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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vismi (विस्मि).—1 Ā.

1) To wonder or be surprised at; उभयोर्न तथा लोकः प्रावीण्येन विसिष्मिये (ubhayorna tathā lokaḥ prāvīṇyena visiṣmiye) R.15.68; उद्वीक्ष्य को भुवि न विस्मयते नगेशम् (udvīkṣya ko bhuvi na vismayate nageśam) Śiśupālavadha 4.19; Bhaṭṭikāvya 5.51.

2) To admire.

3) To be proud or conceited; न विस्मयेत तपसा (na vismayeta tapasā) Manusmṛti 4.236. -Caus. To cause to smile, cause to be surprised, fill with wonder or astonishment; विस्मापयन् विस्मितमात्मवृत्तौ (vismāpayan vismitamātmavṛttau) R.2.33; Bhaṭṭikāvya 5.58;8.42.

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

Vismi (विस्मि).—be astounded or surprised by ([instrumental], [locative], or [ablative]); be proud, boast of ([intransitive]). — Cf. vismita.

Vismi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and smi (स्मि).

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

Vismi (विस्मि):—[=vi-√smi] [Ātmanepada] -smayate (mc. also [Parasmaipada]), to wonder, be surprised or astonished at ([instrumental case] [locative case], or [ablative]), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc. etc.;

—to be proud of ([instrumental case]), [Manu-smṛti iv, 236] :—[Causal] -smāyayati, or -smāpayati, te (cf. [Pāṇini 1-3, 68; vi, 1, 57]),

—to astonish, surprise, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.] :—[Desiderative] of [Causal] See vi-sismāpayiṣu.

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

Vismi (विस्मि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vimhaya.

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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.

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Partial matches: Smi, Vi.

Starts with (+1): Vismia baccifera, Vismia cayennensis, Vismia guianensis, Vismia jefensis, Vismia lateriflora, Vismia laurentii, Vismia lauriformis, Vismia leonensis, Vismia macrophylla, Vismia minutiflora, Vismia orientalis, Vismia rubescens, Vismiruti, Vismit, Vismita, Vismitacetas, Vismitam, Vismitamanasa, Vismitanana, Vismite.

Full-text (+10): Vimhaya, Vismera, Vismapana, Vismita, Vismaya, Vismapayaniya, Vismapin, Vismayaniya, Vismayana, Vismiti, Vismayin, Vismitanana, Visismapayishu, Vismapaka, Vismapaniya, Vismayavishta, Vismayakula, Vismayanvita, Vismitamanasa, Vismayavat.

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The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)

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