Visarpana, Visarpaṇa: 8 definitions
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Visarpana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVisarpaṇa (विसर्पण).—
1) Creeping along, gliding, going gently.
2) Diffusion, spreading, extending.
3) Increase, growth.
Derivable forms: visarpaṇam (विसर्पणम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVisarpaṇa (विसर्पण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) 1. Spreading, extending. 2. Going gently. 3. Flying. E. vi before sṛp to go, aff. lyuṭ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVisarpaṇa (विसर्पण).—i. e. vi-sṛp + ana, n. 1. Spreading. 2. Flying. 3. Going gently.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVisarpaṇa (विसर्पण).—[adjective] & [neuter] spreading, increasing; [neuter] also moving off, budging.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Visarpaṇa (विसर्पण):—[=vi-sarpaṇa] [from vi-sarpa > vi-sṛp] mfn. creeping along, spreading, increasing, [Caraka]
2) [=vi-sarpaṇa] [from vi-sarpa > vi-sṛp] n. leaving one’s place, shifting, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] spreading, diffusion, increase, growth, [Suśruta]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVisarpaṇa (विसर्पण):—[vi-sarpaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Gliding; spreading.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVisarpaṇa (ವಿಸರ್ಪಣ):—
1) [noun] = ವಿಸರ್ಪ - [visarpa -] 2.
2) [noun] the act of spreading or being spread.
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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