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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

visabhāga : (adj.) different; contrary; uncommon.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Visabhāga, (adj.) (vi+sabhāga) different, unusual, extraordinary, uncommon Miln. 78 sq.; DA. I, 212; Vism. 180 (purisassa itthisarīraṃ, itthiyā purisa-sarīraṃ visabhāgaṃ), 516; DhA. IV, 52; PvA. 118.—°ārammaṇa pudendum muliebre J. II, 274 ≈ III, 498. (Page 639)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Visabhāga (विसभाग).—adj. (= Pali id.; compare sabhāga), different, unlike, discordant, inappropriate, uncongenial: te ca vilak- ṣaṇa te °gāḥ Samādhirājasūtra 19.16 (verse); see s.v. udāra for id. 22.26; °ga-sattvānunayāt Śikṣāsamuccaya 193.17, thru attachment (see [Page503-b+ 71] anunaya) to people of the wrong sort (one may be dissuaded from the solitary life); (sarvasattvānāṃ) °ga-samavadhā- nabhayābhyanta-(read °ātyanta-)-vigamāya Śikṣāsamuccaya 296.9, in order to complete divorce for all creatures from the fear of association with uncongenial (people); °ga-sarvasamava- dhānabhayabhītānāṃ °ga-sarvasamavadhānabhayavini- vartanatāyai Gaṇḍavyūha 264.16—17; a-visabhāga-varṇā 347.6, I (have come to be) of no discordant external appearance (followed by avaivarta-varṇā, avikalpa-v°, anīla-v°, etc., long series of chiefly negative adj. ending in -varṇā); anyathā tu °gaṃ bhavati nirmāṇam ātmanaḥ Bodhisattvabhūmi 64.15, but otherwise (if it were not created in his own image) the magic creation (of a Bodhisattva) will be one inappropriate to himself; visabhāgāśaya (upāya), one of the six upāya (q.v.) of a Bodhisattva, viz. that (method) in which the mental disposi- tion (of the B.) is (represented as being) discordant (with its real nature, in order to influence and help creatures; he may make it appear that he is angry and hostile towards the recalcitrant, tho he never is) Bodhisattvabhūmi 264.8, compare 269.14, 17.

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

Visabhāga (विसभाग):—[=vi-sabhāga] [from vi] mfn. having no share (-tā f.), [Haravijaya]

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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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Partial matches: Vi, Sabhaga.

Starts with: Visabhagata.

Ends with: Avisabhaga.

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