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Entry विस्मय

विस्मयvismaya1 Wonder, surprise, astonishment, amazement; पुरुषः प्रबभूवाग्नेर्विस्मयेन सहर्त्विजाम् R.1.5.
1. 1 Wonder, surprise, astonishment, amazement; पुरुषः प्रबभूवाग्नेर्विस्मयेन सहर्त्विजाम् R.1.5.
2. Astonishment or wonder, being the feeling which produces the adbhuta sentiment; S. D. thus defines it: विविधेषु पदार्थेषु लोकसीमातिवर्तिषु । विस्फारश्चेतसो यस्तु स विस्मय उदाहृतः ॥ 27.
3. Pride, arrogance; तपः क्षरति विस्मयात् Ms.4.237.
4. Uncertainty, doubt.
Derived forms and compounds
- -आकुल, -आविष्ट Adjective astonished, struck with wonder.
- -पदम् a matter of astonishment; मधुस्फीता वाचः परमममृतं निर्मितवतस्तव ब्रह्मन् किं वागपि सुरगुरोर्विस्मयपदम् Śiva mahimna 3.
In the Gita18·77

विस्मयो मे महान् राजन् हृष्यामि च पुनः पुनः ॥

vismayo me mahān rājan hṛṣyāmi ca punaḥ punaḥ. — Remembering, remembering also that most marvellous form of Hari, great is my wonder, O King. I rejoice, again and again. 18·77
- विस्मयःvismayaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun vismaya (wonderment).
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