The Sanskrit term Vimṛś can be transliterated into English as Vimrs or Vimrish, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vimṛś (विमृश्).—6 P.

1) To touch, feel.

2) To stroke, rub.

3) To think, consider, reflect, ponder (over); वृणते हि विमृश्यकारिणं गुणलुब्धाः स्वयमेव संपदः (vṛṇate hi vimṛśyakāriṇaṃ guṇalubdhāḥ svayameva saṃpadaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 2.3; रामप्रवासे व्यमृशन्न दोषं जनापवादं सनरेन्द्रमृत्युम् (rāmapravāse vyamṛśanna doṣaṃ janāpavādaṃ sanarendramṛtyum) Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.7;12.24; Ku. 6.87; इति ते ज्ञानमाख्यातं गुह्याद् गुह्यतरं मया । विमृश्यैतदशेषेण (iti te jñānamākhyātaṃ guhyād guhyataraṃ mayā | vimṛśyaitadaśeṣeṇa) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 18.63; Śiśupālavadha 1.56.

4) To perceive, observe.

5) To examine, test; तदत्रभवानिमं मां च शास्त्रे प्रयोगे च विमृशतु (tadatrabhavānimaṃ māṃ ca śāstre prayoge ca vimṛśatu) M.1.

6) To hesitate, doubt.

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

Vimṛś (विमृश्).—touch, feel, stroke, try, examine, find out. [Causative] consider, reflect upon.

Vimṛś is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and mṛś (मृश्).

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

1) Vimṛś (विमृश्):—[=vi-√mṛś] (often confounded with vi-√mṛṣ) [Parasmaipada] -mṛśati, to touch (with the hands), stroke, feel, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to touch (mentally), be sensible or aware of, perceive, consider, reflect on, deliberate about, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to investigate, examine, try, test, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

— (with [infinitive mood]) to hesitate about doing anything, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa] :—[Causal] -marśayati, to ponder, reflect on, consider, [Kāvya literature; Pañcatantra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) Vimṛṣ (विमृष्):—[=vi-√mṛṣ] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -mṛṣyati, te, or -marṣati, te (cf. vi-√mṛś), to be distressed, bear hardly, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vimṛś (विमृश्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vimarisa, Vīmaṃsa.

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mrish, Vi.

Starts with: Vimrisha, Vimrishata, Vimrishita, Vimrishta, Vimrishtantaramsa, Vimrishtaraga, Vimrishya, Vimrishyakarin.

Ends with: Anuvimrish, Pravimrish, Samvimrish.

Full-text: Vimarshana, Vimarshin, Vimamsa, Vimarisa, Vimarsha, Vimrishya, Anuvimrish, Vimrisha, Samvimrish, Vimarshavat, Vimarshita, Vimrishita, Mrishita, Vimrishyakarin, Vimrishta, Pravimrish, Vimarshavadin, Vimarshanga, Vimarda.

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