Vairupya, Vairūpya: 11 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Vairūpya (वैरूप्य).—A Sāma;1 from the face of Brahmā,2 helped Supratīka elephant to get sārūpya.3

The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
vairūpya (वैरूप्य).—n S Badness of features or form, ugliness.
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
Vairūpya (वैरूप्य).—[virūpasya bhāvaḥ ṣyañ]
1) Deformity, ugliness; वैरूप्यपौनरुक्त्येन भीषणां तामयोजयत् (vairūpyapaunaruktyena bhīṣaṇāṃ tāmayojayat) R.12.4.
2) Difference or diversity of form.
Derivable forms: vairūpyam (वैरूप्यम्).
Vairūpya (वैरूप्य).—n.
(-pyaṃ) 1. Deformity. 2. Difference of form, &c. E. virūpa, ṣyañ aff.
Vairūpya (वैरूप्य).—i. e. vi-rūpa + ya, n. 1. Deformity, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 466; [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 12, 40. 2. Difference of form.
Vairūpya (वैरूप्य).—[neuter] variety, difference; deformity.
1) Vairūpya (वैरूप्य):—[from vairūpa] n. multiplicity of form, diversity, difference, [Mahābhārata; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa; Bṛhad-āraṇyaka-upaniṣad [Scholiast or Commentator]]
2) [v.s. ...] deformity, ugliness, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Yājñavalkya etc.]
Vairūpya (वैरूप्य):—(pyaṃ) 1. n. Deformity.
Vairūpya (वैरूप्य):—(von 2. virūpa) n. nom. abstr. [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 7, 19.]
1) Verschiedenartigkeit, Mannichfaltigkeit, Verschiedenheit: viśva [Mahābhārata 5, 1627.] anyonyavairūpye [12, 8805.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 45, 30.] śāstrārtha [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [S. 198.] —
2) deformitas [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 79.] dehe [Mahābhārata 3, 15912.] aṅgaja [Harivaṃśa 10863.] aṅgeṣu [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 48, 6.] aṅga [49, 4. 7, 30, 22.] [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 40.] [Spr. 1912.] roga in Folge von Krankheit [Kathāsaritsāgara 12, 71. 16, 68. 20, 109. 40, 27. 56, 351. 362.] [MAHĀNĀṬ. 312.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 17, 13. 3, 30, 15. 9, 10, 4. 10, 54, 37.] [Daśakumāracarita 67, 13.] sindhuvairūpyakaraṇa [Oxforder Handschriften 79,a,8.]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Vairūpya (वैरूप्य):—(nm) see [virūpatā].
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Kannada-English dictionary
Vairūpya (ವೈರೂಪ್ಯ):—[noun] a form that is ugly.
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)
Starts with: Vairupyata.
Full-text: Vairupyata, Rogavairupya, Paunaruktya, Vairuppiyam, Gatravairupyata, Avakutara, Avakata, Alya, Hala, Supratika, Okotimaka, Hasyarasa.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 4.51 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
Text 4.49 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
Text 5.6 < [Chapter 5 - Second-rate Poetry]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 4.9.13 < [Part 9 - Incomplete Expression of Mellows (rasābhāsa)]
Verse 2.5.100 < [Part 5 - Permanent Ecstatic Mood (sthāyī-bhāva)]
Verse 4.9.25 < [Part 9 - Incomplete Expression of Mellows (rasābhāsa)]
Mimamsa in Medhatithi (study) (by A. R. Joshi)
Definition of Vakyabheda in Mimamsa < [Part 3.21 - Vakyabheda]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.7.34 < [Chapter 7 - The Marriage of Śrī Rukmiṇī]
Chandogya Upanishad (Shankara Bhashya) (by Ganganatha Jha)
Section 2.15 (fifteenth khaṇḍa) (two texts) < [Chapter 2 - Second Adhyāya]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 269 < [Volume 25 (1924)]