Visheshya, Viśēṣya, վśṣy: 14 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Viśēṣya and վśṣy can be transliterated into English as Visesya or Visheshya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Visheshy.
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: Shodhganga: Vaiyākaraṇabhūṣaṇasāra: a critical studyվśṣy (विशेष्�).—Qualific and, substantive as opposed to an adjective (վśṣaṇa).
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarվśṣy (विशेष्�).—Substantive, as opposed to विशेषे� (śṣeṇa) adjective or qualifying; cf. भेदक� विशेषणम्,भेद्यं विशेष्यम� (bhedaka� viśeṣaṇam, bhedya� śṣym) Kāś. on P. II.1.57; cf. also विशेषणविशेष्यभाव� विवक्षानिबन्धन� (viśeṣaṇaśṣybhāvo vivakṣānibandhana�) Kāś. on P.II.1.36.

Vyakarana (व्याकर�, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
In Jainism
Jain philosophy
: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suriվśṣy (विशेष्�) refers to the “subject�, as explained in the ԱԳٲᲹⲹ貹-첹ṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 12, ll 4-5]—the Jainas hold that dharmas are not absolutely other than the dharmin, otherwise, there could be no such relation between them as predicate (śṣaԲ) and subject (śṣy) For, no two absolutely distinct realities (say a camel and a donkey) can be ever related as subject and predicate Further, if dharmas are absolutely distinct from the dharmin i.e. the substratum m which they inhere, there will be as many distinct entities m a dharmin as there are dharmas, since every dharmin has infinite dharmas.
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryviśēṣya (विशेष्�).—n S In grammar. That which is to be distinguished or designated; a noun, a substantive. 2 The subject of a predicate.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishviśēṣya (विशेष्�).�n A noun; the subject of a predicate.
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 dictionaryվśṣy (विशेष्�).�a.
1) To be distinguished.
2) Chief, superior; उपपन्न� हि यच्चेष्ट� विशिष्ये� विशेष्यय� (upapanna� hi yacceṣṭā viśṣyeta śṣyyā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.237.12.
-ṣy The word qualified or limited by an adjective, the object to be defined or particularized by another word; a noun; विशेष्यं नाभिधा गच्छेत� क्षीणशक्ति- र्विशेषण� (śṣy� nābhidhā gacchet kṣīṇaśakti- rviśeṣaṇe) K. P.2.
2) A substantive, noun.
See also (synonyms): śṣaṇīy.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryվśṣy (विशेष्�).—mfn.
(-ṣy�-ṣy-ṣy�) 1. To be distinguished or discriminated. 2. Distinguishing, to be discriminated by. 3. Principal, primary, chief. m.
(-ṣy�) A name, a substantive. n.
(-ṣy�) The object of a predicate. E. vi before ś� to distinguish by its attributes, ṇy aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryվśṣy (विशेष्�).—[adjective] what is distinguished or specialized; [neuter] substantive, subject.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) վśṣy (विशेष्�):—[=-śṣy] [from vi-ś�] mfn. to be (or being) distinguished or qualified or particularized (See [compound])
2) [v.s. ...] n. (in gram.) the word to be ‘differenced� or distinguished (from another word which is called -śṣaṇa q.v.), a substantive, noun, the object or subject of a predicate, [Pāṇini; Tarkasaṃgraha; Vedāntasāra]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryվśṣy (विशेष्�):—[(ṣya�-ṣy�)] 1. m. A noun. n. (In syntax) the object of a predicate. a That should be or is specified.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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 dictionaryվśṣy (विशेष्�) [Also spelled visheshy]:�(nm) that which is qualified; a noun with an adjective qualifying it, substantive.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusViśēṣya (ವಿಶೇಷ್�):�
1) [adjective] special; exceptional; extraordinary.
2) [adjective] distrinctive; peculiar.
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Viśēṣya (ವಿಶೇಷ್�):—[noun] (gram.) a noun that is modified by an adjective.
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 Dictionaryվśṣy (विशेष्�):—n. substantive; a noun with an adjective qualifying it;
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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