Vishanin, Viṣāṇin: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Viṣāṇin can be transliterated into English as Visanin or Vishanin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Viṣāṇin (विषाणिन्).—a. Having (big) horns or tusks; नाराजके जनपदे बद्धघण्टा विषाणिनः (nārājake janapade baddhaghaṇṭā viṣāṇinaḥ) (aṭanti) Rām.2.67.2. -m.
1) Any animal having horns or tusks.
2) An elephant; भग्नो निवासोऽयमिहास्य पुष्पैः सदानतो येन विषाणिनागः (bhagno nivāso'yamihāsya puṣpaiḥ sadānato yena viṣāṇināgaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 4.63; 12.77.
3) A bull.
Viṣāṇin (विषाणिन्).—m. (-ṇī) 1. An elephant. 2. A bull. 3. Any animal with horns. f. (-ṇinī) Having tusks or horns. E. viṣāṇa a horn, ini aff.
Viṣāṇin (विषाणिन्).—i. e. viṣāṇa + in, I. adj. 1. Having horns, Mahābhārata 6, 71. 2. Having huge tusks, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 52, 18, Seramp. Ii. m. 1. Any animal with horns. 2. A bull. 3. An elephant.
Viṣāṇin (विषाणिन्).—[adjective] = [preceding] adj.; [masculine] elephant.
1) Viṣāṇin (विषाणिन्):—[from viṣāṇa] mfn. having horns, horned, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa] (ṇi-tva n.)
2) [v.s. ...] having tusks, [Mahābhārata]
3) [v.s. ...] m. an elephant, [Harivaṃśa; Śiśupāla-vadha]
4) [v.s. ...] any horned animal, [Horace H. Wilson]
5) [v.s. ...] Trapa Bispinosa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] a [particular] plant growing on the Himavat (= ṛṣabha), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] [plural] Name of a people, [Ṛg-veda vii, 18, 7] (‘holding horns in the hand’ [Sāyaṇa])
Viṣāṇin (विषाणिन्):—(ṇī) 5. m. An elephant; a bull; any animal with horns.
Viṣāṇin (विषाणिन्):—(von viṣāṇa)
1) adj. a) gehörnt [KAṆ. 2, 1, 8. 3, 1, 16.] khaḍga [Harivaṃśa 11852.] [Mahābhārata 6, 71.] hema vergoldete Hörner habend [2, 1928.] viṣāṇitva n. das Gehörntsein Comm. zu [KAṆ. 2, 1, 8. 3, 1, 16.] — b) mit Hauzähnen versehen: gaja [Mahābhārata 3, 959. 9, 879.] —
2) m. a) Elephant [Hārāvalī 30.] [Harivaṃśa 11852.] [Spr. 4416.] [KĀM. NĪTIS. 14, 34.] [Śiśupālavadha 4, 63.] — b) Name oder Beiname eines Volksstammes [Ṛgveda 7, 18, 7.] nach [Sāyaṇa] Hörner in der Hand haltend. — c) Bez. zweier Pflanzen: = ṛṣabha und śṛṅgāṭaka [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
Viṣāṇin (विषाणिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Visāṇi.
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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