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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विषमviṣamaa.Uneven, rough, rugged; पथिषु विषमेष्वप्यचलता Mu.3.3; व्यालाकीर्णाः सुविषमाः Pt.1.64; Me.19.

    [विगतो विरुद्धो वा समः]

    1. Uneven, rough, rugged; पथिषु विषमेष्वप्यचलता Mu.3.3; व्यालाकीर्णाः सुविषमाः Pt.1.64; Me.19.
    2. Irregular, unequal; तोषं ततान विषमग्रथितोऽपि भागः Māl.9.44.
    3. Odd, not even.
    4. Difficult, hard to understand, mysterious; विषमोऽपि विगाह्यते नयः Ki.2.3; विषमाः कर्मगतयः Pt.4.5.
    5. Impassable, inaccessible; Ki.2.3; भ्रान्तं देशमनेकदुर्गविषमम् Bh.3.5.
    6. Coarse, rough.
    7. Oblique; ईषत्तिर्यग्वलन- विषमम् Māl.4.2.
    8. Painful, troublesome; कान्ताविश्लेषदुःख- व्यतिकरविषमे यौवने विप्रयोगः Bh.3.16; H.4.3.
    9. Very strong, vehement; व्यनक्त्यन्तस्तापं तदयमतिधीरोऽपि विषमम् Māl.3.9.
    10. Dangerous, fearful; सर्वंकषः कषति हा विषमः कृतान्तः Mv.5.56; Mk.8.1,27; Mu.1.18; 2.2.
    11. Bad, adverse, unfavourable; येन च हसितं दशासु विषमासु Pt.4.16.
    12. Odd, unusual, unparalleled.
    13. Dishonest, artful.
    14. Intermittent (as fever).
    15. Wicked.
    16. Different.
    17. That which cannot be equally divided; अजाविकं सैकशफं न जातु विषमं भजेत् Ms.9.119.
    18. Unsuitable, wrong; Suśr.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -मः

      1. Name of Viṣṇu.
      2. (In music) A kind of measure.

    • -मम्

      1. Unevenness.
      2. Oddness.
      3. An inaccessible place, precipice, pit etc.
      4. 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.
      5. Rough or uneven ground.
      6. 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).
      7. A kind of stanza or verse; भिन्नचिह्नचतुष्पादं विषमं परिकीर्तितम्.

    • -मम् Indeclinable Unequally, unevenly, unfairly, dangerously etc.

    • -अक्षः, -ईक्षणः, -नयनः, -नेत्रः, -लोचनः epithets of Śiva.

    • -अन्नम् unusual or irregular food.

    • -अवतारः descent on uneven ground, perhaps also 'undertaking or embarking in an adventure'; V.1.

    • -आयुधः, -इषुः, -शरः epithets of the god of love; उन्मिमील विशदं विषमेषुः Śi.1.72.

    • -कर्णः

      1. a quadrangle or tetragon with unequal diagonals.
      2. the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle.

    • -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).

    • -कालः an unfavourable season.

    • -चक्रवालम् (in maths). an ellipse.

    • -चतुरस्रः, -चतुर्भुजः an unequal quadrilateral figure; trapezium.

    • -छदः the tree सप्तपर्ण quod vide, which see

    • -छाया the shadow of the gnomon at noon.

    • -ज्वरः remittent fever; दोषोऽल्पोऽहितसंभूतो ज्वरो- त्सृष्टस्य वा पुनः । धातुमन्यतमं प्राप्य करोति विषम़ज्वरम् ॥ -त्रिभुजः a scalene triangle.

    • -पत्रः the Saptaparṇa tree; विषम- पत्रमहीरुहसंभवम् Rām. ch.4.68.

    • -बाणः Name of the god of love; also विषमविशिखः, -शरः.

    • -लक्ष्मी Feminine ill-luck.

    • -विभागः unequal distribution (of property).

    • -वृत्तम् a kind of metre with unequal Pādas.

    • -शील Adjective cross-tempered, peevish, perverse.

    • -स्थ

      1. Adjective
      2. being in an inaccessible position.
      3. being in difficulty or misfortune; विश्वामित्र- स्ततस्तां तु विषमस्तामनिन्दिताम् Mb.1.72.5.

    In the Gita2·2

    कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम्।

    kutastvā kaśmalamidaṁ viṣame samupasthitam, — The Blessed Lord said:– Whence has come to thee this dejection, this stain and darkness of the soul in the hour of difficulty and peril, O Arjuna?… 2·2
    • विषमेviṣamelocative singular of the adjective viṣama (the hour of difficulty and peril) used as a noun.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. विषमviṣama[ví-shama] a. uneven, rugged, rough; unequal, irregular, dissimilar; odd, not even; hard to traverse…

    [ví-shama] adjective uneven, rugged, rough; unequal, irregular, dissimilar; odd, not even; hard to traverse, difficult, inconvenient, seri ous, dangerous, adverse, terrible, bad; hard to understand; unsuitable, wrong (rare); dishonest (rare): ˚--, adverb, -ial, -ially terribly; neuter uneven or rough ground or place, bad road; pit, precipice; difficult position, distress, misfor tune; unevenness, inequality (instrumental unequally); incongruity, incompatibility (rhetorical term): -gata, perfect passive participle fallen into distress; -pada, adjective having or show ing unequal steps (path); having unequal pâdas (stanza); -pâda, adjective consisting of un equal pâdas.

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  2. अतिविषमativiṣama[ati-vishama] a. very dangerous; more dangerous than (ab.); very arduous; -visârin, a. of very wide scope…

    [ati-vishama] adjective very dangerous; more dangerous than (ablative); very arduous; -visârin, adjective of very wide scope; -vistara, masculine excessive prolixity: -tas, adverb, -ial, -ially in a very detailed manner; -vistâra, masculine great extent; -vis tîrna, perfect passive participle too extensive; -vihvala, adjective very perplexed, greatly overcome.

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  3. अविषमaviṣama[a-vishama] a. not unequal; even; friendly.

    [a-vishama] adjective not unequal; even; friendly.

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  4. उपलविषमupalaviṣama[upala-vishama] a. rough with rocks.

    [upala-vishama] adjective rough with rocks.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विषमviṣamasee s.v.
    1. see sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender (from वि plus सम) uneven, rugged, rough MBh. Hariv. Ka1v. etc.
    3. mf(आ)neuter gender unequal, irregular, dissimilar, different, inconstant Breton S3a1n3khGr2. Mn. etc.
    4. mf(आ)neuter gender odd, not even (in numbers etc.) Var. Ka1vya7d.
    5. mf(आ)neuter gender that which cannot be equally divided (as a living sheep among three or four persons) Mn. ix, 119
    6. mf(आ)neuter gender hard to traverse, difficult, inconvenient, painful, dangerous, adverse, vexatious, disagreeable, terrible, bad, wicked (in the beginning of a compound "terribly" S3is3.) Mn. MBh. etc.
    7. mf(आ)neuter gender hard to be understood Gol. Ka1v.
    8. mf(आ)neuter gender unsuitable, wrong Sus3r. Sarvad.
    9. mf(आ)neuter gender unfair, dishonest, partial Mn. MBh.
    10. mf(आ)neuter gender rough, coarse, rude, cross MW.
    11. mf(आ)neuter gender odd, unusual, unequalled W.
    12. masculine gender a kind of measure Sam2gi1t.
    13. masculine gender Name of Vishn2u विष्णु MW.
    14. neuter gender unevenness, uneven or rough ground or place (सम-विषमेषु, "on even and uneven ground" S3is3.), bad road VS. TS. S3Br. etc.
    15. neuter gender oddness (of numbers) W.
    16. neuter gender a pit, precipice Mn. MBh. etc.
    17. neuter gender difficulty, distress, misfortune MBh. R. etc.
    18. neuter gender unevenness, inequality (701938 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedमेण indeclinable "unequally") Ka1s3.
    19. neuter gender (in rhetoric) incongruity, incompatibility Ka1vya7d. Prata1p. Kuval.
    20. neuter gender plural (with भरद्-वाजस्य), Name of Sa1mans सामन् s SV. A1rshBr.
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  2. अविषमaviṣamamfn. not different, equal BhP.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not different, equal BhP.

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  3. अविषमपदताaviṣamapadatāf. having equal feet (one of the 80 minor marks of a Buddha बुद्ध), Dharmas. 84 .

    feminine having equal feet (one of the 80 minor marks of a Buddha बुद्ध), Dharmas. 84 .

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  4. अविषमम्aviṣamamind. not unfavourably BhP.

    indeclinable not unfavourably BhP.

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  5. प्रकृतिविषमprakṛtiviṣamamfn. naturally rough Bhartr2.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective naturally rough Bhartr2.

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