संवेगsaṃvega

संवेग (saṃvega) is a Sanskrit word meaning violent agitation, excitement, or flurry, vehemence, intensity, or high degree, desire of emancipation, see samvij, agitation or flurry, excessive impetuosity, vehemence, or haste caused by terror. Its 12 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Agitation or Excitement, Haste or Speed, Etymological or Referential.

Root: विज् (vij)
Definitions: 12

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Meanings by context

Agitation or Excitement

5 definitions

violent agitation, excitement, or flurry

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Violent agitation, vehemence, intensity, or high degree

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Agitation or flurry. 2. Impetuosity or vehemence. 3. Haste, speed, or hurry.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Agitation or flurry. 2. Intensity or a high degree.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Agitation or flurry. 2. Excessive impetuosity, vehemence, or haste caused by terror. 3. Hurry, haste, or speed.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Haste or Speed

3 definitions

1. Hurry or haste from fear. 2. Speed.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Hurry, haste

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Haste proceeding from fear. 2. Speed. 3. Vehemence.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Etymological or Referential

2 definitions

See samvij

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See under sam-vij.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Desire for Emancipation

1 definition

desire of emancipation

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Vehemence or Intensity

1 definition

vehemence, intensity, or high degree

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 8 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.