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Entry विसर्ग

विसर्गvisarga1 Sending forth, emission.
1. 1 Sending forth, emission.
2. Shedding, pouring down, dropping; पुरं नवीचक्रुरपां विसर्गान् मेघा निदाघ- ग्लपितामिवोर्वीम् R.16.38.
3. Casting, discharge; सरहस्यो धनुर्वेदः सविसर्गोपसंयमः Bhāg.1.7.44.
4. Giving away, a gift, donation; आदानं हि विसर्गाय सतां वारिमुचामिव R.4. 86 (where the word means 'pouring down' also).
5. Sending away, dismissal; हरणं च विसर्गं च शाल्वेन च विसर्जनम् Mb.5.175.37.
6. Creation, creating; नियमे च विसर्गे च भूतात्मा मानसस्तथा Mb.12.239.12; secondary creation; ब्रह्मणो गुणवैषम्याद्विसर्गः पौरुषः स्मृतः Bhāg.2.1.3.
7. Abandonment, relinquishment; न निष्कयविसर्गाभ्यां भर्तुर्भार्या विमुच्यते Ms.9.46.
8. Voiding, evacuation; as in पुरीषविसर्ग.
9. Departure, separation.
10. Final beatitude.
11. Light, splendour.
12. A symbol in writing, representing a distinct hard aspiration and marked by two perpendicular dots (:).
13. The southern course of the sun.
14. The penis.
15. Destruction of the world; कालो वशीकृतविसृज्यविसर्गशक्तिः Bhāg.7.9.22.
16. The function of the world (सृष्टिव्यापार); भूतभावोद्भवकरो विसर्गः कर्मसंज्ञितः Bg.8.3.
In the Gita8·3

भूतभावोद्भवकरो विसर्गः कर्मसंज्ञितः ॥

bhūtabhāvodbhavakaro visargaḥ karmasaṁjñitaḥ. — The Blessed Lord said:- The Akshara is the supreme Brahman; svabhāvaḥ is called adhyātmam; Karma is the name given to the creative movement, visargaḥ… 8·3
- विसर्गःvisargaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun visarga (the movement of Creation).
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