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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

विगुणviguṇaa.Destitute of merits, worthless, bad; श्रेयान्- स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात् स्वनुष्ठितात् Bg.3.35; Śi.9.12; Mu.…
1. Destitute of merits, worthless, bad; श्रेयान्- स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात् स्वनुष्ठितात् Bg.3.35; Śi.9.12; Mu. 6.11.
2. Destitute of qualities.
3. Having on string; विगुणीकृतकार्मुकोऽपि जेतुं भुवि जेतव्यमसौ समर्थ एव Mu.7.11.
4. Unfruitful; विगुणानि च पश्यन्ति Mb.12.269.37.
In the Gita3·35 18·47

श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् ।

śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt, — Better is one’s own law of works, svadharma, though in itself faulty, than an alien law well wrought out; death in one’s own law of being is better… 3·35
- विगुणःviguṇaḥnominative singular of the masculine form of the adjective viguṇa (void of qualities, deficient, imperfect, faulty).
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

विगुणviguṇa[vi-guna] a. lacking a string; lacking in some quality, deficient, in (--˚); ineffective (command, i. e. one…

[vi-guna] adjective lacking a string; lacking in some quality, deficient, in (--˚); ineffective (command, i. e. one not carried out); adverse (fate); lacking qualities; destitute of merits, worthless, bad (person); changed in quality, disordered (bodily humour): -tâ, feminine; also equal for disordered condition; -gunî-kri, detach the string of a bow (accusative); -gulpha, adjective abundant (Sûtra).

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द्विगुणयdviguṇaya[dviguna-ya] den. P. double, mul tiply by two: pp. ita, doubled, put round double.

[dviguna-ya] denominative Parasmaipada double, mul tiply by two: perfect passive participle ita, doubled, put round double.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

विगुणviguṇamfn. without a string (see below)
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective without a string (see below)
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective deficient, imperfect, destitute of (compound) Ka1tyS3r. MBh. etc.
3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unsuccessful, ineffective Ra1jat.
4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective adverse (as fortune) Pan5cat. (varia lectio)
5. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective void of qualities BhP.
6. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective destitute of merits, wicked, bad MBh. R. etc.
7. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective disordered, corrupted (as the humours of the body) Sus3r.
8. etc. see page and participle 950, column 2 .
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अविगुणaviguṇamfn. not incomplete, not in a bad state, normal Bhpr.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not incomplete, not in a bad state, normal Bhpr.

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द्विगुणdviguṇa(or द्व्/इ-ग्˚) mfn. double, twofold, of 2 kinds S3Br. S3rS. &c.
1. (or द्व्/इ-ग्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective double, twofold, of 2 kinds S3Br. S3rS. etc.
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective doubled id est folded (garment) S3Br.
3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective twice as large or as much as (ablative) Ya1jn5. ii, 4
4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (compound) Mn. viii. 59
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द्विगुणतरdviguṇataramfn. compar. Ka1d.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective Comparative degree Ka1d.

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द्विगुणतरम्dviguṇataramind. Ratn. i, 16

indeclinable Ratn. i, 16

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द्विगुणताdviguṇatāf. Var.

feminine Var.

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द्विगुणत्वdviguṇatvan. Amar.

neuter gender Amar.

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