# धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/dhishana 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. - **SLP1:** `DizaRA` **IAST:** dhiṣaṇā **Devanagari:** धिषणा - **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhisana - **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/dhishana/declensions.md - **Other headwords romanised the same way:** धिषण (dhiṣaṇa) ## Meanings by context ### Deities or Supernatural Beings (4 definitions) - an evil being *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > धिषण (dhiṣaṇa) m. N. of an evil being, Atharva-veda (Title) ii, 14, 1 [ ID=101216 ] - of Brihaspati, the regent of the planet Jupiter *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of Bṛhas-pati (the regent of the planet Jupiter, also ° णा (°ṇā) धिप (dhipa), Matsya-purāṇa (Title) ), Harṣacarita (Title) [ ID=101217 ] - a deity presiding over wealth and gain *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of a deity presiding over wealth and gain (also in pl. ), Ṛg-veda (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=101227 ] - name of a female deity *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata* > धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) [Printed book page 247-1 ] Dhiṣaṇā, name of a female deity (PCR. the day of the full moon, person.). § 615 u (Skanda): IX, 45 γ, 2516 (among the wives of the gods, came to the investiture of Skanda). [ ID=3481 ] ### Learned Individuals, Preceptors, or Specific Figures (4 definitions) - an epithet of Narayana *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of a Nārāyaṇa, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=101219 ] - an astronomer *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of an astronomer, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=101220 ] - a writer on Tajaka works *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of a writer on Tājaka works, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=101221 ] - any Guru or spiritual preceptor *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > any Guru or spiritual preceptor, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ ID=101222 ] ### Mythological Consorts/Mothers named Dhiṣaṇā (4 definitions) - the wife of Havirdana and daughter of Agni *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of the wife of Havir-dāna and daughter of Agni, Harivaṃśa (Title); Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=101228 ] - the wife of Krishashva and mother of Veda-shira, Devala, Vayuna, and Manu *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of the w° of Kṛśāśva and mother of Veda-śira, Devala, Vayuna and Manu, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=101229 ] - the wife of Krishashva and mother of Vedashiras and others *The Purana Index* > 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 ] - the wife of Havirdhana Agni and mother of Pracinebarhis and five other sons *The Purana Index* > Dhiṣaṇā (II) — the wife of Havirdhana Agni 1 and the mother of Prācīnabarhis and five other sons. 2 Br. II. 37. 23-24; M. 4. 45; Vi. I. 14. 2. [ ID=6636 ] ### Intelligence, Wisdom, or Mental Faculty (3 definitions) - intelligent, wise *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2) [Printed book page 516,2] धिषण (dhiṣaṇa) mfn. intelligent, wise, Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi (Title) [ ID=101215 ] - knowledge, intelligence *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > 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 ] - understanding, intellect *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2B) [Printed book page 516,3] धिषण (dhiṣaṇa) n. understanding, intellect, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) viii, 5, 39. [ ID=101230 ] ### 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. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (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 ] - 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. *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > 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 ] - 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. *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects* > धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) [Printed book page 1-399 ] Dhiṣaṇā, according to the St. Petersburg Dictionary, denotes 1 an implement used in preparing the Soma, ‘bowl’ or ‘vat,’ and by metonymy also the Soma draught itself. 2 The dual, by Page1-400+ 54 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 passages 9 Dhiṣaṇā denotes the Vedi, the excavated ground used as an altar. This is not, however, certain, while it seems clear that the Vājasaneyi 10 and Taittirīya 11 Saṃhitās understand the Dhiṣaṇās (dual) to be the planks over which the pressing of the Soma took place ( adhiṣavaṇa-phalake ). 12 Pischel 13 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 ] ### Speech, Praise, or Hymn (2 definitions) - speech, praise, hymn *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > speech, praise, hymn, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=101225 ] - 1. Speech. 2. Praise or hymn. 3. Intellect. 4. The earth. *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) [Printed book page 360-05 ] धिषणा (dhiṣaṇā) f. 1. Speech; 2. praise, hymn; 3. intellect; 4. the earth. [ ID=18448 ] ### Abode or Dwelling Place (1 definition) - dwelling-place, abode, seat *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > dwelling-place, abode, seat, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=101226 ] ### Celestial Bodies (1 definition) - pertaining to the planet Jupiter *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of the pl° J° itself, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=101218 ] ## Sources Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne. The Sanskrit Lexicon app for iPhone, iPad and Mac: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sanskrit-lexicon-dictionary/id6746787546