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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विषम्viṣamPoison, venom (said to be m. also in this sense); विषं भवतु मा भूद्वा फटाटोपो भयंकरः Pt.1.24.

    [विष्-क]

    1. Poison, venom (said to be Masculine also in this sense); विषं भवतु मा भूद्वा फटाटोपो भयंकरः Pt.1.24.
    2. Water; विषं जलधरैः पीतं मूर्च्छिताः पथिकाङ्गनाः Chandr.5. 82 (where both senses are intended).
    3. The fibres of a lotus-stalk.
    4. Gum-myrrh.
    5. A poisonous weapon; विमोक्ष्यन्ति विष क्रुद्धाः कौरवेयेषु भारत Mb.3.8.3.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अक्त, -दिग्ध Adjective poisoned, envenomed.

    • -अङ्कुरः

      1. a spear.
      2. a poisoned arrow.
    • -अन्तक Adjective antidotal. (-कः) an epithet of Śiva.

    • -अपह, -घ्न Adjective repelling poison, antidotic.

    • -आननः, -आयुधः, -आस्यः a snake.

    • -आस्या the marking-nut plant.

    • -आस्वाद Adjective tasting poison; मध्वापातो विषास्वादः स धर्मप्रतिरूपकः Ms.11.9.

    • -उदम्, -जलम् poisonous water; आस्फोट्य गाढरशनो न्यपतद्विषोदे Bhāg 1. 16.6.

    • -कण्ठः Name of Śiva.

    • -कुम्भः a jar filled with poison.

    • -कृत Adjective poisoned; तव भार्या महावाहो भक्ष्यं विषकृतं यथा Rām.4.6.8.

    • -कृमिः a worm bred in poison. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedन्याय see under न्याय.

    • -घटिका Name of a solar month.

    • -घातिन् Masculine Śirīṣa tree.

    • -घ्न

      1. Adjective*** antidotal, serving as an antidote; इति चिन्ताविषघ्नोऽयमगदः किं न पीयते H.1.
      2. (घ्नः) an antidote.
      3. the शिरीष and चम्पक trees.
      4. (घ्नी) turmeric.
      5. colocynth.
    • -जुष्ट

      1. Adjective
      2. poisonous.
      3. poisoned, affected by poison.
    • -ज्वरः a buffalo.

    • -तन्त्रम् toxicology.

    • -दः a cloud; जगदन्तकालसमवेतविषद ... Śi.15.73. (-दम्) green vitriol.

    • -दन्तकः a snake.

    • -दर्शनमृत्युकः, -मृत्यु a kind of bird (said to be Chakora).

    • -दिग्ध Adjective poisoned.

    • -द्रुमः Equivalent to denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedवृक्ष, quod vide, which see

    • -धरः a snake; वहति विषधरान् पटीरजन्मा Bv.1.74. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedनिलयः the lower regions, the abode of snakes.

    • -पुष्पम् the blue lotus.

    • -नाडी a particular inauspicious period of time.

    • -पुष्पकः a disease caused by eating poisonous flowers.

    • -प्रयोगः use of poison, administering poison.

    • -भिषज् Masculine, -वैद्यः a dealer in antidotes, a curer of snake-bites; संप्रति विषवैद्यानां कर्म M.4.

    • -मन्त्रः

      1. a spell for curing snake-bites.
      2. a snake-charmer, conjurer.
    • -मुच् Masculine a serpent.

    • -रसः a poisoned potion, poisonliquid; चिराद्वेगारम्भी प्रसृत इव तीव्रो विषरसः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2.26.

    • -विद्या cure of poison.

    • -विधानम् administering poison judicially.

    • -वृक्षः, -द्रुमः a poisonous tree; विषवृक्षोऽपि संवर्ध्य स्वयं छेत्तुम- सांप्रतम् Ku.2.55; श्रितासि चन्दनभ्रान्त्या दुर्विपाकं विषद्रुमम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1. 46. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedन्याय see under न्याय.

    • -वेगः the circulation or effect of poison.

    • -व्यवस्था

      1. the state of being poisoned.
      2. the effect of the poison; मन्त्रबलेन विषव्यवस्थामपनेतुमक्षमः Dk.1.1.
    • -शालूकः the root of the lotus.

    • -शूकः, -शृङ्गिन्, -सृक्कन् Masculine a wasp.

    • -सूचकः the Chakora bird.

    • -हरा, -री An epithet of the goddess Manasā.

    • -हृदय Adjective 'poison-hearted', malicious.

    • -हेतिः a serpent.

    In the Gita18·3718·38

    यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् ।

    yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme'mṛtopamam, — That which at first is as poison but in the end is as nectar; that pleasure is said to be sattwic, born of the satisfaction of the higher mind and… 18·37
    • विषम्viṣamnominative singular of the neuter noun. viṣa (poison).