an evil being
धिषण (dhiṣaṇa) m. N. of an evil being, Atharva-veda (Title) ii, 14, 1 [ID=101216]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
धिषणाdhiṣaṇā
धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) is a Sanskrit word meaning intelligent, wise, an evil being, of Brihaspati, the regent of the planet Jupiter, pertaining to the planet Jupiter, an epithet of Narayana, an astronomer. Its 22 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Deities or Supernatural Beings, Learned Individuals, Preceptors, or Specific Figures, Mythological Consorts/Mothers named Dhiṣaṇā.
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Meanings by context
Deities or Supernatural Beings
4 definitions
of Brihaspati, the regent of the planet Jupiter
of Bṛhas-pati (the regent of the planet Jupiter, also °णा (°ṇā)धिप (dhipa), Matsya-purāṇa (Title) ), Harṣacarita (Title) [ID=101217]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a deity presiding over wealth and gain
N. of a deity presiding over wealth and gain (also in pl.), Ṛg-veda (Title) ; Mahābhārata (Title) [ID=101227]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
name of a female deity
धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) [Printed book page 247-1]
Dhiṣaṇā, name of a female deity (PCR. the day of the
Dhiṣaṇā, name of a female deity (PCR. the day of the
full moon, person.). § 615u (Skanda): IX, 45γ, 2516
(among the wives of the gods, came to the investiture of
Skanda).
[ID=3481]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Learned Individuals, Preceptors, or Specific Figures
4 definitions
an epithet of Narayana
of a Nārāyaṇa, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ID=101219]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
an astronomer
of an astronomer, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=101220]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a writer on Tajaka works
of a writer on Tājaka works, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ID=101221]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
any Guru or spiritual preceptor
any Guru or spiritual preceptor, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ID=101222]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Mythological Consorts/Mothers named Dhiṣaṇā
4 definitions
the wife of Havirdana and daughter of Agni
of the wife of Havir-dāna and daughter of Agni, Harivaṃśa (Title) ; Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) [ID=101228]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the wife of Krishashva and mother of Veda-shira, Devala, Vayuna, and Manu
of the w° of Kṛśāśva and mother of Veda-śira, Devala, Vayuna and Manu, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ID=101229]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the wife of Krishashva and mother of Vedashiras and others
धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) [Printed book page 2-171]
Dhiṣaṇā (I) — the wife of Kṛśāśva and mother of Vedaśiras and others. Bhā. VI. 6. 20. [ID=6635]
Dhiṣaṇā (I) — the wife of Kṛśāśva and mother of Vedaśiras and others. Bhā. VI. 6. 20. [ID=6635]
— The Purana Index
the wife of Havirdhana Agni and mother of Pracinebarhis and five other sons
Dhiṣaṇā (II) — the wife of Havirdhana Agni1 and the mother of Prācīnabarhis and five other sons.2 Br. II. 37. 23-24; M. 4. 45; Vi. I. 14. 2. [ID=6636]
— The Purana Index
Intelligence, Wisdom, or Mental Faculty
3 definitions
intelligent, wise
(H2) [Printed book page 516,2]
धिषण (dhiṣaṇa) mfn. intelligent, wise, Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi (Title) [ID=101215]
धिषण (dhiṣaṇa) mfn. intelligent, wise, Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi (Title) [ID=101215]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
knowledge, intelligence
knowledge, intelligence (generally ifc.), Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) civ, 29 ; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) (cf. अगाध- (agādha-) [add.], बोध- (bodha-), विशुद्ध- (viśuddha-)) [ID=101224]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
understanding, intellect
(H2B) [Printed book page 516,3]
धिषण (dhiṣaṇa) n. understanding, intellect, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) viii, 5, 39. [ID=101230]
धिषण (dhiṣaṇa) n. understanding, intellect, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) viii, 5, 39. [ID=101230]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Soma, Soma Vessels, and Ritual Paraphernalia
3 definitions
1. A sort of Soma vessel, cup, goblet, or bowl. 2. The Soma juice itself and its effects.
(H2B) [Printed book page 516,2]
धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) (आ (ā)), f. a sort of Soma-vessel, a cup, goblet, bowl fig. the S° juice itself and its effects, Ṛg-veda (Title) (du. the two bowls or worlds i.e. heaven and earth; pl. h°, e° and the intermediate atmosphere, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) ) [ID=101223]
धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) (आ (ā)), f. a sort of Soma-vessel, a cup, goblet, bowl fig. the S° juice itself and its effects, Ṛg-veda (Title) (du. the two bowls or worlds i.e. heaven and earth; pl. h°, e° and the intermediate atmosphere, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) ) [ID=101223]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. A vessel, tub, or bowl used for preparing and drinking Soma. 2. Reason or mind. 3. In dual form, heaven and earth. 4. In plural form, heaven, sky, and earth.
धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) [Printed book page 133-1]
धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) dhiṣ-áṇā, f. vessel used in preparing
and drinking Soma; tub, bowl; reason,
mind; often fig. of Soma and its effects: du.
= heaven and earth; pl. the three worlds,
heaven, sky, and earth. [ID=10042]
धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) dhiṣ-áṇā, f. vessel used in preparing
and drinking Soma; tub, bowl; reason,
mind; often fig. of Soma and its effects: du.
= heaven and earth; pl. the three worlds,
heaven, sky, and earth. [ID=10042]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An implement for preparing Soma, bowl, or vat. 2. The Soma draught. 3. Heaven and earth. 4. Earth. 5. The triad of earth, atmosphere, and heaven. 6. An altar or sacrificial ground. 7. The planks used for pressing Soma. 8. A goddess of wealth or genius of prosperity.
धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) [Printed book page 1-399]
Dhiṣaṇā, according to the St. Petersburg Dictionary, denotes1 an implement used in preparing the Soma, ‘bowl’ or ‘vat,’ and by metonymy also the Soma draught itself.2 The dual, by
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a metaphor,3 also expresses the ‘two worlds,’ heaven and earth.4 Hillebrandt,5 however, thinks that the word properly means earth,6 in the dual heaven and earth,7 in the plural the triad, earth, atmosphere, and heaven,8 while in some passages9 Dhiṣaṇā denotes the Vedi, the excavated ground used as an altar. This is not, however, certain, while it seems clear that the Vājasaneyi10 and Taittirīya11 Saṃhitās understand the Dhiṣaṇās (dual) to be the planks over which the pressing of the Soma took place (adhiṣavaṇa-phalake).12 Pischel13 sees in Dhiṣaṇā a goddess of wealth akin to Aditi and the earth.
[Footnote: 1) Rv. i. 96, 1; 102, 1; 109, 3, 4; iii. 49, 1; iv. 34, 1; 36, 8; viii. 61, 9; ix. 59, 2; x. 17, 12; 30, 6; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, i. 19; vi. 26, 35, etc.]
[Footnote: 2) Rv. i. 102, 7; iii. 32, 14; 49, 4; vi. 19, 2; vii. 90, 3; viii. 15, 7; x. 96, 10, etc.]
[Footnote: 3) Like Camū.]
[Footnote: 4) Rv. i. 160, 1; vi. 8, 3; 50, 3; 70, 3; x. 44, 8; in the plural, ‘the three worlds,’ Rv. v. 69, 2. In other passages, Rv. i. 22, 10; iii. 56, 6; v. 41, 8; vi. 11, 3; x. 35, 7, the sense of ‘a genius of prosperity’ was assigned to Dhiṣaṇā by Roth.]
[Footnote: 5) Vedische Mythologie, 1, 175-181.]
[Footnote: 6) Rv. i. 22, 10; 96, 1; 102, 1; iii. 31, 13; 56, 6; vi. 19, 2; vii. 90, 3; viii. 15, 7; x. 30, 6; 35, 7; 96, 10.]
[Footnote: 7) See n. 3; also Rv. viii. 61, 2; nivid in Sāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra, viii. 19, 4.]
[Footnote: 8) Rv. iv. 36, 8; v. 69, 2; ix. 59, 2.]
[Footnote: 9) Rv. i. 109, 3, 4; iii. 2, 1; 49, 4 (or perhaps ‘earth’); iv. 34, 1; v. 41, 8; vi. 11, 3; x. 17, 12.]
[Footnote: 10) vii. 26.]
[Footnote: 11) iii. 1, 10, 1.]
[Footnote: 12) Mahīdhara on Vājasaneyi Saṃ- hitā, vii. 26; Sāyaṇa on Taittirīya Saṃhitā, loc. cit.]
[Footnote: 13) Vedische Studien, 2, 82-87. Cf. Macdonell, Vedic Mythology, p. 124; Oldenberg, Sacred Books of the East, 46, 120-122.]
[ID=1442]
Dhiṣaṇā, according to the St. Petersburg Dictionary, denotes1 an implement used in preparing the Soma, ‘bowl’ or ‘vat,’ and by metonymy also the Soma draught itself.2 The dual, by
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a metaphor,3 also expresses the ‘two worlds,’ heaven and earth.4 Hillebrandt,5 however, thinks that the word properly means earth,6 in the dual heaven and earth,7 in the plural the triad, earth, atmosphere, and heaven,8 while in some passages9 Dhiṣaṇā denotes the Vedi, the excavated ground used as an altar. This is not, however, certain, while it seems clear that the Vājasaneyi10 and Taittirīya11 Saṃhitās understand the Dhiṣaṇās (dual) to be the planks over which the pressing of the Soma took place (adhiṣavaṇa-phalake).12 Pischel13 sees in Dhiṣaṇā a goddess of wealth akin to Aditi and the earth.
[Footnote: 1) Rv. i. 96, 1; 102, 1; 109, 3, 4; iii. 49, 1; iv. 34, 1; 36, 8; viii. 61, 9; ix. 59, 2; x. 17, 12; 30, 6; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, i. 19; vi. 26, 35, etc.]
[Footnote: 2) Rv. i. 102, 7; iii. 32, 14; 49, 4; vi. 19, 2; vii. 90, 3; viii. 15, 7; x. 96, 10, etc.]
[Footnote: 3) Like Camū.]
[Footnote: 4) Rv. i. 160, 1; vi. 8, 3; 50, 3; 70, 3; x. 44, 8; in the plural, ‘the three worlds,’ Rv. v. 69, 2. In other passages, Rv. i. 22, 10; iii. 56, 6; v. 41, 8; vi. 11, 3; x. 35, 7, the sense of ‘a genius of prosperity’ was assigned to Dhiṣaṇā by Roth.]
[Footnote: 5) Vedische Mythologie, 1, 175-181.]
[Footnote: 6) Rv. i. 22, 10; 96, 1; 102, 1; iii. 31, 13; 56, 6; vi. 19, 2; vii. 90, 3; viii. 15, 7; x. 30, 6; 35, 7; 96, 10.]
[Footnote: 7) See n. 3; also Rv. viii. 61, 2; nivid in Sāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra, viii. 19, 4.]
[Footnote: 8) Rv. iv. 36, 8; v. 69, 2; ix. 59, 2.]
[Footnote: 9) Rv. i. 109, 3, 4; iii. 2, 1; 49, 4 (or perhaps ‘earth’); iv. 34, 1; v. 41, 8; vi. 11, 3; x. 17, 12.]
[Footnote: 10) vii. 26.]
[Footnote: 11) iii. 1, 10, 1.]
[Footnote: 12) Mahīdhara on Vājasaneyi Saṃ- hitā, vii. 26; Sāyaṇa on Taittirīya Saṃhitā, loc. cit.]
[Footnote: 13) Vedische Studien, 2, 82-87. Cf. Macdonell, Vedic Mythology, p. 124; Oldenberg, Sacred Books of the East, 46, 120-122.]
[ID=1442]
— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects
Speech, Praise, or Hymn
2 definitions
speech, praise, hymn
speech, praise, hymn, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=101225]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. Speech. 2. Praise or hymn. 3. Intellect. 4. The earth.
धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) [Printed book page 360-05]
धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) f. 1. Speech; 2. praise, hymn; 3. intellect; 4. the earth. [ID=18448]
धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) f. 1. Speech; 2. praise, hymn; 3. intellect; 4. the earth. [ID=18448]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Abode or Dwelling Place
1 definition
dwelling-place, abode, seat
dwelling-place, abode, seat, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ID=101226]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Celestial Bodies
1 definition
pertaining to the planet Jupiter
of the pl° J° itself, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=101218]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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