Vishankata, վśṅkṭa, Vishamkata, Visamkata: 11 definitions
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Vishankata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term վśṅkṭa can be transliterated into English as Visankata or Vishankata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryվśṅkṭa (विशङ्क�).�a. (-ṭ�, -ṭ� f.)
1) Great, large, big; विशङ्कटो वक्षसि बाणपाणिः (viśaṅ첹ṭo vakṣasi bṇapṇi�) Bhaṭṭikvya 2.5; Śiśuplavadha 13.34.
2) Strong, vehement, powerful.
-ṭa ind. Vehemently, intensely.
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVisaṃ첹ṭa (विसंकट).�a. Frightful; dreadful; दंष्ट्राकोटिविसङ्कटैरि� इत� धावद्भिराकीर्यत� (daṃṣṭrkoṭivisaṅ첹ṭairita ito dhvadbhirkīryate) Mlatīmdhava (Bombay) 5.13; cf. विशंकट (śṃkṭa).
-ṭa� 1 A lion.
2) The Ingudī tree.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryվśṅkṭa (विशङ्क�).—mfn.
(-ṭa�-ṭ� or ṭ�-ṭa�) 1. Great, large. 2. Strong, vehement. E. vi the particle, śṅkṭa aff. in this sense.
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վṅkṭa (विसङ्क�).—m.
(-ṭa�) 1. A lion. 2. The Ingudi tree. E. vi and sama before 첹� to encompass, ac aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryվśṅkṭa (विशङ्क�).� ([Pṇini, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 5, 2, 28, nevertheless for original vi-saṃ첹ṭa), adj. Great, large, [Bhaṭṭikvya, (ed. Calc.)] 2, 50; [Mlatīmdhava, (ed. Calc.)] 78, 2 (with s); acc. ṭa, adv. Vehemently, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 46, 5.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryվśṅkṭa (विशङ्क�).—[adjective] extensive, enormous, huge, awful, terrible.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) վśṅkṭa (विशङ्क�):—[=vi-śaṅ첹ṭa] [from vi] a mf( or [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ī)n. (cf. -saṃ첹ṭa) extensive, large, big, [Kvya literature; ʲñٲԳٰ] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] strong, vehement, [Monier-Williams� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
3) [v.s. ...] ghastly, hideous, [Mlatīmdhava; ʲñٲԳٰ; Kathsaritsgara]
4) [=vi-śaṅ첹ṭa] b See p. 952, col. 2.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Visaṃ첹ṭa (विसंकट):—[=vi-saṃ첹ṭa] [from vi] mfn. = -śaṅ첹ṭa q.v.
2) [v.s. ...] m. a lion, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] the Ingudī tree, [Monier-Williams� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) վśṅkṭa (विशङ्क�):—[vi-śaṅ첹ṭa] (ṭa�-ṭ�-ṭ�-ṭa�) a. Great.
2) վṅkṭa (विसङ्क�):—[vi-saṅ첹ṭa] (ṭa�) 1. m. A lion.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusViśaṃ첹ṭa (ವಿಶಂಕಟ):�
1) [adjective] very large; huge; gigantic.
2) [adjective] wide; broad; extensive.
3) [adjective] strong; powerful; mighty.
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Viśaṃ첹ṭa (ವಿಶಂಕಟ):—[noun] the quality or fact of being wide, broad; width; breadth.
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Visaṃ첹ṭa (ವಿಸಂಕಟ):—[adjective] causing dread; dreadful; terrible.
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Visaṃ첹ṭa (ವಿಸಂಕಟ):—[noun] (myth.) name of a hell.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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