Visata, Visāta, Vishata, Visaṭā, Visaṭa, Viśata: 12 definitions
Introduction:
Visata means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 term Viśata can be transliterated into English as Visata or Vishata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: The Matsya-purāṇaVisaṭā (विसटा) is the name of a mind-born ‘divine mother’ (mātṛ), created for the purpose of drinking the blood of the Andhaka demons, according to the Matsya-purāṇa 179.8. The Andhaka demons spawned out of every drop of blood spilled from the original Andhakāsura (Andhaka-demon). According to the Matsya-purāṇa 179.35, “Most terrible they (e.g., Visaṭā) all drank the blood of those Andhakas and become exceedingly satiated.”
The Matsyapurāṇa is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, and was originally composed of 20,000 metrical verses, dating from the 1st-millennium BCE. The narrator is Matsya, one of the ten major avatars of Viṣṇu.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1) Viśata (विशत).—A Yāmadeva.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 31. 6.
2) Visaṭā (विसटा).—A mother goddess.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 179. 28.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaVisāta (विसात, “unpleasant”) refers to one of the “twenty form objects” (rūpa) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 34). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., visāta). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryvisata : (pp. of visarati) spread; diffused. || visaṭa (pp. of visarati) spread; diffused.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryVisāta, (adj.) (fr. vi+śat, cp. sāṭeti) crushed to pieces, destroyed M 11 102 (°gabbha, with mūḷha-gabbha; v. l. vighāta). (Page 640)
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Visaṭa, & visata (pp. of vi+sṛ, Sk. visṛta) spread, diffused, wide, broad D. III, 167 (ṭ); Sn. 1 (T. reads t, v. l. BB has ṭ); J. II, 439; IV, 499 (t); Miln. 221, 354 (ṭ; +vitthata), 357. Cp. anu°. (Page 639)
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Visaṭā, & visatā (f.) (abrh. formation fr. vi+sañj, spelling t for tt: see visatta. The writing of MSS. concerning t in these words is very confused) “hanging on, ” clinging, attachment. The word seems to be a quasi-short form of visattikā. Thus at Sn. 715 (=taṇhā C.; spelling t); Dhs. 1059 (translation “diffusion, ” i.e. fr. vi+sṛ; spelling ṭ)=Nd2 s. v. taṇhā (spelt with t). (Page 639)
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryViśāta (विशात).—also visāta, adj. or subst. nt. (neg. of śāta, q.v.; oftener a-śāta, q.v.), unpleasant, offensive: °tam, opp. to śātam, Mahāvyutpatti 1883; Dharmasaṃgraha 34 (here spelled sātam and visātam). Perhaps understood as n. in both cases, the unpleasant, unpleasantness.
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Viṣaṭa (विषट).—adj. (= Prakrit visaḍa, visaḍha, = Sanskrit viṣama, see Hemacandra 1.241; Deśīnāmamālā 7.62; and [Paia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo]), hard, difficult, oppressive: pañca-viṣaṭa-bandhanāṃ kāraṇāṃ kārayanti (viz. in hell) Divyāvadāna 376.12. (Etym. ?)
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Visāta (विसात) or Viśāta.—q.v.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣatā (विषता).—[viṣa + tā], f. State of poison, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 68.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣatā (विषता).—[feminine] tva [neuter] the being poison.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣatā (विषता):—[=viṣa-tā] [from viṣa > viṣ] f. the state of poison, poisonousness, [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra; Kāvya literature etc.]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Visāta (विसात) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Visāya.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusVisaṭa (ವಿಸಟ):—[noun] the tendency to act capriciously.
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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Starts with: Visatambar, Visatambari, Visatambariyisu, Visatambaru, Visatambay, Visatambomdisu, Vishataki, Vishatana, Vishatantam, Vishatantra, Vishataru, Vishataya.
Ends with: Anuvisata, Dvisata, Prithvishata, Suvisata.
Full-text: Avisrita, Priyadha, Anuvisata, Sateti, Asata, Vishaya, Twenty Form Objects, Visattika, Vissattha, Nishev, Shata, Rupa, Kule.
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