स्फोटsphoṭa

स्फोट (sphoṭa) is a Sanskrit word meaning bursting, opening, expansion, or disclosure, extension, a swelling, boil, or tumour, a small fragment or chip, crackling, crash, roar, sound, conceived as eternal, indivisible, and creative. Its 19 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Act of bursting, opening, or disclosure, A boil, tumour, or swelling, Cross-references or meta-entries.

Root: स्फुट् (sphuṭ)
Etymology: E. स्फुट् to break or open, aff. घञ् ।
Definitions: 19

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Meanings by context

Act of bursting, opening, or disclosure

7 definitions

bursting, opening, expansion, or disclosure

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

extension

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Bursting or splitting. 2. Opening or unlocking. 3. A blister or pustule. 4. A small fragment or chip. 5. A roar or crash. 6. An indivisible creative word. 7. An eternal element in sounds and words that conveys meaning.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Splitting open or breaking. 2. Disclosure. 3. A swelling, boil, or tumour. 4. The underlying idea or meaning that flashes in the mind upon hearing a sound.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Bursting or breaking. 2. A tumour or boil. 3. The eternal sound in philosophy. 4. The hood of a snake.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bursting, splitting, cracking, or roaring.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Breaking, splitting, bursting, or disclosure. 2. A swelling, boil, or tumor. 3. The idea or mental flash produced by the utterance of a sound, or the eternal sound in the Purva-mimamsa philosophy.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

A boil, tumour, or swelling

4 definitions

A swelling, boil, or tumour.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A boil or tumor. 2. Breaking or bursting. 3. The hood of a snake.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A boil or tumour. 2. Bursting. 3. Hood of a snake.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A boil or tumour. 2. Breaking or bursting. 3. Disclosure. 4. The underlying meaning revealed by a sound. 5. The hood of a snake.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cross-references or meta-entries

2 definitions

See page 1270, column 3

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See page 1152.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Philosophical concept of eternal sound/word

2 definitions

sound, conceived as eternal, indivisible, and creative

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the eternal and imperceptible element of sounds and words that conveys meaning to the mind

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A loud or sharp sound

1 definition

crackling, crash, roar

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A small fragment or chip

1 definition

a small fragment or chip

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Hood of a snake (Sphoṭā f.)

1 definition

the expanded hood of a snake

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Waving the arms (Sphoṭā f.)

1 definition

shaking or waving the arms

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 9 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), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.