Vishad, Viṣad: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Viṣad can be transliterated into English as Visad or Vishad, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu

Viṣad (विषद्, “non-slimy”) or Viśada refers to one of the eight kinds of Vīrya (potency), representing characteristics of medicinal drugs, according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). Accordingly, “the rasa, vīrya and vipāka of the drugs should be noted (studied) carefully. [...] By vīrya [eg., Viṣad], the working capacity and potency is meant”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viṣad (विषद्).—1 P. To sink down, be exhausted.

2) To be dispirited or cast down, be afflicted or sorrowful, despond, despair; विलपति हसति विषीदति रोदिति चञ्चति मुञ्चति तापम् (vilapati hasati viṣīdati roditi cañcati muñcati tāpam) Gītagovinda 4; बालसूनुरवलोक्य भार्गवं स्वां दशां च विषसाद पार्थिवः (bālasūnuravalokya bhārgavaṃ svāṃ daśāṃ ca viṣasāda pārthivaḥ) R.11.67;9.75; (taṃ) विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः (viṣīdantamidaṃ vākyamuvāca madhusūdanaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.1; Bhaṭṭikāvya 7.89.

3) To be afraid. -Caus.

1) To cause to despond or despair, discourage.

2) To make afflicted, pain.

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

Viṣād (विषाद्).—[adjective] eating poison.

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Visad (विसद्).—(ṣīdati be perplexed or dejected, despair, despond. [Causative] vex, grieve, bring into despair.

Visad is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and sad (सद्).

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

1) Viṣād (विषाद्):—[from viṣa > viṣ] mfn. eating p°, [Kāṭhaka]

2) Viṣad (विषद्):—[=vi-ṣad] (√sad) [Parasmaipada] -ṣīdati ([imperfect tense] [Classical] vy-aṣīdat, [Vedic or Veda] vya-ṣīdat, or vy-asīdat, [Pāṇini 8-3, 119]; [perfect tense] vi-ṣasāda, [ib. 118]; [infinitive mood] -ṣattum or -ṣīditum, [Mahābhārata]),

2) —to be exhausted or dejected, despond, despair, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

2) —to sink down, be immersed in ([locative case]), [Rāmāyaṇa v, 95, 15] (perhaps vi-ṣeduḥ [wrong reading] for ni-ṣ) :

2) —[Causal] -ṣādayati, to cause to despond or despair, vex, grieve, afflict, [Mahābhārata];—[Bombay edition] etc.

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

Visad (विसद्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Visīa.

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Vishad in German

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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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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Vishad in Hindi refers in English to:—(a) elaborate, detailed; clear-cut; hence ~[ta] (nf)..—vishad (विशद) is alternatively transliterated as Viśada.

2) Vishad in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) gloom, sombreness, melancholy, despondency; ~[janaka] resulting in or causing gloom/melancholy/ despondency; ~[purna/maya] melancholic, sombre, gloomy; —[roga] melancholia..—vishad (विषाद) is alternatively transliterated as Viṣāda.

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