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Pali-English dictionary

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

Visaṅka, (adj.) (vi+saṅka; Sk. viśaṅka) fearless, secure; a° Sdhp. 176. (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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

viśaṅka (विशंक).—a S Fearless; devoid of fear, apprehension, or diffidence.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

viśaṅka (विशंक).—a Fearless; devoid of fear.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viśaṅka (विशङ्क).—a. Fearless.

-ṅkā Fear, suspicion.

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

Viśaṅka (विशङ्क).—mfn.

(-ṅkaḥ-ṅkā-ṅkaṃ) Fearless, undaunted. E. vi and śaṅkā fear.

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

Viśaṅka (विशङ्क).—[vi-śaṅka] [I.] (cf. śaṅkā), adj. Fearless; acc. kam, adv., [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 196, 3. Ii. vi-śaṅk + ā, f. Suspicion, [Nala] 24, 41.

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

Viśaṅka (विशङ्क).—[adjective] fearless, not afraid of (—°), secure; [neuter] [adverb]

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Viśaṅkā (विशङ्का).—1. [feminine] hesitation, suspicion, doubt, fear, apprehension.

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Viśaṅkā (विशङ्का).—2. [feminine] fearlessness, security, ease.

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

1) Viśaṅka (विशङ्क):—[=vi-śaṅka] [from vi] mfn. fearless, not afraid of (ifc.), [Kāvya literature]

2) [v.s. ...] causing no fear, free from danger, safe, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]

3) Viśaṅkā (विशङ्का):—[=vi-śaṅkā] [from vi-śaṅka > vi] a f. See below.

4) [=vi-śaṅkā] [from vi] 1. vi-śaṅkā f. (for 2. See vi√śaṅk) absence of fear

5) [=vi-śaṅkā] [from vi-śaṅk] 2. vi-śaṅkā f. (for 1. See p. 952, col. 2) suspicion, doubt in ([locative case]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

6) [v.s. ...] apprehension, fear of ([genitive case] or [compound]), [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

7) [v.s. ...] hesitation ([accusative] with √kṛ [Ātmanepada] -kurute, to hesitate), [Mahābhārata]

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

Viśaṅka (विशङ्क):—[vi-śaṅka] (ṅkaḥ-ṅkā-ṅkaṃ) a. Fearless.

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

Viśaṅka (विशङ्क) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Visaṃka.

[Sanskrit to German]

Visanka 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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

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

Visaṃka (विसंक) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Viśaṅka.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Partial matches: Shanka, Vi.

Starts with: Vicankatam, Vishankam, Vishankamana, Vishankaniya, Vishankata, Vishankatam, Vishankatha, Vishankaya.

Ends with: Avishanka, Nirgatavishanka, Nirvishanka, Nivvisamka, Savishanka.

Full-text: Nirvishanka, Avishanka, Vishankam, Nibbisanka, Nirvishankam, Vishankaya, Visankita, Adhyakramana, Vishankya, Nirvishankita, Shanka, Nirvishankitam, Vishankin, Nirvishankena, Avishankitam, Nirgatavishanka, Savishanka, Avishankita, Pana, Samabhyagam.

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