Alternative spellings of this word include Vivar.

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Vivāra (विवार).—Name given to an external effort in the production of a sound when the vocal chords of the glottis or larynx are extended; cf. कण्ठबिलस्य विकासः विवारः (kaṇṭhabilasya vikāsaḥ vivāraḥ) Uddyota on M. Bh. I. 1.9. cf. also विवरणं कण्ठस्य विस्तरणम् । स एव विवाराख्यः बाह्यः प्रयत्नः । तस्मिन्सति श्वासे नाम बाह्यः प्रयत्नः कियते । तद्ध्वनिसंसर्गादघोषो नाम बाह्यः प्रयत्नो जायते इति शिक्षायां स्मर्यते (vivaraṇaṃ kaṇṭhasya vistaraṇam | sa eva vivārākhyaḥ bāhyaḥ prayatnaḥ | tasminsati śvāse nāma bāhyaḥ prayatnaḥ kiyate | taddhvanisaṃsargādaghoṣo nāma bāhyaḥ prayatno jāyate iti śikṣāyāṃ smaryate) Bhāṣya on T. Pr. II. 5.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Terms

Vivara (विवर).—Difference. Note: Vivara is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Vivara (विवर) (Cf. Randhra) refers to “cavity”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “The plane of the One-footed (ekapāda i.e. the letter E) is where the Skyfarer is in the Skyfarer within the Cavity of the Hair. Śrīdeva is above Meru (the triangle above the head) (merupaścima) in the essential nature of the Void, which is the threefold measure (of energy). (This is) where everything consists of Space and is the Cavity (vivara), which is the nectar of Fire (vāḍava). There, above, in the Void is the supreme god. (He is) the moonbeam (candrāṃśu) that, well-fixed, oozes (nectar). The (energy of the) Full Moon (pūrṇamāsā) resides as the teacher's being (gurutva) on the plane of the Skyfarer”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Vivara (विवर) refers to “cracks and crevices” (in the mountains), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.15 (“The penance and reign of Tārakāsura”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated: “[...] At the same time, several phenomena of evil portent forboding misery and distress happened, when the son of Varāṅgī was born making the gods miserable. [...] O great Brahmin, the misty haloes around the sun and the moon in the grip of Rāhu became the harbingers of great fear and unhappiness. At that time terrifying sounds that resembled those of the chariot issued forth from cracks and crevices in the mountains [i.e., mahīdhra-vivara]. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Vivara (विवर) refers to the “nasopharyngeal cavity”, according to the Haṭhapradīpikā 4.100 (Cf. Uttaragīta 41cd-42, Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇopaniṣat 2.5.4-5, Gheraṇḍasaṃhitā 5.82-83ab).—Accordingly, “Because the [nasopharyngeal] cavity (vivara) above the uvula has been sealed by Khecarī Mudrā, the [Yogin’s] semen is not emitted [even when he] has been embraced by a beautiful woman. So long as his semen remains in his body, then why [would there be] fear of death?”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Vivara (विवर) refers to the “interstices (of a mineral)”, according to the Kośavyākhyā.—Accordingly: “It is said that a man asked for admission into the monastic Order. The noble Śariputra looked for some root of good in him before producing the deliverance but, as he saw none, he refused him and did not allow him into the Order. The Buddha, however, found one and allowed him into the Order. [...] And the Buddha said: ‘I definitely see in him a very small seed of deliverance, like a speck of gold caught in the interstices of a mineral (dhātu-pāṣāṇa-vivara)’.”.

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics (Mahayana)

Vivara (विवर) refers to a “quadrillion” (1,000,000,000,000,000) in a list of numeral denominations, according to the Lalitavistara-sūtra, a well-known Buddhist work of the first century B.C.—Accordingly, “The mathematician Arjuna asked the Bodhisattva, ‘O young man, do you know the counting which goes beyond the koṭi on the centesimal scale? Bodhisattva: I know. Arjuna: How does the counting proceed beyond the koṭi on the centesimal scale? Bodhisattva: [hundred kaṅkaras are called vivara, hundred vivaras are called kṣobhya, ...]”.

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Vivara (विवर) refers to an “opening (of the forest)”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, “Then the Bhagavān reached the vicinity of the residence of Vaiśravaṇa. In that region there was a choicest forest called Viṣavaka. There was a lotus lake in the middle of an opening of the forest (vana-vivara-madhya). By the power of that lotus lake the fields, gardens, forests, groves, flowers and fruits in the capital of Aḍakavatī became refreshed [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

1) Vivara (विवर) refers to a “gaping (mouth)”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “The three worlds, which are made foolish by the action of the poison of lust, are fast asleep in this gaping mouth of Yama’s serpent (vivara—antakabhogivaktravivare) which is marked by fangs of destruction. While this one whose disposition is pitiless is devouring everyone, certainly there is no way out from this for you, noble fellow, by any means [even] with some difficulty without knowledge of what is beyond the senses. [Thus ends the reflection on] helplessness”.

2) Vivara (विवर) refers to “holes” (in a boat), according to the Jñānārṇava.—Accordingly, “It is declared, ‘Activity is the action of mind, body and speech’. It is said by those who are learned in the knowledge of reality, ‘Indeed, that is the cause of the influx of karma’. As a boat in the middle of the ocean takes in water through holes [com.—vivara], so a living soul takes in karma through holes of activity which are good and bad”.

Synonyms: Chidra, Randhra.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vivara : (n.) an opening cleft; fissure; flaw.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vivara, (nt.) (fr. vi+vṛ) 1. opening (lit. dis-covering), pore, cleft, leak, fissure Dh. 127 (pabbatānaṃ; cp Divy 532; Miln. 150; PvA. 104); Vism. 192, 262; J. IV, 16; V, 87; DhA. IV, 46 (mukha°); SnA 355; PvA. 152, 283. ‹-› 2. interval, interstice D. I, 56 (quoted at Pv IV. 3²⁷); Vism. 185.—3. fault, flaw, defect A. III, 186 sq.; J. V, 376. (Page 637)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vivara (विवर).—n S A hole in the ground; a hole or burrow (as of rats, hares &c.); a cave, cavern, chasm, hollow. 2 In arithmetic. Difference.

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vivāra (विवार).—m S Dilatation or expansion. 2 Expansion of the organs of speech in order to the articulation of vowels and sibilants. See bāhyaprayatna.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vivara (विवर).—n A hole in the ground; a cave.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vivara (विवर).—

1) A fissure, hole, cavity, hollow, vacuity; यच्चकार विवरं शिलाघने ताडकोरसि स रामसायकः (yaccakāra vivaraṃ śilāghane tāḍakorasi sa rāmasāyakaḥ) R.11.18;9. 61;19.7; धीरनादभरितकर्णविवरं प्रिये मदयन्तिके इति व्याहरति (dhīranādabharitakarṇavivaraṃ priye madayantike iti vyāharati) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 7.

2) An interstice, interval, intervening space; तानहं विवरं दृष्ट्वा प्राहिण्वं यमसादनम् (tānahaṃ vivaraṃ dṛṣṭvā prāhiṇvaṃ yamasādanam) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.171.29; Bhāgavata 5. 1.12; अयमरविवरेभ्यश्चातकैर्निष्पतद्भिः (ayamaravivarebhyaścātakairniṣpatadbhiḥ) Ś.7.7.

3) A solitary place; विवरेऽपि नैनमनिगूढमभिभवितुमेष पारयन् (vivare'pi nainamanigūḍhamabhibhavitumeṣa pārayan) Kirātārjunīya 12.37.

4) A fault, flaw, defect, weak point.

5) A breach, wound.

6) The number 'nine'.

7) Expansion, opening, widening.

8) The lower region (pātāla); ज्योतिषां विवराणां च यथेदमसृजद्विभुः (jyotiṣāṃ vivarāṇāṃ ca yathedamasṛjadvibhuḥ) Bhāgavata 6.1.5.

-raḥ Expansion.

Derivable forms: vivaram (विवरम्).

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Vivāra (विवार).—

1) Opening, expansion.

2) Expansion of the throat in the articulation of letters, (one of the Ābhyantara Prayatnas, opp. saṃvāra); cf. विवृतमूष्मणां स्वराणां च (vivṛtamūṣmaṇāṃ svarāṇāṃ ca) Sk. on P.I.1.9.

Derivable forms: vivāraḥ (विवारः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vivara (विवर).—(1) nt., a fairly high number: Mahāvyutpatti 7853 (= Tibetan yal yol), cited from Gaṇḍavyūha, which in 105.25 has vivana, while Gaṇḍavyūha 133 omits the item; it corresponds to vipatha of Mahāvyutpatti 7727; (2) m. or nt., a much higher number: °raḥ Mahāvyutpatti 7782, °ram 7911, both = Tibetan bsñad yas; the latter cited from Gaṇḍavyūha but not found in either Gaṇḍavyūha list (106 or 133); (3) by corruption for viṃvara or bimbara (q.v.), Lalitavistara 147.22 (but this is cited from Lalitavistara in Mahāvyutpatti 7958—9 as viṃvara, and Lalitavistara itself in 151.3 (verse) has bimbarāś); also Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 409.6 (prose) has in text vivara, intending this same unit as is shown by the preceding kaṅkara; vv.ll. of Saddharmapuṇḍarīka quoted as viśvara, visvara, certainly intending viṃvara or bimbara.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vivara (विवर).—n.

(-raṃ) 1. A hole, a chasm, a vacuity. 2. Fault, defect. 3. Separation, disjunction. 4. A solitary place. 5. The number “nine.” E. vi before vṛñ to choose, to cover, &c., and ac aff.

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Vivāra (विवार).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. Dilatation, expansion. 2. Open or expanded state of the organs of speech for the articulation of vowels or sibilants. E. vi before vṛ to cover, ghañ aff.

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

Vivara (विवर).—i. e. vi-vṛ + a, n. 1. Separation. 2. A hole, [Hitopadeśa] 28, 10, M.M.; a chasm, a fissure, [Pañcatantra] 10, 12; a breach, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 105; an interval, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 166; space, [Nalodya, (ed. Benary.)] 2, 19. 3. A cave, [Pañcatantra] 241, 1. 4. A vulnerable part, Mahābhārata 9, 3280. 5. A wound, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 11, 18. 6. Fault, defect.

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

Vivara (विवर).—[masculine] [neuter] opening, hole, fissure, interval, distance, flaw, fault.

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

1) Vivara (विवर):—[=vi-vara] a vi-varaṇa etc. See under vi- √1. vṛ, p.988.

2) [=vi-vara] [from vi-vṛ] b m. n. a fissure, hole, chasm, slit, cleft, hollow, vacuity (also applied to the apertures of the body and to gaping wounds), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.

3) [v.s. ...] intermediate space, interstice, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] difference, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Gaṇitādhyāya]

5) [v.s. ...] a breach, fault, flaw, vulnerable or weak point, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature]

6) [v.s. ...] harm, injury, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

7) [v.s. ...] expansion, opening, widening, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

8) [v.s. ...] Name of the number ‘nine’ (cf. above and under randhra), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

9) [v.s. ...] a [particular] high number, [Buddhist literature]

10) Vivāra (विवार):—[=vi-vāra] [from vi-vṛ] m. dilation, expansion, [Horace H. Wilson]

11) [v.s. ...] (in gram.) open or expanded state of the organs of speech, expansion of the throat in articulation (one of the Ābhyantara-prayatnas or efforts of articulate utterance which take place within the mouth, opp. to saṃ-vāra q.v.), [Pāṇini 1-1, 9 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

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

1) Vivara (विवर):—[vi-vara] (raṃ) 1. n. A hole, flaw; separation.

2) Vivāra (विवार):—[vi-vāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Expansion; broad pronunciation.

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

Vivara (विवर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vivara.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vivara 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vivara (विवर) [Also spelled vivar]:—(nm) a cavity, cavitation, cave; hole, sinus; -, [nāsikā] nasal cavity; -, [mukha] oral cavity.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

1) Vivara (विवर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Vivṛ.

2) Vivara (विवर) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Vivara.

context information

Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vivara (ವಿವರ):—

1) [noun] a hole.

2) [noun] a chasm; a crack; a fissure.

3) [noun] a tunnel dug in the ground by an animal; a burrow.

4) [noun] the amount, degree or extent of expansion.

5) [noun] a defect; a fault; a blemish.

6) [noun] the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity; difference.

7) [noun] an explanation or report in detail; complete or nearly complete information about something.

8) [noun] the right, correct, appropriate manner.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vara, Vi.

Starts with (+17): Vivara Vagga, Vivaradarshaka, Vivaragedi, Vivarakati, Vivaramana, Vivarammuha, Vivaran, Vivarana, Vivaranabhavaprakashika, Vivaranacatuhsutri, Vivaranadarpana, Vivaranakarikabhashya, Vivaranalika, Vivaranalikai, Vivaranam, Vivaranapatra, Vivaranaprameyasamgraha, Vivaranaprasthana, Vivaranaratna, Vivaranasamgraha.

Ends with (+15): Apavivara, Aravivara, Asthivivara, Atavivara, Bhutaragrahavivara, Dhanvivara, Dvivara, Gaganavivara, Gavakshavivara, Gudasthivivara, Karnavivara, Kashthavivara, Kujatavivara, Kuncikavivara, Lomavivara, Mahidhravivara, Mukhavivara, Nasavivara, Nirvivara, Pashanavivara.

Full-text (+92): Vivaranalika, Nirvivara, Akshobhya, Nasavivara, Karnavivara, Viparam, Abhinasikavivaram, Kashthavivara, Nirvivarata, Shrutivivara, Lomavivara, Vivar, Vivaradarshaka, Vivaranalikai, Vivarin, Vivaranadarpana, Vivaranaprasthana, Vivaranopanyasa, Vivaranacatuhsutri, Vivaranavrana.

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