# स्फोट (sphoṭa) Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sphota 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 । — E. sphuṭ to break or open, aff. ghañ - **SLP1:** `sPowa` **IAST:** sphoṭa **Devanagari:** स्फोट - **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spho%E1%B9%ADa - **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sphota/declensions.md - **Other headwords romanised the same way:** स्फोटा (sphoṭā) ## Meanings by context ### Act of bursting, opening, or disclosure (7 definitions) - bursting, opening, expansion, or disclosure *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2) [Printed book page 1270,3] स्फोट (sphoṭa) a m. bursting, opening, expansion, disclosure ( cf. नर्म - स्फ् (narma-sph) ° (°) ), MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ ID=256922 ] - extension *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > extension (see कर - स्फ् (kara-sph) ° (°) ) [ ID=256923 ] - 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* > स्फोट (sphoṭa) [Printed book page 368-2 ] स्फोट (sphoṭa) sphoṭ-a, m. [√sphuṭ] bursting, splitting ( int. ); opening, unlocking; blister, pustule; small fragment, chip ( rare ); roar, crash; indivisible creative word ( phil. ); eternal and imperceptible element in sounds and words regarded as the real vehicle of the sense ( gr. ); -ana, a. cleaving, crushing; dispelling ( doubt, —° ); m. divider ( a term applied to the vocalic sound heard between certain conjunct consonants ); n. splitting, rending, breaking; waving ( the arms ); cracking ( the fingers ); -ita, cs. pp. √sphuṭ; n. crackling. [ ID=20087 ] - 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* > स्फोट (sphoṭa) [Printed book page 816-09 ] स्फोट (sphoṭa) m. 1. Splitting open, breaking; 2. revealing, disclosure (as in नर्मस्फोट (sphoṭa) (narmasphoṭa) ) (in the drama); 3. a swelling, boil, tumour; 4. the idea which bursts out or flashes on the mind when a sound is uttered, बुधैर्वैयाकरणैः प्रधानभूतस्फोट (sphoṭa) रूपव्यंग्यव्यंजकस्य शब्दस्य ध्वनिरिति व्यवहारः कृतः (budhairvaiyākaraṇaiḥ pradhānabhūtasphoṭarūpavyaṃgyavyaṃjakasya śabdasya dhvaniriti vyavahāraḥ kṛtaḥ) K.Pr. i. [ ID=42434 ] - 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* > स्फोट (sphoṭa) [Printed book page 1089-b ] स्फोट (sphoṭa) sphoṭa, i. e. sphuṭ + a, I. m. 1. Bursting, breaking. 2. A tumour, a boil, Suśr. 2, 383, 10. 3. The eternal sound, in the Pūrva Mīmāṃsā. II. f. ṭā, The hood of the snake. — Comp. Muktā-, m. a pearl-oyster. [ ID=16758 ] - Bursting, splitting, cracking, or roaring. *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > स्फोट (sphoṭa) [Printed book page 647 ] स्फोट (sphoṭa) m. bursting, splitting, opening, cracking, roaring; also = seq. [ ID=38704 ] - 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)* > स्फोट (sphoṭa) [Printed book page 1152-b ] Sphoṭa, as, m. breaking, splitting open, bursting, disclosure, ( narma-sphoṭa in dramatic action is ex- plained to mean bhāva-leśaiḥ sūcito 'lparasaḥ, i. e. slight disclosures or glimpses of love); a swelling, boil, tumor; the idea or disclosure which bursts out or flashes on the mind when a sound is uttered; the eternal sound in the Pūrva-mīmāṃsā; ( ā ), f. the expanded hood of a snake. —Sphoṭa-vāda, as, m. a dissertation on the above philosophical Sphoṭa. —Sphoṭa-vījaka, as, m. ‘having bursting seeds,’ the marking-nut plant ( = bhallātaka ). [ ID=53442 ] ### A boil, tumour, or swelling (4 definitions) - A swelling, boil, or tumour. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a swelling, boil, tumour, Car.; Suśr. [ ID=256924 ] - 1. A boil or tumor. 2. Breaking or bursting. 3. The hood of a snake. *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > स्फोट (sphoṭa) [Printed book page 958 ] स्फोट (sphoṭa) m. ( - टः (-ṭaḥ) ) 1 A boil, a tumor. 2 Breaking, bursting. f. ( - टा (-ṭā) ) The hood of the snake. E. स्फुट (sphuṭa) to break or open, aff. घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=43405 ] - 1. A boil or tumour. 2. Bursting. 3. Hood of a snake. *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > स्फोट (sphoṭa) [Printed book page 881-b ] स्फोट (sphoṭa) ( टः ) ((ṭaḥ)) m. A boil or tumour; bursting. 1. f. Hood of a snake. [ ID=43200 ] - 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* > स्फोट (sphoṭa) [Printed book page 817-b ] स्फोट (sphoṭa) m. ( - टः (-ṭaḥ) ) 1. A boil, a tumour. 2. Breaking, bursting. 3. Revealing, disclosure, (as in नर्मस्फोट (sphoṭa) (narmasphoṭa).) 4. The idea which bursts out or flashes on the mind when a sound is uttered. f. ( - टा (-ṭā) ) The hood of the snake. E. स्फुट् (sphuṭ) to break or open, aff. घञ् । (ghañ.) [ ID=45907 ] ### Cross-references or meta-entries (2 definitions) - See page 1270, column 3 *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H1) [Printed book page 1271,2] स्फोट (sphoṭa) b, ° टक (°ṭaka) &c. See p. 1270, col. 3. [ ID=257050 ] - See page 1152. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)* > [Printed book page 1153-a ] स्फोट (sphoṭa) sphoṭa, sphoṭita, &c. See p. 1152. [ ID=53481 ] ### Philosophical concept of eternal sound/word (2 definitions) - sound, conceived as eternal, indivisible, and creative *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (in phil. ) sound (conceived as eternal, indivisible, and creative), Sarvad. [ ID=256927 ] - the eternal and imperceptible element of sounds and words that conveys meaning to the mind *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the eternal and imperceptible element of sounds and words and the real vehicle of the idea which bursts or flashes on the mind when a sound is uttered, Pat. [ ID=256928 ] ### A loud or sharp sound (1 definition) - crackling, crash, roar *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > crackling, crash, roar, MBh.; VarBṛS. [ ID=256926 ] ### A small fragment or chip (1 definition) - a small fragment or chip *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a little bit or fragment, chip, L. [ ID=256925 ] ### Hood of a snake (Sphoṭā f.) (1 definition) - the expanded hood of a snake *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the expanded hood of a snake (= or w.r. for स्फटा (sphaṭā) ), L. [ ID=256930 ] ### Waving the arms (Sphoṭā f.) (1 definition) - shaking or waving the arms *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2B) [Printed book page 1270,3] स्फोटा (sphoṭā) ( आ (ā) ), f. shaking or waving the arms, MārkP. [ ID=256929 ] ## Sources Definitions from 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, University of Cologne. The Sanskrit Lexicon app for iPhone, iPad and Mac: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sanskrit-lexicon-dictionary/id6746787546