viṣeśa | विषेश | viSeza
vi-ṣeśa | वि-षेश | m. (once in Pañcat. n.; ifc. f(A). ) distinction, difference between (two gen., two loc., or gen. and instr.), GṛŚrS.; MBh. &c.
characteristic difference, peculiar mark, special property, speciality, peculiarity, Mn.; MBh. &c.
a kind, species, individual (e.g. vfkśa-v˚ | व्फ़्क्श-व्˚ |, a species of tree, in comp. often also = special, peculiar, particular, different, e.g. Cando-v˚ | Cअन्दो-व्˚ |, ‘a particular metre’, viṣeśa-maṛqana | विषेश-मऋक़न |, ‘a peculiar ornament’; arṅa-viṣeśāḥ | अर्ङ-विषेशाः |, ‘different prices’), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
(pl.) various objects, Megh.
distinction, peculiar merit, excellence, superiority (in comp. often = excellent, superior, choice, distinguished, e.g. ākfti-v˚ | आक्फ़्ति-व्˚ |, ‘an excellent form’ ; cf. viṣeśa-pratipatti | विषेश-प्रतिपत्ति |), Mn.; MBh. &c.
(in gram.) a word which defines or limits the meaning of another word (cf. vi-ṣeśaka | वि-षेशक | and vi-ṣeśaṛa | वि-षेशऋअ |)
(in phil.) particularity, individuality, essential difference or individual essence (with the Vaiśeṣikas the 5th category or Padārtha, belonging to the 9 eternal substances or Dravyas, viz. soul, time, place, ether, and the 5 atoms of earth, water, light, air, and mind, which are said to be so essentially different that one can never be the other), IW. 66 &c.
(in medicine) a favourable turn or crisis of a sickness, Suśr.
(in rhet.) statement of difference or distinction, individualization, variation, Kuval. (cf. viṣeśokti | विषेशोक्ति |)
a sectarian mark, any mark on the forehead (= tilaka | तिलक |), L.
(in geom.) the hypotenuse, Śulbas.
N. of the primary elements or Mahā-bhūtas (q.v.), MaitrUp.
the earth as an element, BhP.
the mundane egg, ib.
= virāj | विराज् |, ib.
vi-ṣeśa | वि-षेश | mf(A)n. extraordinary, abundant, Ragh. ii, 14 (B. viṣeśāt | विषेशात् | for viṣeśā | विषेशा |)
vi-ṣeśa | वि-षेश | &c. See p. 990, col. 2.
characteristic difference, peculiar mark, special property, speciality, peculiarity, Mn.; MBh. &c.
a kind, species, individual (e.g. vfkśa-v˚ | व्फ़्क्श-व्˚ |, a species of tree, in comp. often also = special, peculiar, particular, different, e.g. Cando-v˚ | Cअन्दो-व्˚ |, ‘a particular metre’, viṣeśa-maṛqana | विषेश-मऋक़न |, ‘a peculiar ornament’; arṅa-viṣeśāḥ | अर्ङ-विषेशाः |, ‘different prices’), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
(pl.) various objects, Megh.
distinction, peculiar merit, excellence, superiority (in comp. often = excellent, superior, choice, distinguished, e.g. ākfti-v˚ | आक्फ़्ति-व्˚ |, ‘an excellent form’ ; cf. viṣeśa-pratipatti | विषेश-प्रतिपत्ति |), Mn.; MBh. &c.
(in gram.) a word which defines or limits the meaning of another word (cf. vi-ṣeśaka | वि-षेशक | and vi-ṣeśaṛa | वि-षेशऋअ |)
(in phil.) particularity, individuality, essential difference or individual essence (with the Vaiśeṣikas the 5th category or Padārtha, belonging to the 9 eternal substances or Dravyas, viz. soul, time, place, ether, and the 5 atoms of earth, water, light, air, and mind, which are said to be so essentially different that one can never be the other), IW. 66 &c.
(in medicine) a favourable turn or crisis of a sickness, Suśr.
(in rhet.) statement of difference or distinction, individualization, variation, Kuval. (cf. viṣeśokti | विषेशोक्ति |)
a sectarian mark, any mark on the forehead (= tilaka | तिलक |), L.
(in geom.) the hypotenuse, Śulbas.
N. of the primary elements or Mahā-bhūtas (q.v.), MaitrUp.
the earth as an element, BhP.
the mundane egg, ib.
= virāj | विराज् |, ib.
vi-ṣeśa | वि-षेश | mf(A)n. extraordinary, abundant, Ragh. ii, 14 (B. viṣeśāt | विषेशात् | for viṣeśā | विषेशा |)
vi-ṣeśa | वि-षेश | &c. See p. 990, col. 2.