Viprasanna: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viprasanna (विप्रसन्न).—a. Greatly pleased; शमात्मके चेतसि विप्रसन्ने (śamātmake cetasi viprasanne) Bu. Ch.2.45.

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

Viprasanna (विप्रसन्न).—ppp. of next (= Pali vippa°; once in Sanskrit, [Boehtlingk], Caraka, of dhātu in medical sense), calm, serene, unperturbed: of the sense-faculties (indriya), Lalitavistara 405.7; 409.2; Mahāvastu iii.61.14, 16; Sukhāvatīvyūha 2.17; °na-manāḥ Mahāvyutpatti 423 (of a Tathāgata); of a Buddha's mukha-varṇa Mahāvastu iii.325.16; in comparison to a pond, hradam iva accho anāvilo vipra- sanno…Mahāvastu i.237.12 (of a Buddha), and similarly Gaṇḍavyūha 195.13; Udānavarga xvii.11 (yathā hradaḥ sugabhīro °nno hy anāvilaḥ; for the conclusion see next); Mahāvyutpatti 7293.

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

Viprasanna (विप्रसन्न):—mfn. tranquil, calm, [Buddha-carita]

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

Viprasanna (विप्रसन्न) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vippasanna.

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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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