Vishalata, Viśālatā, Visālatā, Visalata, Viṣalatā: 10 definitions
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Vishalata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Viśālatā and Viṣalatā can be transliterated into English as Visalata or Vishalata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuViṣalatā (विषलता) is another name for Indravāruṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Citrullus colocynthis (colocynth, bitter apple or desert gourd) from the Cucurbitaceae or “gourd family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.70-72 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Viṣalatā and Indravāruṇī, there are a total of twenty-nine Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryvisālatā : (f.) largeness; immensity.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryVisālatā, (f.) (abstr. fr. visāla) breadth, extensiveness VvA. 104. (Page 640)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryViśālatā (विशालता).—
1) Greatness, magnitude.
2) Eminence.
See also (synonyms): viśālatva.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśālatā (विशालता).—f.
(-tā) 1. Width, breadth. 2. Magnitude, bulk. 3. Eminence, distinction. E. viśāla large, tal aff. of the abstract; also viśālatva n. (-tvaṃ) .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśālatā (विशालता).—[viśāla + tā], f. 1. Magnitude. 2. Breadth. 3. Distinction.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśālatā (विशालता).—[feminine] extent, width.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Viśālatā (विशालता):—[=viśāla-tā] [from viśāla] f. great extent, greatness, [Śiśupāla-vadha]
2) [v.s. ...] eminence, distinction, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) Viṣalatā (विषलता):—[=viṣa-latā] [from viṣa > viṣ] f. ‘poisonous creeper’, the colocynth plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Viṣalāṭā (विषलाटा):—[=viṣa-lāṭā] [from viṣa > viṣ] f. Name of a place, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśālatā (विशालता):—(tā) 1. f. Width, magnitude.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Visha, Vishala, Lata, Ta.
Starts with: Vishalatailagarbha, Vishalatana.
Full-text: Nyagrodhaparimandala, Vishalanta, Vishalatva, Indravaruni.
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