The Sanskrit term Vipruṣ can be transliterated into English as Viprus or Viprush, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Vipruṣ (विप्रुष्) refers to “drops of water” (which fall from one’s mouth when speaking) and represents one of the seven magic powers, according to chapter 4.7 [sanatkumāra-cakrin-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.

Accordingly:—“[...] Magic powers were acquired by him enduring all the trials hard to endure, indifferent to any expedient for relief. The seven magic powers, namely: phlegm, vipruṣ, dried perspiration, impurity, excrement, touch, and also ‘everything’, are called remedies”.

Note: Vipruṣ is defined by Hemacandra himself in Yogaśāstra 1.8. com. as uccāra, which is synonymous with viṣṭa. Rājendra (Ardha-Māgadhī Koṣa), and Pāiasaddamahaṇṇavo support this; also Viśeṣāvaśyakabhāṣya 781. However, Leumann in his Āvaśyaka-Erzählungen takes it to be ‘drops of water which fall from one’s mouth when speaking.’ He quotes from his com., “prasravaṇādi bindavaḥ”. Also in our text below, 397, kaphavipruṣ apparently = kaphabindu.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vipruṣ (विप्रुष्).—f.

1) A drop (of water or any other liquid); संतापं नवजलविप्रुषो गृहीत्वा (saṃtāpaṃ navajalavipruṣo gṛhītvā) Śiśupālavadha 8.4; स्वेदविप्रुषः (svedavipruṣaḥ) 2.18.

2) A mark, dot, spot.

3) Drops falling from the mouth while speaking; Manusmṛti 1.133 (com. vipruṣo mukhaniḥsṛtā alpā jalakaṇāḥ).

4) A phenomenon; Rāj. T.

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

Vipruṣ (विप्रुष्).—f. (-pruṭ) 1. A drop of water, &c. 2. A spot, a mark, a dot. E. vi privative, pruṣ to burn, aff. kvip; also vipluṣ .

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

Vipruṣ (विप्रुष्).—[vi-pruṣ], f. A drop (of any fluid), [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 5, 133; [Pañcatantra] 79, 16 (see my transl. n. 383).

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

Vipruṣ (विप्रुष्).—[feminine] ([nominative] pruṭ) drop, spot, dot.

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Vipruṣ (विप्रुष्).—drip off or down.

Vipruṣ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and pruṣ (प्रुष्).

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

1) Vipruṣ (विप्रुष्):—[=vi-pruṣ] 1. vi-pruṣ -pruṣyati, to ooze out, drip away, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

2) [=vi-pruṣ] 2. vi-pruṣ f. ([nominative case] pruṭ) a drop (of water), spark (of fire), speck, spark, small bit, atom, [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.

3) [v.s. ...] [plural] (with or [scilicet] mukhyāḥ) drops falling from the mouth while speaking, [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] a phenomenon (= āścarya-v), [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

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

Vipruṣ (विप्रुष्):—(ṭ) 5. f. A drop of water; a spot, mark, dot.

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

Vipruṣ (विप्रुष्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vippa, Vippu.

[Sanskrit to German]

Viprush in German

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: Prush, Vi.

Starts with: Viprunmat, Viprusha, Viprushmant.

Ends with: Kaphaviprush, Svedaviprush.

Full-text: Svedaviprush, Viplush, Vippa, Vipruddhoma, Viprushmant, Viprunmat, Vaiprusha, Vippu, Vagviprusha, Kaphabindu, Kaphaviprush, Prush, Vishta, Amrisha, Kapha, Sharva, Jalla, Mala, Prishata.

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