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Vipaksha, ³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a: 16 definitions

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Vipaksha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.

The Sanskrit term ³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a can be transliterated into English as Vipaksa or Vipaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Vipaksh.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (विपकà¥à¤·) refers to â€�(being rendered) winglessâ€�, according to the ÅšivapurÄṇa 2.3.41 (“Description of the Altar-Structureâ€�).—Accordingly, as Viṣṇu said to Indra: “O lord of ÅšacÄ«, formerly you had been enchanted by the demons NivÄtakavacas, your previous enemies, by the power of their great spell. O Indra, at my instance, this mountain Himavat and others too were rendered wingless (±¹¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a). Let the mountains now create magic on remembering that and wish to surpass us foolishly. We are not to be afraid of our enemies. O Indra, Åšiva favourably disposed to His devotees, will undoubtedly look to our welfareâ€�.

Purana book cover
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The Purana (पà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤�, purÄṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.

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In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (विपकà¥à¤·) refers to the “opponentâ€�, according to the 11th century JñÄnÄrṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Åšubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Glory to the great tree that is stopping the influx of karma whose opponent is conquered (jita-±¹¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a), which is rooted in all the rules of conduct for a mendicant, whose great trunk is restraint, whose full branches are tranquillity, which is covered with the blossom of virtue [and] is beautiful because of producing whole fruit through the reflections. [Thus ends the reflection on] stopping the influx of karmaâ€�.

Synonyms: Pratikūla.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

±¹¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (विपकà¥à¤·).—m S An adversary or antagonist. 2 A disputant or an opponent. 3 An opposite, a matter contradictory or contrary. 4 In logic. A syllogism or an argument in which the proposition to be maintained is always wanting. See ²õ²¹±è²¹°ìá¹£a.

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±¹¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (विपकà¥à¤·).—a (S) Opposed or adverse to, contrary, hostile. 2 Unsupported, unadvocated, uncountenanced--a doctrine or a person.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

±¹¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (विपकà¥à¤·).â€�m An antagonist. A disputant. An opposite.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (विपकà¥à¤·).â€�a.

1) Hostile, inimical, adverse, contrary.

2) Impartial.

-°ìá¹£aá¸� 1 An enemy, adversary, opponent; गà¥à¤£à¤¾à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¤¸à¥à¤¯ विपकà¥à¤·à¥‡à¤½à¤ªà¤¿ गà¥à¤£à¤¿à¤¨à¥‹ लेभिरेऽनà¥à¤¤à¤°à¤®à¥� (guṇÄstasya vipaká¹£e'pi guṇino lebhire'ntaram) R.17.75; ÅšiÅ›upÄlavadha 11.59.

2) A rival or fellow wife; पà¥à¤°à¥‡à¤®à¤—रà¥à¤µà¤¿à¤¤à¤µà¤¿à¤ªà¤•à¥à¤·à¤®à¤¤à¥à¤¸à¤°à¤¾à¤¤à¥� (premagarvita±¹¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£amatsarÄt) R.19. 2.

3) A disputant; हृतोतà¥à¤¤à¤°à¤� ततà¥à¤¤à¥à¤µà¤µà¤¿à¤šà¤¾à¤°à¤®à¤§à¥à¤¯à¥‡ वकà¥à¤¤à¥‡à¤µ दोषैरà¥à¤—à¥à¤°à¥à¤­à¤¿- रà¥à¤µà¤¿à¤ªà¤•à¥à¤·à¤®à¥ (há¹›tottaraá¹� tattvavicÄramadhye vakteva doá¹£airgurubhi- r±¹¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£am) KirÄtÄrjunÄ«ya 17.43.

4) (In logic) A negative instance, an instance on the opposite side, (i. e. that is which the ²õÄå»å³ó²â²¹ or major term is not found); निशà¥à¤šà¤¿à¤¤à¤¸à¤¾à¤§à¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤­à¤¾à¤µà¤µà¤¾à¤¨à¥ विपकà¥à¤·à¤� (niÅ›cita²õÄå»å³ó²âÄå²ú³óÄå±¹²¹±¹Äå²Ô ±¹¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£aá¸�) T. S.; Mu.5.1.

5) (In gram.) An exception.

6) Impartiality, indifference.

7) The day of transition from one-half of a lunar month to another.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (विपकà¥à¤·).â€�(-±¹¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a), adj., in karma deÅ›Äntara-±¹¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£aá¹�, an act which has its fruition (result) in a foreign country: Karmavibhaá¹…ga (and Karmavibhaá¹…gopadeÅ›a) 30.20; 50.12, 14; 57.4; 64.13. So the mss. always, kept by Lévi in 30.20, otherwise em. to vipÄkaá¹�; but the form is clearly a hyper-Sanskritism for MIndic (Pali) vipakka = Sanskrit vipakva, confused with MIndic vipakkha = ±¹¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (विपकà¥à¤·).—mfn.

(-°ìá¹£aá¸�-°ìá¹£Ä�-°ìá¹£aá¹�) Opposed or adverse to, contrary, inimical. m.

(-°ìá¹£aá¸�) 1. An enemy, an adversary. 2. A disputant, an opponent. 3. Exception, (in grammar, &c.) 4. (In logic.) An argument or syllogism in which the proposition to be maintained is wanting. E. vi implying opposite, contrary, and ±è²¹°ìá¹£a part or side.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (विपकà¥à¤·).—I. adj. opposed, inimical. Ii. m. 1. an enemy, [±Ê²¹Ã±³¦²¹³Ù²¹²Ô³Ù°ù²¹] 171, 10. 2. an opponent, a disputant. 3. a negative instance (²õÄå»å³ó²âÄå²ú³óÄå±¹²¹±¹Äå²Ô), BhÄá¹£Äp. 72; one in which the major term is not found.

³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and ±è²¹°ìá¹£a (पकà¥à¤·).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (विपकà¥à¤·).â€�1. [masculine] the day of transition from one half-month to another; adversary, rival; counter assertion or example.

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³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (विपकà¥à¤·).â€�2. [adjective] robbed of the wings.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (विपकà¥à¤·):—[=vi-±è²¹°ìá¹£a] [from vi] a See sub voce

2) [=vi-±è²¹°ìá¹£a] b mfn. deprived of wings, [RÄmÄyaṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] m. ‘being on a different side.â€�, an opponent, adversary, enemy (mfn. ‘counteractingâ€� [JÄtakamÄlÄ]), [Inscriptions; KÄvya literature; KathÄsaritsÄgara]

4) [v.s. ...] a disputant, [KirÄtÄrjunÄ«ya]

5) [v.s. ...] a female rival, [Raghuvaṃśa; ÅšiÅ›upÄla-vadha]

6) [v.s. ...] the day of transition from one half of a lunar month to another, [KÄtyÄyana-Å›rauta-sÅ«tra]

7) [v.s. ...] (in gram.) an exception, [Monier-Williams� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

8) [v.s. ...] (in logic) a counter-statement, counter-instance, argument proving the contrary (e.g. ‘there cannot be fire in a lake, because there is no smoke thereâ€�), [Tarkasaṃgraha; BhÄá¹£Äpariccheda; SÄhitya-darpaṇa]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (विपकà¥à¤·):—[vi-±è²¹°ìá¹£a] (ká¹£aá¸�-ká¹£Ä�-ká¹£aá¹�) m. Opponent, enemy; exception to a rule. a. Opposed, hostile.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (विपकà¥à¤·) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vivakkha.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), 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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Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (विपकà¥à¤·) [Also spelled vipaksh]:â€�(nm) the opposition (party/side); adversary; -[²ú³óÄå±¹²¹/±¹á¹›t³Ù¾±] opposition, hostility.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (ವಿಪಕà³à²·):—[noun] belonging to an opposing (political) party.

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³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (ವಿಪಕà³à²·):â€�

1) [noun] the quality or characteristic that is just contrary to one.

2) [noun] a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; enmity.

3) [noun] an opponent; an adversary; an enemy.

4) [noun] the opposition party (as in politics;).

5) [noun] the military force of one’s enemy.

6) [noun] the fact of (the eye-lids) being open.

7) [noun] a man belonging to one’s opposition party (as in politics).

8) [noun] the quality of being impartial, not favouring either of the opposing parties; impartiality.

9) [noun] any of the two fortnights in a lunar month (as mutually related to each other).

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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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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

³Õ¾±±è²¹°ìá¹£a (विपकà¥à¤·):—n. 1. an enemy; an adversary; an opponent; 2. a disputant; 3. a respondent; an opposition party; 4. a contrary instance; 5. Gram. an exception; 6. neutrality;

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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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