Khadgavishana, Khaḍgaviṣāṇa, Khadga-vishana: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Khaḍgaviṣāṇa can be transliterated into English as Khadgavisana or Khadgavishana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKhaḍgaviṣāṇa (खड्गविषाण).—rhinoceros; -kalpa, adj. (= Pali khagga-visāṇa-kappa), like a rhinoceros, i.e. living a lonely life; especially (as in Pali) epithet of a Pratyekabuddha: Mahāvyutpatti 1006; Divyāvadāna 582.8; ekacarā °kalpā Mahāvastu i.301.4, and in a verse 357.15, otherwise eko care °kalpo 21 ff., or ekaś caret °kalpaḥ Divyāvadāna 294.15, refrain of the stanzas of Pali Sn i.3 (verses 35—75: eko care khagga-visāṇakappo), a number of which are reproduced in Mahāvastu i.357.12—359.15, and one in Divyāvadāna l.c.; they are designated khaḍgaviṣāṇa-gāthāḥ Mahāvastu i.359.16. Since Sanskrit khaḍga and Pali khagga mean rhinoceros, the Pali commentary on Sn paraphrases kh°-visāṇa by rhinoceros-horn. But actually the [compound] means rhino- ceros, = Sanskrit khaḍgin, originally having a sword (-like) horn. The comparison is to the animal, not to its horn. Cf. Samādhirājasūtra 19.29 khaḍga-samā; Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 13.7 khaḍga-vimalāḥ [Page203-a+ 71] (cited Śikṣāsamuccaya 196.4 as khaḍga-sadṛśāḥ); Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 16.7 (verse) eka viharati yathaiva khaḍgo. In all these khaḍga is the pre- cise equivalent of khaḍgaviṣāṇa (and khaḍgin), rhinoceros.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKhaḍgaviṣāṇa (खड्गविषाण):—[=khaḍga-viṣāṇa] [from khaḍga] m. a rhinoceros, [Divyāvadāna]
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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Partial matches: Vishana, Khadga.
Full-text: Samdarayati, Khadgin, Khagga, Vyakarana.
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