Vrishan, Vṛṣan: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vṛṣan can be transliterated into English as Vrsan or Vrishan, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Vṛṣan (वृषन्).—(वृषा (vṛṣā)), a term used in ancient grammar works for a word of the masculine gender as contrasted with येषा (yeṣā).

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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Vṛṣan (वृषन्).—m. [vṛṣ-kanin]
1) A bull.
2) The sign Taurus of the zodiac.
3) The chief of a class; प्राचेतसो मुनिवृषा प्रथमः कवीनाम् (prācetaso munivṛṣā prathamaḥ kavīnām) Mv.1.7.
4) A stallion, horse.
5) Pain, sorrow.
6) Insensibility to pain.
7) Name of Indra; वृषेव सीतां तदवग्रहक्षताम् (vṛṣeva sītāṃ tadavagrahakṣatām) Kumārasambhava 5.61,8; R.1.52;17.77; न ववर्ष वृषा तदा (na vavarṣa vṛṣā tadā) Śiva B.8.53.
8) Name of Karṇa.
9) Of Agni.
1) Of Soma.
11) A male, any male animal.
Vṛṣan (वृषन्).—m.
(-ṣā) 1. Indra, as god of the firmament. 2. Karna, the hero. 3. Pain, sorrow. 4. Insensibility from extreme pain. 5. A bull. 6. A horse. 7. The sign Taurus of the zodiac. E. vṛṣ to sprinkle, Unadi aff. kanin .
Vṛṣan (वृषन्).—[vṛṣ + an], m. I. adj. Raining,
Vṛṣan (वृषन्).—[adjective] manly, potent, strong. [masculine] man, stallion, bull, boar, [Epithet] of [several] gods, [especially] of Indra; [feminine] vṛṣṇī mare.
1) Vṛṣaṇ (वृषण्):—[from vṛṣ] in [compound] for vṛṣan.
2) Vṛṣan (वृषन्):—[from vṛṣ] mfn. ([accusative] vf/zARam [nominative case] [plural] ṣāṇas; [probably] originally ‘raining, sprinkling, impregnating’) manly, vigorous, powerful, strong, mighty, great (applied to animate and inanimate objects), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa] (superl. -tama)
3) [v.s. ...] m. a man, male, any male animal, a bull, stallion etc. (also Name of various gods, as implying strength, [especially] of Indra and the Maruts), [ib.]
4) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) chief, lord (e.g. kṣiti-, kṣmā-v, lord of the earth, prince), [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
5) [v.s. ...] a kind of metre, [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya]
6) [v.s. ...] Name of a man, [Ṛg-veda]
7) [v.s. ...] of Karṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [from vṛṣ] n. Name of a Sāman, [Lāṭyāyana]
Vṛṣan (वृषन्):—(ṣā) 5. m. Indra, Karna; great pain; bull; horse.
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Starts with (+6): Vrishana, Vrishanabhi, Vrishanada, Vrishanadin, Vrishanaka, Vrishanakacchu, Vrishanaman, Vrishanasana, Vrishanashana, Vrishanashva, Vrishanatha, Vrishancana, Vrishanda, Vrishani, Vrishanka, Vrishankaja, Vrishanku, Vrishankur, Vrishanna, Vrishantaka.
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