many-coloured
विश्व (viśva)—रूप (—rūpa) mf(आ (ā) or ई (ī))n. many-coloured, variegated, RV.; AV. &c. [ID=201274]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
विश्वरूपviśvarūpa
विश्वरूप (viśvarūpa) is a Sanskrit word meaning various forms, many-coloured, manifold, various, a particular comet, an epithet of Shiva, an epithet of Vishnu-Krishna. Its 28 recorded definitions are grouped into 10 contexts, among them Adjective: Many-formed, Universal, Name: Specific Objects, Animals, or Concepts (e.g., comets, cow, verses), Name: Son of Tvaṣṭṛ (Triśiras).
- Etymology
- E. विश्व all, रूप form
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Meanings by context
Adjective: Many-formed, Universal
6 definitions
manifold, various
wearing all forms, manifold, various, RV.; AV.; TS. &c. [ID=201275]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. Universal or omnipresent. 2. Vishnu. 3. Agallochum.
विश्व (viśva)रूप (rūpa) (viśvarūpa) [Printed book page 789]
विश्व (viśva)रूप (rūpa) (viśvarūpa) mfn. (-पः (-paḥ)-पी-पं (-paṃ) (-paḥ-pī-paṃ)) Taking all forms, existing in all forms, universal, omnipresent. m. (-पः (-paḥ)) VIṢṆU. n. (-पं (-paṃ)) Agallochum.
विश्व (viśva)रूप (rūpa) (viśvarūpa) mfn. (-पः (-paḥ)-पी-पं (-paṃ) (-paḥ-pī-paṃ)) Taking all forms, existing in all forms, universal, omnipresent. m. (-पः (-paḥ)) VIṢṆU. n. (-पं (-paṃ)) Agallochum.
E. विश्व (viśva) all, and रूप (rūpa) form.
[ID=35967]— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Taking all forms, omnipresent. 2. Vishnu. 3. Agallochum.
विश्वरूप (viśvarūpa) [Printed book page 707-b]
विश्व-रूप (viśva-rūpa) (पः-पी-पं) ((paḥ-pī-paṃ)) a. Taking all forms, omnipresent. m. Vishnu. n. Agallochum. [ID=35574]
विश्व-रूप (viśva-rūpa) (पः-पी-पं) ((paḥ-pī-paṃ)) a. Taking all forms, omnipresent. m. Vishnu. n. Agallochum. [ID=35574]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Taking all forms or omnipresent.
2. Vishnu.
3. Agallochum.
विश्व (viśva)रूप (rūpa) (viśvarūpa) [Printed book page 674-b]
विश्व (viśva)रूप (rūpa) (viśvarūpa)
विश्व (viśva)रूप (rūpa) (viśvarūpa)
mfn. (-पः (-paḥ)-पी-पं (-paṃ) (-paḥ-pī-paṃ)) Taking all forms, existing in all forms, universal, omnipresent.
m. (-पः (-paḥ)) VISHṆU.
n. (-पं (-paṃ)) Agallochum.
E. विश्व (viśva) all, रूप (rūpa) form.
[ID=37649]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Many-colored or manifold.
2. An epithet of Vishnu, and the name of a son of Tvashtri, an Asura, and several men.
विश्वरूप (viśvarūpa) [Printed book page 510]
विश्वरूप (viśvarūpa) (f. आ (ā) & विश्वरूप (viśvarūpa)ी (viśvarūpī)) a. many-coloured, multiform, manifold, various. m. E. of Viṣṇu, N. of a son of Tvaṣṭṛ, of an Asura, & of sev. men. [ID=30325]
विश्वरूप (viśvarūpa) (f. आ (ā) & विश्वरूप (viśvarūpa)ी (viśvarūpī)) a. many-coloured, multiform, manifold, various. m. E. of Viṣṇu, N. of a son of Tvaṣṭṛ, of an Asura, & of sev. men. [ID=30325]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Name: Specific Objects, Animals, or Concepts (e.g., comets, cow, verses)
6 definitions
a particular comet
विश्व (viśva)—रूप (—rūpa) m. N. of partic. comets, VarBṛS. [ID=201276]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a dappled cow
(H3B) [Printed book page 993,3]
विश्व (viśva)—रूपा (—rūpā) (आ (ā)), f. a dappled cow, RV.; VS.; TBr. [ID=201282]
विश्व (viśva)—रूपा (—rūpā) (आ (ā)), f. a dappled cow, RV.; VS.; TBr. [ID=201282]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
particular verses
N. of partic. verses (e.g. Ṛg-veda (Title) v, 81, 2), Br.; Lāṭy. [ID=201283]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the yoked horses of Brihaspati
pl. the yoked horses of Bṛhas-pati, Naigh. [ID=201284]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
one of the seven tongues of fire
(H3B) [Printed book page 993,3]
विश्व (viśva)—रूपी (—rūpī) (ई (ī)), f. N. of one of the seven tongues of fire, MuṇḍUp. [ID=201285]
विश्व (viśva)—रूपी (—rūpī) (ई (ī)), f. N. of one of the seven tongues of fire, MuṇḍUp. [ID=201285]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
The name of a work
विश्व (viśva)—रूप (—rūpa) (prob.) n. N. of wk. [ID=201287]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Name: Son of Tvaṣṭṛ (Triśiras)
4 definitions
a son of Tvashtri whose three heads were struck off by Indra
of a son of Tvaṣṭṛ (whose three heads were struck off by Indra), RV.; TS.; Br. &c. [ID=201279]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
The son of Tvashtri.
Viśvarūpa2, son of Tvaṣṭṛ. § 555 (Indravijaya): V, 8,
230 (Tvaṣṭṛ created a three-headed (triśiras) son V., whom
Indra slew with his thunderbolt; Tvaṣṭṛ then created
Vṛtra); 17, 522 (°vināśena).—§ 665 (Mokṣadh.): XII,
208, 7584 (Tvaṣṭuś caivātmajaḥ).—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya):
XII, 343, VII), ††13207 (Tvāṣṭraḥ purohitaḥ devānāṃ),
††13208 (°mātaraṃ), ††13209 (Tvāṣṭro V°as Triśirā devānāṃ
purohitaḥ), ††13211, ††13212, ††13213 (V., the son of
Tvaṣṭṛ and an Asura woman, was the purohita of the gods,
but afterwards he joined the Asuras and was then slain by
Indra with the thunderbolt, cf. § 555).—§ 778b (Saṃvartta-
Maruttīya): XIV, 5, 114 (°sya nihantā, i.e. Indra).
Cf. Triśiras, Tvaṣṭṛputra, Tvāṣṭra.
[ID=11942]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
1. A son of Tvashtri and Rocana. 2. A three-headed sage whose heads were cut off by Indra and transformed into birds.
विश्वरूप (viśvarūpa) [Printed book page 3-274]
Viśvarūpa (I) — a son of Tvaṣṭri and Rocanā (Yaśo- dharā-Br. P.) adopted by Suragaṇas when their guru Angiras left them. At first he did not agree as Paurodhasa was not a coveted profession. Finally he accepted and initiated Indra into a mantra known as Varma Nārāyaṇāt- makam; with this Indra enjoyed once more the Trailokya- lakṣmī: Father of Pañcajanī.1 Viśvarūpa had three heads Somapīṭḥa, Surāpīṭḥa, and Annāda. Finding the ācārya giving a part of his sacrificial offerings to Asuras, Indra cut off his heads which became Kapiñjala, Kalavinka and Tittiri birds. His vadha,2 in the sabhā of Hiraṇyakaśipu.3
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. VI. 6. 44-5; ch. 7-8 (whole); V. 7. 1; Br. III. 1. 86.]
[Footnote: 2) Bhā. VI. 9. 1-5; 13. 5.]
[Footnote: 3) M. 161. 80.]
[ID=13229]
Viśvarūpa (I) — a son of Tvaṣṭri and Rocanā (Yaśo- dharā-Br. P.) adopted by Suragaṇas when their guru Angiras left them. At first he did not agree as Paurodhasa was not a coveted profession. Finally he accepted and initiated Indra into a mantra known as Varma Nārāyaṇāt- makam; with this Indra enjoyed once more the Trailokya- lakṣmī: Father of Pañcajanī.1 Viśvarūpa had three heads Somapīṭḥa, Surāpīṭḥa, and Annāda. Finding the ācārya giving a part of his sacrificial offerings to Asuras, Indra cut off his heads which became Kapiñjala, Kalavinka and Tittiri birds. His vadha,2 in the sabhā of Hiraṇyakaśipu.3
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. VI. 6. 44-5; ch. 7-8 (whole); V. 7. 1; Br. III. 1. 86.]
[Footnote: 2) Bhā. VI. 9. 1-5; 13. 5.]
[Footnote: 3) M. 161. 80.]
[ID=13229]
— The Purana Index
a name of Trishiras, a son of Tvashta
[Printed book page 3-275]
Viśvarūpa (IV) — a name of Triśiras, a son of Tvaṣṭa. Vā. 65. 85. [ID=13232]
Viśvarūpa (IV) — a name of Triśiras, a son of Tvaṣṭa. Vā. 65. 85. [ID=13232]
— The Purana Index
Name: Various Persons (Scholars, Other Individuals)
3 definitions
A name of various scholars, especially of a commentator on Yajnavalkya.
of various scholars &c. (esp. of a Sch. on Yājñ.), Kull.; Cat. &c. [ID=201281]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a Shukradeva
Viśvarūpa (II) — a Śukradeva (ajita). Br. II. 13. 94; Vā. 31. 7. [ID=13230]
— The Purana Index
a son of Rupavati and devotee of Narayana
Viśvarūpa (III) — a son of Rūpavatī, and devoted to Nārāyaṇa: elected Purohita in the absence of Bṛhaspati who went to the earth due to a curse by sages: Indra quarrelled with him, and the latter repaired to spend his life in penance. Sages cursed Indra for this. Br. IV. 9. 4-8. [ID=13231]
— The Purana Index
Epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa
2 definitions
an epithet of Vishnu-Krishna
of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa, Cat. [ID=201278]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
an epithet of Vishnu
विश्वरूप (viśvarūpa) [Printed book page 679-03]
विश्व-रूप (viśva-rūpa) (I) m. an epithet of Vishṇu. [ID=35666]
विश्व-रूप (viśva-rūpa) (I) m. an epithet of Vishṇu. [ID=35666]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Name: Asura / Rākṣasa
2 definitions
an Asura
of an Asura, MBh.; Hariv. [ID=201280]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
an Asura
विश्वरूप (viśvarūpa) [Printed book page 730-1]
Viśvarūpa1, an Asura. § 268 (Varuṇasabhāv.): II, 9,
Viśvarūpa1, an Asura. § 268 (Varuṇasabhāv.): II, 9,
366 (among the Daityas and Dānavas in the palace of
Varuṇa).
[ID=11941]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Plant: Agallochum
2 definitions
Agallochum
विश्व (viśva)—रूप (—rūpa) n. Agallochum, W. [ID=201286]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
agallochum
विश्व-रूप (viśva-rūpa) (II) n. agallochum. [ID=35667]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Epithet of Śiva
1 definition
an epithet of Shiva
of Śiva, MBh. [ID=201277]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Epithets of Various Deities/Concepts
1 definition
1. Shiva. 2. Hiranyagarbha. 3. Mahapurusha. 4. Krishna or Vishnu.
Viśvarūpa3 = Śiva: VII, †9548, 9621 (etymology); X,
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253; XII, 211 (Mahādevaḥ), †10438 (1000 names1), 11785
(Rudrasya); XIII, 589, 606 (Śivāya, B. Viṣṇurāpāya), 727
(Maheśvaraḥ), 908, 1125, 1149 (1000 names2), 1155 (do.),
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7503, 7513 (etymology); XIV, 209, 211.—Do.4 = Hiraṇya-
garbha: XII, 11233.—Do.5 = Mahāpuruṣa (Mahāpuruṣa-
stava).—Do.6 = Kṛṣṇa (Viṣṇu); XII, †2403, 13109; XIII,
†7367, †7388, †7390.
[ID=11943]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Noun: Various Forms / Multiplicity
1 definition
various forms
(H3) [Printed book page 993,3]
विश्व (viśva)—रूप (—rūpa) n. sg. various forms, Mn.; Pañcar.; RāmatUp. [ID=201273]
विश्व (viśva)—रूप (—rūpa) n. sg. various forms, Mn.; Pañcar.; RāmatUp. [ID=201273]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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