 (嗖掂部嗖粪伯嗖多硛嗖�):鈥擺noun] an immoral, unchaste, dissolute man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Vishama, Shila.
Full-text: Bhutaketu, Vikramaditya.
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