Vighnanashana, Vighnanāśana, Vighna-nashana: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vighnanāśana can be transliterated into English as Vighnanasana or Vighnanashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvighnanāśana (विघ्ननाशन).—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.
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 dictionaryVighnanāśana (विघ्ननाशन).—epithets of Gaṇeśa.
Derivable forms: vighnanāśanaḥ (विघ्ननाशनः).
Vighnanāśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vighna and nāśana (नाशन). See also (synonyms): vighnanāyaka, vighnanāśaka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVighnanāśana (विघ्ननाशन).—n.
(-naṃ) Removing obstacles. m.
(-naḥ) A name of Ganesa. E. vighna an obstacle, and nāśana removing; the deity being supposed capable of either causing or removing difficulties and impediments, and being therefore especially worshipped at the commencement of any undertaking; also other similar compounds.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vighnanāśana (विघ्ननाशन):—[=vi-ghna-nāśana] [from vi-ghna > vi-ghana] n. destruction or removal of ob°, [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 DictionaryVighnanāśana (विघ्ननाशन):—[vighna-nāśana] (naḥ) 1. m. Ganesha. n. Removal of 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: Nasana, Vighna.
Full-text: Vighnanayaka, Vighnesha, Vighnaharin, Vighnanashaka, Riddhisiddhi.
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