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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Vismāpana (विस्मापन):—Creating surprise

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vismāpana (विस्मापन).—n S Astonishing, surprising, exciting or causing wonder.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vismāpana (विस्मापन).—a. (-nī f.) Astonishing; येन मेऽपहृतं तेजो देवविस्मापनं महत् (yena me'pahṛtaṃ tejo devavismāpanaṃ mahat) Bhāgavata 1.15.5.

-naḥ 1 The god of love.

2) Trick, deceit, illusion.

-nam 1 Causing wonder.

2) Anything causing wonder.

3) A city of the Gandharvas (said to be m. also).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vismāpanā (विस्मापना).—(Sanskrit only nt. °na), the causing astonish- ment: Bodhisattvabhūmi 140.27, see s.v. toṣaṇā.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vismāpana (विस्मापन).—m.

(-naḥ) 1. Deceit, illusion. 2. A magical or enchanted city, one that appears and disappears unexpectedly, or in unexpected situations, a city of the Gand'harbas. 3. Kama or Cupid. 4. Astonishing, surprising, causing wonder or surprise. E. vi, smi to smile, causal form, aff. lyuṭ .

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

Vismāpana (विस्मापन).—i. e. vi-smi, [Causal.], + ana, n. 1. Causing surprise, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 15, 5. 2. Illusion, deceit. 3. Kāma. 4. A magical or enchanted city, a city of the Gandharvas.

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

Vismāpana (विस्मापन).—([feminine] ī) astonishing.

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

1) Vismāpana (विस्मापन):—[=vi-smāpana] [from vi-smāpaka > vi-smi] mf(ī)n. idem, [Mahābhārata; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a juggler, conjurer, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] illusion, deceit, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] = gandharva-nagara (q.v.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] the god of love, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] n. the act of astonishing or surprising, [Harivaṃśa]

7) [v.s. ...] a means of surprising, [Caraka; Bhāvaprakāśa]

8) [v.s. ...] a surprising or miraculous sign or phenomenon, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

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

Vismāpana (विस्मापन):—[vi-smāpana] (naḥ) 1. m. Deceit; illusion; Kāma; astonishing.

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

Vismāpana (विस्मापन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vimhāvaṇa, Vimhāvaṇā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vismapana 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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