The Sanskrit term Viśaṅkaṭa can be transliterated into English as Visankata or Vishankata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viśaṅkaṭa (विशङ्कट).—a. (-ṭā, -ṭī f.)

1) Great, large, big; विशङ्कटो वक्षसि बाणपाणिः (viśaṅkaṭo vakṣasi bāṇapāṇiḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.5; Śiśupālavadha 13.34.

2) Strong, vehement, powerful.

-ṭam ind. Vehemently, intensely.

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

Viśaṅkaṭa (विशङ्कट).—mfn.

(-ṭaḥ-ṭā or ṭī-ṭaṃ) 1. Great, large. 2. Strong, vehement. E. vi the particle, śaṅkaṭac aff. in this sense.

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Visaṅkaṭa (विसङ्कट).—m.

(-ṭaḥ) 1. A lion. 2. The Ingudi tree. E. vi and sama before kaṭ to encompass, ac aff.

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

Viśaṅkaṭa (विशङ्कट).— ([Pāṇini, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 5, 2, 28, nevertheless for original vi-saṃkaṭa), adj. Great, large, [Bhaṭṭikāvya, (ed. Calc.)] 2, 50; [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 78, 2 (with s); acc. ṭam, adv. Vehemently, [Pañcatantra] 46, 5.

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

Viśaṅkaṭa (विशङ्कट).—[adjective] extensive, enormous, huge, awful, terrible.

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

1) Viśaṅkaṭa (विशङ्कट):—[=vi-śaṅkaṭa] [from vi] a mf(ā or [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ī)n. (cf. -saṃkaṭa) extensive, large, big, [Kāvya literature; Pañcatantra] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] strong, vehement, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

3) [v.s. ...] ghastly, hideous, [Mālatīmādhava; Pañcatantra; Kathāsaritsāgara]

4) [=vi-śaṅkaṭa] b See p. 952, col. 2.

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

1) Viśaṅkaṭa (विशङ्कट):—[vi-śaṅkaṭa] (ṭaḥ-ṭā-ṭī-ṭaṃ) a. Great.

2) Visaṅkaṭa (विसङ्कट):—[vi-saṅkaṭa] (ṭaḥ) 1. m. A lion.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vishankata in German

context information

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 corpus

Viśaṃkaṭa (ವಿಶಂಕಟ):—

1) [adjective] very large; huge; gigantic.

2) [adjective] wide; broad; extensive.

3) [adjective] strong; powerful; mighty.

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Viśaṃkaṭa (ವಿಶಂಕಟ):—[noun] the quality or fact of being wide, broad; width; breadth.

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Visaṃkaṭa (ವಿಸಂಕಟ):—[adjective] causing dread; dreadful; terrible.

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Visaṃkaṭa (ವಿಸಂಕಟ):—[noun] (myth.) name of a hell.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Sankata, Vi.

Starts with: Vishankatam.

Full-text: Visamkata, Vishankatam, Vicankatam, Shankatac, Vishakatha.

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