Visphur, Visphūr, Vishphur: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Visphūr (विस्फूर्).—6 P.

1) To quiver, palpitate, tremble; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.52.5.

2) To move about, struggle; विस्फुरन्तीं यथाकामं मैथुनायोपचक्रमे (visphurantīṃ yathākāmaṃ maithunāyopacakrame) Rām.7.8.16; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.125.8.

3) To shine, gleam; किं नाम विस्फुरन्ति शस्त्राणि (kiṃ nāma visphuranti śastrāṇi) Uttararāmacarita 4.

4) To draw or twang (as a bow, used in Caus. in the same sense); एकोऽपि विस्फुरितमण्डलचापचक्रं कः सिन्धुराजमभिषेणयितुं समर्थः (eko'pi visphuritamaṇḍalacāpacakraṃ kaḥ sindhurājamabhiṣeṇayituṃ samarthaḥ) Ve.2.26.

5) (esp. visphar) To open wide (eyes). -Caus. To draw (a bow); विस्फार्यमाणस्य ततो भुजाभ्यां भूतानि भर्त्रा धनुरन्तकस्य (visphāryamāṇasya tato bhujābhyāṃ bhūtāni bhartrā dhanurantakasya) Kirātārjunīya 17.24; Rām.7.28.45.

See also (synonyms): visphar.

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

1) Viṣphur (विष्फुर्):—[=vi-ṣphur] vi-ṣphul See vi-√sphur and vi-√sphul.

2) Visphur (विस्फुर्):—[=vi-√sphur] (cf. vi-√sphar) [Parasmaipada] -sphurati, or -ṣphurati ([Pāṇini 8-3, 76]), to dart asunder (intr.), [Ṛg-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

2) —to quiver, tremble, writhe, struggle, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

2) —to vibrate, flash, glitter, [ib.];

2) —to break forth, appear, [Subhāṣitāvali; Śārṅgadhara-saṃhitā]

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

Visphur (विस्फुर्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vipphura.

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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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