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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for विशेष

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विशेषviśeṣaa.Peculiar.
    1. Peculiar.
    2. Copious, abundant; आसीद्विशेषा फलपुष्पवृष्टिः R.2.14.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -षः

      1. Discrimination, distinguishing between.
      2. Distinction, difference; निर्विशेषो विशेषः Bh.3.5.
      3. Characteristic difference, peculiar mark, special property, speciality, differentia; Often times in comp. and translated by 'special', 'peculiar' etc.; विशेषं नाधिगच्छामो गायतो राघवस्य च Rām. 7.94.14; प्रत्यादिष्टविशेषमण्डनविधिः Ś.6.5.
      4. A favourable turn or crisis in sickness, a change for the better; अस्ति मे विशेषः &Sacute.3 'I feel better'.
      5. A limb, member; पुपोष लावण्यमयान् विशेषान् Ku.1.25.
      6. A species, sort, variety, kind, mode (usually at the end of comp.); पञ्चत्वाय विशेषाय कल्पते भुवनैः सह Bhāg.11.23.21; भूतविशेषः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)4; परिमलविशेषान् Pt.1; कदलीविशेषाः Ku.1.36.
      7. A different or various object, various particulars (Plural); प्रासादास्त्वां तुलयितुमलं यत्र तैस्तैर्विशेषैः Me.66,59.
      8. Excellence, superiority, distinction; usually at the end of comp. and translated by 'excellent', 'distinguished', 'pre-eminent', 'choice', etc.; अनुभावविशेषात्तु R.1.37; वपुर्विशेषेषु Ku.5.31; R.2.7;6.5; Ki.9.58; so आकृति- विशेषाः 'excellent forms', अतिथिविशेषः 'a distinguished guest' etc.
      9. A peculiar attribute, the eternal distinguishing nature of each of the nine dravyas; अयमस्माद् व्यावृत्त इति व्यावृत्तिबुद्धिमात्रहेतुर्विशेषः Tarka K. (these viśeṣas are said to inhere in the atoms of the Earth, Water, Light, and Air and the five eternal substances, Ether, Time, Space, Soul and Mind.); पञ्च चैव विशेषा वै तथा पञ्चेन्द्रियाणि च Mb.12.36.29; Bhāg.2.5.29.
      10. (a) Individuality, particularity. (b) A particular instance; उक्तिरर्थान्तरन्यासः स्यात् सामान्यविशेषयोः
      11. A category, predicament.
      12. A mark on the forehead with sandal, saffron etc.
      13. A word which limits or qualifies the sense of another; see विशेषण.
      14. Name of the mundane egg.
      15. (In Rhet.) A figure of speech, said to be of three kinds; it is thus defined by Mammaṭa: विना प्रसिद्धमाधारमाधेयस्य व्यवस्थितिः । एकात्मा युगपद्वृत्तिरेकस्यानेक- गोचरा । अन्यत् प्रकुर्वतः कार्यमशक्यान्यस्य वस्तुनः । तथैव करणं चेति विशेषस्त्रिविधः स्मृतः ॥ K. Parasmaipada1.
      16. (In geom.) The hypotenuse.

    • -अतिदेशः a special supplementary rule, special extended application.

    • -उक्तिः Feminine a figure of speech in which an effect is represented as not taking place though the usual necessary causes exist; विशेषोक्तिरखण्डेषु कारणेषु फलावचः K. Parasmaipada1; Exempli gratia, for example हृदि स्नेहक्षयो नाभूत् स्मरदीपे ज्वलत्यपि.

    • -करणम् improvement.

    • -गुणः

      1. a special or distinguishing property.
      2. (in Philosophy) such guṇa as is not produced (like संयोग, पृथक्त्व etc.) by the union of two things.

    • -ज्ञ, -विद्

      1. Adjective
      2. knowing distinctions, critical, connoisseur.
      3. learned, wise; अज्ञः सुखमाराध्यः सुखतरमाराध्यते विशेषज्ञः Bh.2.3.

    • -धर्मः

      1. A peculiar duty.
      2. A special law.

    • -पतनीयम् A particular crime; नीचाभिगमनं गर्भपातनं भर्तृहिंसनम् । विशेषपतनीयानि स्त्रीणामेतान्यपि ध्रुवम् ॥ Y.3.297.

    • -भावना (in Arithmetic) a kind of method in extracting roots.

    • -लक्षणम्, -लिङ्गम् a special or characteristic mark.

    • -वचनम् a special text or precept.

    • -विधिः, -शास्त्रम् a special rule.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विशेषviśeṣam. (once in Pan5cat. n.; ifc. f(आ).) distinction, difference between (two gen., two loc., or gen. and instr.)…
    1. masculine gender (once in Pan5cat. neuter gender; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) distinction, difference between (two genitive case, two locative case, or genitive case and instrumental case) Gr2S3rS. MBh. etc.
    2. masculine gender characteristic difference, peculiar mark, special property, speciality, peculiarity Mn. MBh. etc.
    3. masculine gender a kind, species, individual (exempli gratia, 'for example' वृक्ष-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, a species of tree, in compound often also Equivalent to special, peculiar, particular, different, exempli gratia, 'for example' छन्दो-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, "a particular metre", विशेष-मण्डन, "a peculiar ornament"; अर्घ-विशेषाः, "different prices") MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    4. masculine gender (plural) various objects Megh.
    5. masculine gender distinction, peculiar merit, excellence, superiority (in compound often Equivalent to excellent, superior, choice, distinguished exempli gratia, 'for example' आकृति-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, "an excellent form" Page990,3; confer, compare विशेष-प्रतिपत्ति) Mn. MBh. etc.
    6. masculine gender (in gram.) a word which defines or limits the meaning of another word (confer, compare वि-शेषक and वि-शेषण)
    7. masculine gender (in philosophy) particularity, individuality, essential difference or individual essence (with the Vais3eshikas वैशेषिक s the 5th cate gory or Pada7rtha पदा*र्थ, belonging to the 9 eternal substances or Dravyas द्रव्य s, viz. soul, time, place, ether, and the 5 atoms of earth, water, light, air, and mind, which are said to be so essentially different that one can never be the other) IW. 66 etc.
    8. masculine gender (in medicine) a favourable turn or crisis of a sickness Sus3r.
    9. masculine gender (in rhetoric) statement of difference or distinction, individualization, variation Kuval. (confer, compare विशेषो*क्ति)
    10. masculine gender a sectarian mark, any mark on the forehead (Equivalent to तिलक) Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender (in geometry) the hypotenuse S3ulbas.
    12. masculine gender Name of the primary elements or Maha1-bhu1tas महा-भूत s (quod vide) MaitrUp.
    13. masculine gender the earth as an element BhP.
    14. masculine gender the mundane egg ibidem
    15. masculine gender Equivalent to विराज् ibidem
    16. mf(आ)neuter gender extraordinary, abundant Ragh. ii, 14 (Bombay edition विशेषात् for विशेषा)
    17. etc. see page and participle 990, column 2 .
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. विशेषviśeṣa[vi-sesha] m. [√sish] difference, be tween (2 g., 2 lc., g. & in.); characteristic difference, peculiarity…

    [vi-sesha] masculine [√sish] difference, be tween (2 genitive, 2 locative, genitive and instrumental); characteristic difference, peculiarity, specific property, dif ferentia; species, individual; special objects, particulars (plural); distinction, superiority, ex cellence, pre-eminence; special distinction; special place, wonderful object, extraordinary thing; individualization, variation (rhetorical term); par ticularity (opposite sâmânya): --˚ (sts. also ˚--)Equivalent to a definite, special, or particular (plural different kinds of, various); extraordinary, pre-eminent, choice, distinguished: dative for the enhance ment of (beauty, --˚); instrumental, ablative, ˚--, exceedingly, pre-eminently, especially, particularly, very; ablative by special reason of, in consequence of (--˚); yena yena viseshena, in any way whatever; adjective extraordinary, abundant (in crease, vide, see r. viseshât): -ka, --˚ adjective Equivalent to visesha, particularity; adjective distinguishing, qualifying; masculine neuter forehead mark; masculine a figure of speech in which two objects are at first represented as similar, but finally as different (for example 'the crow and the cuckoo are black; spring causes their difference to be heard'); -karana, neuter improvement; -gña, adjective knowing the differ ences of things, discriminative, judicious; --˚, knowing various --.

    Source: Macdonell

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