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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viplu (विप्लु).—1 Ā.

1) To float about, swing to and fro, fluctuate.

2) To drift (in the sea), be scattered; यदि न स्यान्नरपतिः सम्यङ्नेता ततः प्रजा । अकर्णधारा जलधौ विप्लवेतेह नौरिव (yadi na syānnarapatiḥ samyaṅnetā tataḥ prajā | akarṇadhārā jaladhau viplaveteha nauriva) || H.3.2; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3.72.

3) To be confused (as mind).

4) To be ruined or destroyed.

5) To fail. -Caus.

1) To cause to float or swim.

2) To divulge, spread abraod.

3) To teach (to unworthy persons); शरणागतं परित्यज्य वेदं विप्लाव्य च द्विजः (śaraṇāgataṃ parityajya vedaṃ viplāvya ca dvijaḥ) Manusmṛti 11.198.

4) To cause to fail, spoil, mar; गुणानामायथातथ्यादर्थं विप्लावयन्ति ये (guṇānāmāyathātathyādarthaṃ viplāvayanti ye) Śiśupālavadha 2.56.

5) To confound, bewilder.

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

Viplu (विप्लु).—go asunder, be dispersed, fall into disorder, go astray, be ruined, perish. [Causative] make swim; flood, inundate; spread abroad, divulge; ruin, destroy.

Viplu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and plu (प्लु).

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

Viplu (विप्लु):—[=vi-√plu] [Ātmanepada] -plavate (mc. also [Parasmaipada]), to float asunder, drift about, be dispersed or scattered, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Mahābhārata];

—to fall into disorder or confusion, go astray, be lost or ruined, perish, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.:

—[Causal] -plāvayati, to cause to swim or float about, [Kauśika-sūtra];—to spread abroad, make known, divulge, [Manu-smṛti xi, 198];

—to bring to ruin or calamity, waste, destroy, [Śiśupāla-vadha; Bālarāmāyaṇa];

— (-plav), to perplex, confuse, confound, [Kāvyaprakāśa]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Plu, Vi.

Starts with: Viplush, Viplushta, Vipluta, Viplutabhashin, Viplutakshi, Viplutalocana, Viplutalochana, Viplutanetra, Viplutayoni, Vipluti.

Full-text (+4): Viplava, Viplavin, Vipluti, Vipru, Viplavana, Viplavattahasa, Viplavaka, Viplutabhashin, Viplavatas, Viplutayoni, Visparshati, Vidigdha, Viplutanetra, Viplutalocana, Viplavita, Vishthita, Visamskara, Vicushayati, Vilagnita, Vivipata.

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Appendix 4.2: New and Rare Words < [Appendices]

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A Manual of Khshnoom (by Phiroz Nasarvanji Tavaria)

Chapter IX < [Part I]

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