Vighnanashaka, Vighnanāśaka, Vighna-nashaka: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vighnanāśaka can be transliterated into English as Vighnanasaka or Vighnanashaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvighnanāśaka (विघ्ननाशक).—m (S) Names of Gan̤esha, this deity being viewed as the remover of or ruler over all difficulties and impediments. He is invoked accordingly at the commencement of undertakings.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishvighnanāśaka (विघ्ननाशक) [-nāśana-rāja-hara, -नाशन-राज-हर].—m Names of gaṇēśa.
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 dictionaryVighnanāśaka (विघ्ननाशक).—epithets of Gaṇeśa.
Derivable forms: vighnanāśakaḥ (विघ्ननाशकः).
Vighnanāśaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vighna and nāśaka (नाशक). See also (synonyms): vighnanāyaka, vighnanāśana.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVighnanāśaka (विघ्ननाशक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Who or what removes difficulties, &c. m.
(-kaḥ) A name of Ganesa. E. vighna, nāśaka who or what destroys.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVighnanāśaka (विघ्ननाशक).—m. Gaṇcśa.
Vighnanāśaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vighna and nāśaka (नाशक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vighnanāśaka (विघ्ननाशक):—[=vi-ghna-nāśaka] [from vi-ghna > vi-ghana] mfn. who or what removes obstacles or difficulties, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Gaṇeśa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVighnanāśaka (विघ्ननाशक):—[vighna-nāśaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Ganesha. a. Removing impediments.
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: Nashaka, Vighna.
Full-text: Vighnanayaka, Vighnanashana.
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