Visrij, Visṛj: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Visṛj can be transliterated into English as Visrj or Visrij, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Visṛj (विसृज्).—6 P. (also Ā.)

1) To abandon, leave, give up; विसृज सुन्दरि संगमसाध्वसम् (visṛja sundari saṃgamasādhvasam) M.4.13; पूर्वार्धविसृष्टतल्पः (pūrvārdhavisṛṣṭatalpaḥ) R.16.6; Bv.1.78.

2) To let go, let loose.

3) To shed, pour down; त्वद्विप्रयोगाश्रु समं विसृष्टम् (tvadviprayogāśru samaṃ visṛṣṭam) R.13.26.

4) To send, despatch; भोजेन दूतो रघवे विसृष्टः (bhojena dūto raghave visṛṣṭaḥ) R.5.39.

5) To dismiss, allow to go, send away; प्रतिगृह्य वचो विससर्ज मुनिम् (pratigṛhya vaco visasarja munim) R.8. 91;14.19.

6) To give; पित्रा विसृष्टां मदपेक्षया यः श्रियं युवा- प्यङ्कगतामभोक्ता (pitrā visṛṣṭāṃ madapekṣayā yaḥ śriyaṃ yuvā- pyaṅkagatāmabhoktā) R.13.67;18.7.

7) To send or cast forth, emit, dart; विसृजति हिमगर्भैरग्निमिन्दुर्मयूखैः (visṛjati himagarbhairagnimindurmayūkhaiḥ) Ś.3.4.

8) To drop, let fall, strike; विसृज शूद्रमुनौ कृपाणम् (visṛja śūdramunau kṛpāṇam) Uttararāmacarita 2.1.

9) To utter; फणवानिवैष विससर्ज चेदिपः (phaṇavānivaiṣa visasarja cedipaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 15.62.

1) To cast off, repudiate.

11) To create, produce; कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम् (kalpakṣaye punastāni kalpādau visṛjāmyaham) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 9.7.

12) To deliver, hand over to.

13) To evacuate the bowels.

14) To release (one's self) from. -Caus.

1) To emit, pour forth, shed.

2) To send away, dismiss.

3) To spare.

4) To cast off, repel, repudiate.

5) To lose.

6) To divulge, publish (news).

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

Visṛj (विसृज्).—throw, shoot, hurl (lit. & [figuratively]), pour out, send forth, dismiss, emit, utter; let loose, set free, deliver from ([ablative]); cast away, relinquish, abandon; despise, repudiate, renounce, resign, [Middle] cease from ([ablative]); yield, grant, bestow; create, produce. [Causative] hurl, send forth, emit, utter, set free, leave alone, spare avoid, shun; abandon, expose; yield, grant, bestow, hand over ([locative]); create, produce.

Visṛj is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and sṛj (सृज्).

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

Visṛj (विसृज्):—[=vi-√sṛj] [Parasmaipada] -sṛjati ([Epic] also [Ātmanepada]), to send or pour forth, let go or run or flow, discharge, emit, shoot, cast, hurl ([literally] and [figuratively]; ‘at’ [locative case] [dative case], or [accusative] with prati), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to turn (the eye) upon ([locative case]), [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra];

—to shed (tears), [Rāmāyaṇa; Kālidāsa; Daśakumāra-carita];

— ([Ātmanepada]) to evacuate the bowels, [Praśna-upaniṣad];

—to utter (sounds or words), [Brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to set free, release ([Ātmanepada] ‘one’s self’) from ([ablative]), [Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Harivaṃśa] etc.;

—to send away, dismiss, repudiate, reject, throw or cast off, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to despatch (a messenger), [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to pass over, overlook, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa];

— (in older language [Ātmanepada]) to abandon, desert, give up, renounce, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to open, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā];

— ([Ātmanepada]) to stretch out, extend, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

—to spread about, diffuse, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda];

—to remove, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā];

—to remit, exempt from ([accusative]), [Rājataraṅgiṇī];

—to hand over, deliver, bestow, grant, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā] etc. etc.;

—to produce, create ([especially] ‘in detail’), [Upaniṣad; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.:

—[Causal] -sarjayati, to discharge, emit, cast, hurl, throw ([literally] and [figuratively]), [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to utter (a sound), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

—to set free, release, let go, dismiss, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Kālidāsa];

—to banish, exile, [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to send out, despatch, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to abandon, desert, relinquish, give up, renounce, avoid, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;

—to spare, save, [Mahābhārata];

—to commit, entrust, [Kālidāsa];

—to lay aside, remove, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā];

—to divulge, publish (news), [Rājataraṅgiṇī];

—to give away, [Mahābhārata];

—to hand over, deliver, grant, bestow, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa] etc.;

—to produce, create, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to answer questions, [Divyāvadāna]

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

Visṛj (विसृज्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Visajja, Visara.

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