विशुद्ध (viśuddha) is a Sanskrit word meaning completely cleansed, pure, and clear, virtuous and honest, brilliantly white, thoroughly settled, established, or ascertained, one who has thoroughly completed, exhausted or empty. Its 22 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Pure, Cleansed, Clear, Virtuous, Morally Pure, Viśuddha Chakra (Mystical Circle).
Root
शुध्(śudh)
Etymology
E. वि intensitive prefix, शुध् to be pure or clean, aff. क्त ।
(H2) [Printed book page 991,2] वि-शुद्ध (vi-śuddha)mfn. completely cleansed or purified (also in a ritual sense), clean, clear, pure (lit. and fig.), Mn.; MBh. &c. [ID=200737]
विशुद्ध (viśuddha) [Printed book page 290-1] विशुद्ध (viśuddha) vi-śuddha, pp. (√śudh) pure etc.: -tā,f., -tva,n. pureness; -dhī,a. pure-minded; -pārṣṇi,a. whose rear is covered; -bhāva,a. having a pure nature or mind; -vaṃśya,a. of pure descent; -sattva-vijñāna,a. whose character and nature are pure; -ātman,a. having a pure nature or character. [ID=16748]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Pure or clean.
2. Pious and virtuous.
3. Humble.
4. Corrected.
1. Completely purified, clean, or pure. 2. Free from vice or fault. 3. Pious, virtuous, or honest. 4. Humble, modest, or compliant. 5. Rectified, corrected, or accurate. 6. A kind of mystical circle in the body.
विशुद्ध (viśuddha) [Printed book page 0943-a] Vi-śuddha, as, ā, am, completely purified or cleansed; cleared; clean; pure, free from all vice or fault; pious, virtuous, honest; humble, modest, compliant; rectified, corrected, accurate; (am), n. a kind of mystical circle in the body, (see cakra, cf. viśuddhi-cakra.) —Viśuddha-dhiṣaṇa, as,ā, am, having the understanding or mind purified. —Viśuddha-bhāva, as, ā, am, having a pure mind or disposition, pure-minded. —Viśuddha-vaṃśya,as, ā, am, of a pure family. —Viśuddha-sattva-pradhāna, as, ā, am, chiefly characterized by pure goodness. —Viśuddhātman (°dha-āt°), ā, ā, a, having a pure soul, pure-minded, innocent. —Viśud-dheśva-tantra (°dha-iś°), am, n., N. of a work. [ID=44139]
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Definitions on this page come from 9 works:
Apte Practical 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.
