Vishamashila, Viṣamaśīla, Visamasila, Vishama-shila: 9 definitions
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Vishamashila 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 Viṣamaśīla can be transliterated into English as Visamasila or Vishamashila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara1) Viṣamaśīla (विषमशील) is the name of the eighteenth book of the Kathāsaritsāgara, written by Somadeva in the 11th-century.
2) Viṣamaśīla (विषमशील) is another name for Vikramāditya, the son of king Mahendrāditya and an incarnation of the Gaṇa named Mālyavat, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 120. Accordingly, as Śiva said to king Mahendrāditya: “... I am pleased with thee, King: so a son shall be born to thee, who by his might shall conquer the earth with all its divisions; and that hero shall reduce under his sway the Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Piśācas and others—even those that move in the air and dwell in Pātāla—and shall slay the hosts of the Mlecchas; for this reason he shall be named Vikramāditya, and also Viṣamaśīla, on account of his stern hostility to his enemies”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Viṣamaśīla, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryViṣamaśīla (विषमशील).—a. cross-tempered, peevish, perverse.
Viṣamaśīla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viṣama and śīla (शील).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśamaśīla (विशमशील).—mfn.
(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) 1. Uneven. 2. Uneasy. E. viṣama, śīla having.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣamaśīla (विषमशील).—adj. uneven, difficult.
Viṣamaśīla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viṣama and śīla (शील).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣamaśīla (विषमशील).—[adjective] cross-tempered.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Viṣamaśīla (विषमशील):—[=vi-ṣama-śīla] [from vi-ṣama] mfn. having an unequable disposition, cross-tempered, rough, difficult, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Vikramāditya, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
3) [v.s. ...] of the 18th Lambaka of the Kathā-sarit-sāgara called after him
4) [v.s. ...] ([wrong reading] for viṣama-śilā, ‘an uneven rock’ [Pañcatantra iii, 310/311])
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣamaśīla (विषमशील):—[viṣama-śīla] (laḥ-lā-laṃ) a. Uneven; uneasy; difficult.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusViṣamaśīla (ವಿಷಮಶೀಲ):—[adjective] immoral, corrupt, dissolute.
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Viṣamaśīla (ವಿಷಮಶೀಲ):—[noun] an immoral, unchaste, dissolute man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shila, Vishama, Cila.
Full-text: Bhutaketu, Vikramaditya.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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