# विश्पला (viśpalā)

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विश्पला (viśpalā) is a Sanskrit word meaning the name of a mare, a proper name, a woman's name. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Name of a woman (mythological figure), Name of a mare (alternative interpretation).

- **SLP1:** `viSpalA`  **IAST:** viśpalā  **Devanagari:** विश्पला
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishpala
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vishpala/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Name of a woman (mythological figure) (5 definitions)
- the name of a woman whose lost leg was replaced by the Ashvins  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 991,3] विश् (viś) पला (palā) (viśpalā) f. ( accord. to some fr. 2. विश् (viś) and पला (palā) = पाला (pālā) ) N. of a woman (whose lost leg was replaced by the Aśvins), RV. [ ID=200845 ]
- A proper name  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विश्पला (viśpalā) [Printed book page 0875-a ] विश्पला (viśpalā) viśpalā, f. A proper name, Chr. 296, 10 = Rigv. i. 112, 10. [ ID=13655 ]
- a woman's name  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विश्पला (viśpalā) [Printed book page 509 ] विश्पला (viśpalā) f. N. of a woman. [ ID=30242 ]
- a proper name  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > विश्पला (viśpalā) [Printed book page 0943-b ] विश्पला (viśpalā) viśpalā, f. a proper N. [ ID=44165 ]
- A woman in the Rigveda given an iron limb by the Ashvins to replace one lost in a contest.  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > विश्पला (viśpalā) [Printed book page 2-308 ] Viśpalā is, according to the tradition in the Rigveda, 1 the name of a woman to whom the Aśvins gave an iron ( āyasī ) Page2-309+ 40 limb to replace one lost by her in a contest. Pischel 2 considers that a racing horse miraculously cured of a broken limb by the Aśvins is meant, but this is no more than an improbable conjecture. [ Footnote: 1) i. 112, 10: 116 15; 11. 11: 118. 8; x. 39, 8.] [ Footnote: 2) Vedische Studien, 1. 171-173. Cf. Macdonell, Vedic Mythology, 52; Muir, Saniskrit Texts, 5, 245; Bloomfield, Religion of the Veda, 113; Oldenberg, Ṛgveda-Noten, 1, 110, 111.] [ ID=2983 ]

### Name of a mare (alternative interpretation) (1 definition)
- the name of a mare  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 1332,2] ( accord. to some, ‘ N. of a mare’). [ ID=200845.1 sup ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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