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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Vipaṇa (विपण).—A companion of Puramjana, allegorically the organ of speech (see Mukhyā).^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IV. 25. 49; 29. 11.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vipaṇa (विपण).—

1) Sale; विपणेन च जीवन्तो वर्ज्याः स्युर्हव्यकव्ययोः (vipaṇena ca jīvanto varjyāḥ syurhavyakavyayoḥ) Manusmṛti 3.152.

2) Petty trade.

3) Petty market; विपणापणवान् रम्यो भक्ष्यभोज्यविहारवान् (vipaṇāpaṇavān ramyo bhakṣyabhojyavihāravān) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 14.59. 11.

4) Engaging, undertaking; अर्थेन तु समोऽनर्थो यत्र लभ्येत नोदयः । न तत्र विपणः कार्यः खरकण्डूयनं हि तत् (arthena tu samo'nartho yatra labhyeta nodayaḥ | na tatra vipaṇaḥ kāryaḥ kharakaṇḍūyanaṃ hi tat) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.33.66.

Derivable forms: vipaṇaḥ (विपणः).

See also (synonyms): vipaṇana.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vipaṇa (विपण).—m.

(-ṇaḥ) Sale, contract of sale. E. vi before, paṇ to be of price, aff. ghañ or gha; also with lyuṭ, vipaṇana n. (-naṃ) .

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

Vipaṇa (विपण).—[vi-paṇ + a], m. 1. Sale, [Sundopasundopākhyāna] 2, 23. 2. Low traffic, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 152; 10, 116.

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

Vipaṇa (विपण).—[masculine] sale, traffic; bet, wager; trading-place, shop, market.

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Vipāna (विपान).—[neuter] drinking off.

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

1) Vipaṇa (विपण):—[=vi-paṇa] [from vi] 1. vi-paṇa m. (for 2. See vi-√paṇ) low or petty traffic, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

2) [=vi-paṇa] [from vi-paṇ] 2. vi-paṇa m. (for 1. See p. 951, col. 2) selling, sale, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] a wager, [Mahābhārata]

4) [v.s. ...] a trading-place, shop, market-place, [Mahābhārata; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

5) [v.s. ...] ‘market’ ([figuratively] applied to speech, the organ of speech, or the energy of activity), [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

6) [v.s. ...] Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata] (= nirvyavahāra or daṇḍādi-rahita)

7) Vipāna (विपान):—[=vi-pāna] [from vi-pā] n. drinking up, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa]

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

Vipaṇa (विपण):—[vi-paṇa] (ṇaḥ) 1. m. Sale; contract.

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Vipaṇa 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

Vipaṇa (विपण):—(nm) a market, small market.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vipaṇa (ವಿಪಣ):—

1) [noun] the act of selling; sale.

2) [noun] a market place or a street where shops are located.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Vipaṇa (विपण):—n. retail trade; market;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Vi, Pana.

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