Vishrambhana, Viśrambhaṇa: 6 definitions

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Vishrambhana 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 Viśrambhaṇa can be transliterated into English as Visrambhana or Vishrambhana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

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Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Viśrambhaṇa (विश्रम्भण) refers to the “confidence (of trained hawks)”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “[Hunting by Hawking] is to be practised in various ways, namely, by inspiring the hawks with confidence (viśrambhaṇa), by observing their characteristics and by practising the different ways of throwing or casting them. The casting is of two kinds—Hastamoka and Muṣṭimoka. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

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[«previous next»] — Vishrambhana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viśrambhaṇa (विश्रम्भण).—a. Winning confidence; कृष्णस्त्वन्यतमं रूपं गोपविश्रम्भणं गतः (kṛṣṇastvanyatamaṃ rūpaṃ gopaviśrambhaṇaṃ gataḥ) Bhāgavata 1.24.35.

-ṇam Confidence.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viśrambhaṇa (विश्रम्भण).—[neuter] mbhatā [feminine] trust, confidence.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Viśrambhaṇa (विश्रम्भण):—[=vi-śrambhaṇa] [from vi-śrambha > vi-śrambh] n. confidence (ṇaṃgaṃ, to win c°)

2) [v.s. ...] gaining a person’s c°, [Daśakumāra-carita]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Viśrambhaṇa (विश्रम्भण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vissaṃbhaṇa, Vissaṃbhaṇayā, Vīsuṃbhaṇa.

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Vishrambhana in German

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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.

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