विषमviṣamaUnevenness.
Derived forms and compounds
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-मम्
- Unevenness.
- Oddness.
- An inaccessible place, precipice, pit etc.
- A difficult or dangerous position, difficulty, misfortune; सुप्तं प्रमत्तं विषमस्थितं वा रक्षन्ति पुण्यानि पुरा कृतानि Bh.2.97; कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम् Bg.2.2.
- Rough or uneven ground.
- Name of a figure of speech in which some unusual or incompatible relation between cause and effect is described; (said to be of four kinds; see K. Parasmaipada Kārikās 126 and 127).
- A kind of stanza or verse; भिन्नचिह्नचतुष्पादं विषमं परिकीर्तितम्.
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-मम् Indeclinable Unequally, unevenly, unfairly, dangerously etc.
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-अक्षः, -ईक्षणः, -नयनः, -नेत्रः, -लोचनः epithets of Śiva.
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-अन्नम् unusual or irregular food.
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-अवतारः descent on uneven ground, perhaps also 'undertaking or embarking in an adventure'; V.1.
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-आयुधः, -इषुः, -शरः epithets of the god of love; उन्मिमील विशदं विषमेषुः Śi.1.72.
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-मः
- Name of Viṣṇu.
- (In music) A kind of measure.
- being in an inaccessible position.
- being in difficulty or misfortune; विश्वामित्र- स्ततस्तां तु विषमस्तामनिन्दिताम् Mb.1.72.5.
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विषम viṣama, Adjective
- विगतो विरुद्धो वा समः
- Uneven, rough, rugged; पथिषु विषमेष्वप्यचलता Mu.3.3; व्यालाकीर्णाः सुविषमाः Pt.1.64; Me.19.
- Irregular, unequal; तोषं ततान विषमग्रथितोऽपि भागः Māl.9.44.
- Odd, not even.
- Difficult, hard to understand, mysterious; विषमोऽपि विगाह्यते नयः Ki.2.3; विषमाः कर्मगतयः Pt.4.5.
- Impassable, inaccessible; Ki.2.3; भ्रान्तं देशमनेकदुर्गविषमम् Bh.3.5.
- Coarse, rough.
- Oblique; ईषत्तिर्यग्वलन- विषमम् Māl.4.2.
- Painful, troublesome; कान्ताविश्लेषदुःख- व्यतिकरविषमे यौवने विप्रयोगः Bh.3.16; H.4.3.
- Very strong, vehement; व्यनक्त्यन्तस्तापं तदयमतिधीरोऽपि विषमम् Māl.3.9.
- Dangerous, fearful; सर्वंकषः कषति हा विषमः कृतान्तः Mv.5.56; Mk.8.1,27; Mu.1.18; 2.2.
- Bad, adverse, unfavourable; येन च हसितं दशासु विषमासु Pt.4.16.
- Odd, unusual, unparalleled.
- Dishonest, artful.
- Intermittent (as fever).
- Wicked.
- Different.
- That which cannot be equally divided; अजाविकं सैकशफं न जातु विषमं भजेत् Ms.9.119.
- Unsuitable, wrong; Suśr.
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-कर्णः
- a quadrangle or tetragon with unequal diagonals.
- the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle.
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-कर्मन् (in maths.) the finding of two quantities when the difference of their squares is given and either the sum or the difference of the quantities (Colebrooke).
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-कालः an unfavourable season.
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-चक्रवालम् (in maths). an ellipse.
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-चतुरस्रः, -चतुर्भुजः an unequal quadrilateral figure; trapezium.
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-छदः the tree सप्तपर्ण quod vide, which see
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-छाया the shadow of the gnomon at noon.
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-ज्वरः remittent fever; दोषोऽल्पोऽहितसंभूतो ज्वरो- त्सृष्टस्य वा पुनः । धातुमन्यतमं प्राप्य करोति विषम़ज्वरम् ॥ -त्रिभुजः a scalene triangle.
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-पत्रः the Saptaparṇa tree; विषम- पत्रमहीरुहसंभवम् Rām. ch.4.68.
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-बाणः Name of the god of love; also विषमविशिखः, -शरः.
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-लक्ष्मी Feminine ill-luck.
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-विभागः unequal distribution (of property).
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-वृत्तम् a kind of metre with unequal Pādas.
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-शील Adjective cross-tempered, peevish, perverse.
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-स्थ Adjective
In the Gita·2·2
कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम्।
- विषमेviṣamelocative singular of the adjective viṣama (the hour of difficulty and peril) used as a noun.
