Vishanna, 痴颈峁峁囜箛腻, Visanna, 痴颈峁峁囜箛补, Visa帽帽a: 19 definitions
Introduction:
Vishanna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.
The Sanskrit terms 痴颈峁峁囜箛腻 and 痴颈峁峁囜箛补 can be transliterated into English as Visanna or Vishanna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Vishnan.
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N膩峁瓂a-艣膩stra痴颈峁峁囜箛腻 (啶掂た啶粪ぃ啷嵿ぃ啶�, 鈥渄ejected鈥�) refers to a specific 鈥済lance鈥� (诲峁涐梗峁璱), according to the N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra chapter 8. This is a type of glance that expresses a 鈥榯ransitory state鈥� (蝉补峁僣腻谤颈产丑腻惫补). There are a total thirty-six glances defined.
: archive.org: The mirror of gesture (abhinaya-darpana)A type of glance (or facial expression): 痴颈峁峁囜箛补: the eyelids wide apart, eyelashes recurved, the pupil fixed. Usage: dismay, anxiety.
: archive.org: Natya Shastra痴颈峁峁囜箛腻 (啶掂た啶粪ぃ啷嵿ぃ啶�).鈥擜 type of glance (诲峁涐梗峁璱) expressing a transitory state (蝉补峁僣腻谤颈产丑腻惫补);鈥擳he bewildered Glance in which eyelids are down wide apart in dejection, and there is no winking and the eyeballs are slightly motionless, is called 痴颈峁峁囜箛腻 (dejected).
Uses of 痴颈峁峁囜箛腻 (dejected)鈥攊n despair.
: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)Vi峁峁噉膩 (啶掂た啶粪ぃ啷嵿え啶�) refers to one of the Thirty six kinds of Glances (诲峁涐梗峁璱) or 鈥減roper accomplishment of glances鈥� (in Indian Dramas), according to the Vi峁ａ箛udharmottarapur膩峁嘺, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.鈥擠峁涐梗峁璱 is very important in a dance form. The appropriate movements of eyes, eyeballs and eyebrows of an artist make the performance more charming. There are thirty six kinds of glances (诲峁涐梗峁璱) accepted in the Vi峁ａ箛udharmottarapur膩峁嘺, for example 惫颈峁峁噉腻, belonging to the sa帽c膩ri峁嘺诲峁涐梗峁璱 division.
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation痴颈峁峁囜箛补 (啶掂た啶粪ぃ啷嵿ぃ) refers to 鈥渂ecoming affected鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.54 (鈥淒escription of the duties of the chaste wife鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, after Men膩 spoke to 艢iva: 鈥淭hen the seven sages spoke to the lord of the mountains鈥斺�極 mountain, make arrangements for the journey of your daughter today itself鈥�. O great sage, on hearing these words and knowing her pangs of separation, the lord of mountains was greatly affected (惫颈峁峁囜箛补) by his love towards her and remained silent for a short while. After some time, the lord of the mountains regained his consciousness and said鈥斺�楲et it be so鈥�. He then sent the message to Men膩. [...]鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺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 Dictionaryvisa帽帽a : (adj.) unconscious.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryVisanna, (pp. of vis墨dati) sunk into (Loc.), immersed J. IV, 399. The poetical form is vyasanna. (Page 639)
鈥� or 鈥�
Visa帽帽a, (adj.) (vi+sa帽帽a=sa帽帽膩) 1. having wrong perceptions Sn. 874.鈥�2. unconscious J. V, 159. In composition with 产丑奴 as visa帽帽墨-产丑奴ta at J. I, 67. (Page 639)
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩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 Dictionary惫颈峁峁囜箛补 (啶掂た啶粪ぃ啷嵿ぃ).鈥攑 S Dejected, despondent, depressed, sunken in spirits.
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 dictionary痴颈峁峁囜箛补 (啶掂た啶粪ぃ啷嵿ぃ).鈥�p. p. Dejected, cast down, sad, sarrowful, spritless, despondent; 啶灌ぞ 啶むぞ啶む啶むた 啶曕啶班え啷嵿う啶苦い啶ぞ啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぃ啷嵿く 啶掂た啶粪ぃ啷嵿ぃ啶� (h膩 迟腻teti kranditam膩kar峁噛a 惫颈峁峁囜箛补岣�) R.9. 75.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary痴颈峁峁囜箛补 (啶掂た啶粪ぃ啷嵿ぃ).鈥�(ppp. of Sanskrit vi峁Ｄ玠ati, in specialized meaning), incapable, unskilled (in, loc.): so 'ha峁� t墨rthikas膩dh膩ra- 峁嚹亂膩m 峁沝dhy膩峁� 惫颈峁峁囜箛补岣� 顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补 44.18. (Text continues: tena v墨ryam 膩sth膩ya 峁沝dhim utp膩dya鈥�)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴颈峁峁囜箛补 (啶掂た啶粪ぃ啷嵿ぃ).鈥攎fn.
(-峁囜箛补岣�-峁囜箛腻-峁囜箛补峁�) Dejected, desponding, spiritless, disinclined to exertion. E. vi before sad to go, aff. kta .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴颈峁峁囜箛补 (啶掂た啶粪ぃ啷嵿ぃ).鈥擺adjective] dejected, sad, out of spirits.
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痴颈峁Ｄ乶苍补 (啶掂た啶粪ぞ啶ㄠ啶�).鈥擺neuter] poisoned food.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 痴颈峁Ｄ乶苍补 (啶掂た啶粪ぞ啶ㄠ啶�):鈥擺from vi峁 > vi峁�] n. poisoned food, [Da艣akum膩ra-carita]
2) 痴颈峁峁囜箛补 (啶掂た啶粪ぃ啷嵿ぃ):鈥擺=惫颈-峁峁囜箛补] [from 惫颈-峁诲] mfn. dejected, sad, desponding, sorrowful, downcast, out of spirits or temper, [K膩vya literature; Kath膩sarits膩gara; Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴颈峁峁囜箛补 (啶掂た啶粪ぃ啷嵿ぃ):鈥擺惫颈-峁峁囜箛补] (峁囜箛a岣�-峁囜箛膩-峁囜箛a峁�) a. Dejected, spiritless.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)痴颈峁峁囜箛补 (啶掂た啶粪ぃ啷嵿ぃ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Visanna.
[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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) 痴颈峁峁囜箛补 (啶掂た啶粪ぃ啷嵿ぃ) [Also spelled vishnan]:鈥�(a) melancholic, gloomy, sombre; downcast; ~[迟腻] melancholy, gloominess, sombreness; downcast state; ~[尘腻苍补蝉补/尘补苍腻] melancholic, gloomy, sombre, in low spirits; ~[mukha/vadana] melancholic, dejected, downcast.
2) 痴颈峁Ｄ乶苍补 (啶掂た啶粪ぞ啶ㄠ啶�):鈥�(nm) poisoned or poisonous food/meal.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Visa峁囜箛a (啶掂た啶膏ぃ啷嵿ぃ) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: 痴颈蝉补峁僯帽补.
2) Visanna (啶掂た啶膏え啷嵿え) also relates to the Sanskrit word: 痴颈峁峁囜箛补.
3) Visann膩 (啶掂た啶膏え啷嵿え啶�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: 痴颈蝉补峁僯帽腻.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus痴颈峁峁囜箛补 (嗖掂部嗖粪玻喑嵿玻):鈥�
1) [adjective] suffering from distress, misery, etc.
2) [adjective] in low spirits; depressed; disheartened.
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痴颈峁峁囜箛补 (嗖掂部嗖粪玻喑嵿玻):鈥�
1) [noun] want of enthusiasm, zeal, interest, eagerness, etc.
2) [noun] a distressed, man; a man in a woeful, sorrowfl state.
3) [noun] a discouraged, disheartened man; a man in low spirits.
4) [noun] (dance.) a gesture in which the eyelids are drawn wide apart and moved while the eye-balls are fixed.
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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