Vishaprayoga, Viṣaprayōga, Viṣaprayoga, Visha-prayoga: 7 definitions
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Vishaprayoga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
The Sanskrit terms Viṣaprayōga and Viṣaprayoga can be transliterated into English as Visaprayoga or Vishaprayoga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryviṣaprayōga (विषप्रयोग).—m (S) Application or use of poison, poisoning.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishviṣaprayōga (विषप्रयोग).—m Poisoning, use of poison.
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 dictionaryViṣaprayoga (विषप्रयोग).—use of poison, administering poison.
Derivable forms: viṣaprayogaḥ (विषप्रयोगः).
Viṣaprayoga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viṣa and prayoga (प्रयोग).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣaprayoga (विषप्रयोग).—m.
(-gaḥ) Employing or administering poison. E. viṣa and prayoga application.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣaprayoga (विषप्रयोग):—[=viṣa-prayoga] [from viṣa > viṣ] m. the use or employment of p°, administering p° as a medicine (also as Name of [work] or [chapter] of [work]), [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣaprayoga (विषप्रयोग):—[viṣa-prayoga] (gaḥ) 1. m. Using poison.
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 corpusViṣaprayōga (ವಿಷಪ್ರಯೋಗ):—[noun] the act of administering, feeding poison (to a person or animal).
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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