Alternative spellings of this word include Vihang.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Vihaṃga (विहंग) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.52.10, I.57) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Vihaṃga) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vihaṃga (विहंग).—

1) A bird; विश्वासाय विहंगानाम् (viśvāsāya vihaṃgānām) R.1.51; (eṣa dharmo) विहंगमहिषीणां च विज्ञेयः प्रसवं प्रति (vihaṃgamahiṣīṇāṃ ca vijñeyaḥ prasavaṃ prati) Manusmṛti 9.55.

2) A cloud.

3) An arrow; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 8.

4) The sun.

5) The moon.

Derivable forms: vihaṃgaḥ (विहंगः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vihaṃga (विहंग).—i. e. viha + m-ga (see the last), I. adj. Flying, going swiftly. Ii. m. A bird, [Pañcatantra] 157, 20.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vihaṃga (विहंग).—[masculine] = vihaga.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vihaṃga (विहंग):—[=viha-ṃ-ga] [from viha > vi-hā] mfn. sky-going, flying, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] m. = vihaga, a bird, [Manu-smṛti; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] an arrow, [Mahābhārata viii, 3343]

4) [v.s. ...] a cloud, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] the sun, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] the moon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] Name of a serpent-demon, [Mahābhārata]

[Sanskrit to German]

Vihamga in German

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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

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vihaṃga (विहंग) [Also spelled vihang]:—(nm) a bird; ~[rāja] Garur—the mythological king of birds.

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Starts with (+1): Vihamgadhipa, Vihamgadhvana, Vihamgahan, Vihamgaka, Vihamgama, Vihamgamadrishti, Vihamgamakula, Vihamgamanota, Vihamgamika, Vihamganadi, Vihamgapa, Vihamgaraja, Vihamgarati, Vihamgavahana, Vihamgavalokana, Vihamgavati, Vihamgendra, Vihamgeshvara, Vihamgeshvaraja, Vihanga.

Ends with: Atisitangavihamga, Citravihamga, Grahakavihamga, Jalavihamga, Madhuvihamga, Nirvihamga, Savihamga, Sthalavihamga, Vihanga, Vrittavihamga.

Full-text (+1): Vihanga, Vaihamga, Vihamgarati, Nirvihamga, Vihaga, Vihamgahan, Vihamgaraja, Atisitangavihamga, Grahakavihamga, Vibhanga, Vihag, Sthalavihamga, Vihamgika, Savihamga, Vihang, Vihamgendra, Vihamgeshvara, Vihamgeshvaraja, Han, Bandhura.

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