The Sanskrit term Viśram can be transliterated into English as Visram or Vishram, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Viśram (विश्रम्).—rest, recreate one’s self; pause, cease; rely upon, trust in ([locative]). [Causative] cause to rest or repose; bring to rest i.e. appease, quench, finish. — Cf. pariviśānta, pariśānta, viśānta, saṃśānta.

Viśram is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and śram (श्रम्).

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

Viśram (विश्रम्):—[=vi-√śram] [Parasmaipada] -śrāmyati ([Epic] also śramati, te; [indeclinable participle] śrāmya, or -śramya),

—to rest, repose, recreate one’s self, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to rest from labour, cease, stop, desist, [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara; Rājataraṅgiṇī];

—to rest or depend on ([locative case]), [Kāvya literature];

—to rest id est. trust or confide in, rely on [Rāmāyaṇa; Cāṇakya];

—to feel at ease or comfortable, [Rāmāyaṇa; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] :—[Passive voice] -SrAmyate ([Aorist] vy-aSrAmi, [Vopadeva]; [especially] 3. sg. [imperative]; -SrAmyatAm, ‘you may rest’, ‘enough of this’), [Bhartṛhari; Ratnāvalī] :

—[Causal] -SrAmayati, to cause to rest, make to cease, stop, [Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to cause to rest or settle down on ([locative case]), [Raghuvaṃśa] :—[Desiderative] See vi-śiśramiṣu.

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

Viśram (विश्रम्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇivvā, Visamma, Vissama.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Visram in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) rest, repose, relaxation; -[kaksha] a lounge; -[kala] period of rest; interval, recess; vacation; -[griha] rest house; -[sthana] place of rest or relaxation..—visram (विश्राम) is alternatively transliterated as Viśrāma.

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Partial matches: Shram, Vi.

Starts with (+34): Vishrama, Vishrama shukla, Vishrama-ghata, Vishramabhavana, Vishramabhu, Vishramabhumi, Vishramaji, Vishramakaksha, Vishramalaya, Vishramamdale, Vishramana, Vishramanem, Vishramartha, Vishramasthana, Vishramatmaja, Vishramaveshman, Vishramayati, Vishrambh, Vishrambha, Vishrambhabhashana.

Ends with: Svaichhik-vishram.

Full-text (+9): Vishrama, Vissama, Vishranti, Vishramana, Vishrantanyasa, Vishrantakatha, Vishramabhu, Vishramaveshman, Vishrantibhumi, Vishrantavidyadhara, Vishrantikrit, Vishrantapushpodgama, Vishrantivarman, Vishramita, Vishramatmaja, Vishishramishu, Vishrantimat, Vishrantavidyavinoda, Svaichhik-vishram, Vishrantavaira.

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