The Sanskrit term Visṛp can be transliterated into English as Visrp or Visrip, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Visṛp (विसृप्).—1 P.

1) To move, march, proceed; यः सुवाहुरिति राक्षसोऽपरस्तत्र तत्र विससर्प मायया (yaḥ suvāhuriti rākṣaso'parastatra tatra visasarpa māyayā) R.11.29;4.53.

2) To fly or roam about.

3) To spread; मनोरागस्त्रीव्रं विषमिव विसर्पत्यविरतम् (manorāgastrīvraṃ viṣamiva visarpatyaviratam) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 2.1.

4) To flow along, fall down; (bāṣpaḥ) विसर्पन् धाराभिर्लुठति धरणीं जर्जरकणः (visarpan dhārābhirluṭhati dharaṇīṃ jarjarakaṇaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 1.29.

5) To escape, run away.

6) To hover about.

7) To wind, meander.

8) To spread, diffuse; विस्रप्स्यन्ति च ते यशः (visrapsyanti ca te yaśaḥ) Bhāgavata 4.1.31.

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

Visṛp (विसृप्).—move about or along ([accusative]); move asunder, dispense, spread, expand.

Visṛp is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and sṛp (सृप्).

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

Visṛp (विसृप्):—[=vi-√sṛp] [Parasmaipada] -sarpati (mc. also [Ātmanepada]; [Vedic or Veda] [infinitive mood] -sṛpas),

—to glide, move along or about, sneak, steal, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] etc. etc.;

—to fly about (as arrows), [Mahābhārata];

—to be scattered or dispersed, [Ṛg-veda];

—to be spread or diffused over ([accusative]), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to spread, diffuse, divulge, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] :

—[Causal] -sarpayati, to spread, extend, [Harivaṃśa]

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

Visṛp (विसृप्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Osaṭṭa, Visappa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Visrip in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Srip, Vi.

Starts with: Visripas, Visripti.

Full-text: Osatta, Visarpin, Visappa, Visarpana, Visarpa, Visripas, Visarpika, Visappana, Visarpaghna, Visarpacikitsa, Visarpini, Visarpakhinnavigraha, Visarpani, Srip.

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