Abhishah, Abhiṣāh, Abhīṣāh: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Abhiṣāh and Abhīṣāh can be transliterated into English as Abhisah or Abhishah, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAbhiṣāh (अभिषाह्).—a.
1) Bearing, patient.
2) Overpowering.
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Abhīṣāh (अभीषाह्).—a. Overpowering; guaranteeing safety from enemies (parebhyo'bhayadātā; abhīṣahamāṇaḥ sapatnān, abhibhavati śatrūn Nir.). f. (ṭ) Great power.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhisah (अभिसह्).—overwhelm, subdue; violate (a woman); bear, suffer, pardon.
Abhisah is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhi and sah (सह्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Abhiṣah (अभिषह्):—[=abhi-ṣah] (√sah), (perf. [subjunctive] -sāsahat Prec. 2. sg. -sāsahīṣṭhās, p. [Parasmaipada] -sāhvas and [Ātmanepada] -sehāna) to overpower, conquer, [Ṛg-veda];
— ([Aorist] [Ātmanepada] 1. sg. -asākṣi) to gain, win, [Ṛg-veda x, 159, 1; Kauśika-sūtra; Nirukta, by Yāska];
—to tolerate, allow, pardon, ([Passive voice] -sahyate), [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
2) Abhīṣah (अभीषह्):—[=abhī-ṣah] [from abhi-ṣah] a m([nominative case]-ṣāṭ)fn. overpowering, [Ṛg-veda vii, 4, 8; Atharva-veda; Nirukta, by Yāska]
3) [=abhī-ṣah] b See abhi-ṣah.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhiṣāh (अभिषाह्):—See abhīṣāh.
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Abhīṣāh (अभीषाह्):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n. (-ṭ-ṭ-ṭ) (ved.) Overpowering, vanquishing; e. g. Ṛgv.: adhā cidokaḥ punaritsa etyā no vājyabhīṣāLetu navyaḥ (Yāska: = abhiṣahamāṇaḥ sapatnān; Sāy.: = śatrūṇāmabhibhavitā); or Atharv.: abhīṣāḍviśvāṣāḍagniḥ sapatnāṃhantu ye mama. (Comp. Pāṇ. Viii. 3. 56.) E. sah with abhi, kṛt aff. ṇvi, with the vowel of the second syllable lengthened.
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