Vipaksha, Vipakṣa: 16 definitions

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Vipaksha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Vipakṣa can be transliterated into English as Vipaksa or Vipaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Vipaksh.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Vipakṣa (विपक्ष) refers to “(being rendered) wingless”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.41 (“Description of the Altar-Structure”).—Accordingly, as Viṣṇu said to Indra: “O lord of Śacī, formerly you had been enchanted by the demons Nivātakavacas, your previous enemies, by the power of their great spell. O Indra, at my instance, this mountain Himavat and others too were rendered wingless (vipakṣa). Let the mountains now create magic on remembering that and wish to surpass us foolishly. We are not to be afraid of our enemies. O Indra, Śiva favourably disposed to His devotees, will undoubtedly look to our welfare”.

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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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In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Vipakṣa (विपक्ष) refers to the “opponent”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Glory to the great tree that is stopping the influx of karma whose opponent is conquered (jita-vipakṣa), which is rooted in all the rules of conduct for a mendicant, whose great trunk is restraint, whose full branches are tranquillity, which is covered with the blossom of virtue [and] is beautiful because of producing whole fruit through the reflections. [Thus ends the reflection on] stopping the influx of karma”.

Synonyms: Pratikūla.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vipakṣa (विपक्ष).—m S An adversary or antagonist. 2 A disputant or an opponent. 3 An opposite, a matter contradictory or contrary. 4 In logic. A syllogism or an argument in which the proposition to be maintained is always wanting. See sapakṣa.

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vipakṣa (विपक्ष).—a (S) Opposed or adverse to, contrary, hostile. 2 Unsupported, unadvocated, uncountenanced--a doctrine or a person.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vipakṣa (विपक्ष).—m An antagonist. A disputant. An opposite.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vipakṣa (विपक्ष).—a.

1) Hostile, inimical, adverse, contrary.

2) Impartial.

-kṣaḥ 1 An enemy, adversary, opponent; गुणास्तस्य विपक्षेऽपि गुणिनो लेभिरेऽन्तरम् (guṇāstasya vipakṣe'pi guṇino lebhire'ntaram) R.17.75; Śiśupālavadha 11.59.

2) A rival or fellow wife; प्रेमगर्वितविपक्षमत्सरात् (premagarvitavipakṣamatsarāt) R.19. 2.

3) A disputant; हृतोत्तरं तत्त्वविचारमध्ये वक्तेव दोषैर्गुरुभि- र्विपक्षम् (hṛtottaraṃ tattvavicāramadhye vakteva doṣairgurubhi- rvipakṣam) Kirātārjunīya 17.43.

4) (In logic) A negative instance, an instance on the opposite side, (i. e. that is which the sādhya or major term is not found); निश्चितसाध्याभाववान् विपक्षः (niścitasādhyābhāvavān vipakṣaḥ) T. S.; Mu.5.1.

5) (In gram.) An exception.

6) Impartiality, indifference.

7) The day of transition from one-half of a lunar month to another.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vipakṣa (विपक्ष).—(-vipakṣa), adj., in karma deśāntara-vipakṣaṃ, an act which has its fruition (result) in a foreign country: Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 30.20; 50.12, 14; 57.4; 64.13. So the mss. always, kept by Lévi in 30.20, otherwise em. to vipākaṃ; but the form is clearly a hyper-Sanskritism for MIndic (Pali) vipakka = Sanskrit vipakva, confused with MIndic vipakkha = vipakṣa.

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

Vipakṣa (विपक्ष).—mfn.

(-kṣaḥ-kṣā-kṣaṃ) Opposed or adverse to, contrary, inimical. m.

(-kṣaḥ) 1. An enemy, an adversary. 2. A disputant, an opponent. 3. Exception, (in grammar, &c.) 4. (In logic.) An argument or syllogism in which the proposition to be maintained is wanting. E. vi implying opposite, contrary, and pakṣa part or side.

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

Vipakṣa (विपक्ष).—I. adj. opposed, inimical. Ii. m. 1. an enemy, [Pañcatantra] 171, 10. 2. an opponent, a disputant. 3. a negative instance (sādhyābhāvavān), Bhāṣāp. 72; one in which the major term is not found.

Vipakṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and pakṣa (पक्ष).

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

Vipakṣa (विपक्ष).—1. [masculine] the day of transition from one half-month to another; adversary, rival; counter assertion or example.

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Vipakṣa (विपक्ष).—2. [adjective] robbed of the wings.

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

1) Vipakṣa (विपक्ष):—[=vi-pakṣa] [from vi] a See sub voce

2) [=vi-pakṣa] b mfn. deprived of wings, [Rāmāyaṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] m. ‘being on a different side.’, an opponent, adversary, enemy (mfn. ‘counteracting’ [Jātakamālā]), [Inscriptions; Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara]

4) [v.s. ...] a disputant, [Kirātārjunīya]

5) [v.s. ...] a female rival, [Raghuvaṃśa; Śiśupāla-vadha]

6) [v.s. ...] the day of transition from one half of a lunar month to another, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

7) [v.s. ...] (in gram.) an exception, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

8) [v.s. ...] (in logic) a counter-statement, counter-instance, argument proving the contrary (e.g. ‘there cannot be fire in a lake, because there is no smoke there’), [Tarkasaṃgraha; Bhāṣāpariccheda; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

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

Vipakṣa (विपक्ष):—[vi-pakṣa] (kṣaḥ-kṣā-kṣaṃ) m. Opponent, enemy; exception to a rule. a. Opposed, hostile.

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

Vipakṣa (विपक्ष) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vivakkha.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vipaksha 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.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vipakṣa (विपक्ष) [Also spelled vipaksh]:—(nm) the opposition (party/side); adversary; -[bhāva/vṛtti] opposition, hostility.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vipakṣa (ವಿಪಕ್ಷ):—[noun] belonging to an opposing (political) party.

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Vipakṣa (ವಿಪಕ್ಷ):—

1) [noun] the quality or characteristic that is just contrary to one.

2) [noun] a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; enmity.

3) [noun] an opponent; an adversary; an enemy.

4) [noun] the opposition party (as in politics;).

5) [noun] the military force of one’s enemy.

6) [noun] the fact of (the eye-lids) being open.

7) [noun] a man belonging to one’s opposition party (as in politics).

8) [noun] the quality of being impartial, not favouring either of the opposing parties; impartiality.

9) [noun] any of the two fortnights in a lunar month (as mutually related to each other).

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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.

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Nepali dictionary

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Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Vipakṣa (विपक्ष):—n. 1. an enemy; an adversary; an opponent; 2. a disputant; 3. a respondent; an opposition party; 4. a contrary instance; 5. Gram. an exception; 6. neutrality;

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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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