Vishamayudha, Viṣamāyudha, Vishama-ayudha: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Viṣamāyudha can be transliterated into English as Visamayudha or Vishamayudha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Vishamayudha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viṣamāyudha (विषमायुध).—epithets of the god of love; उन्मिमील विशदं विषमेषुः (unmimīla viśadaṃ viṣameṣuḥ) Śiśupālavadha 1.72.

Derivable forms: viṣamāyudhaḥ (विषमायुधः).

Viṣamāyudha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viṣama and āyudha (आयुध). See also (synonyms): viṣameṣu, viṣamaśara.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viṣamāyudha (विषमायुध).—m.

(-dhaḥ) Kamadeva. E. viṣama odd, āyudha a weapon; armed with five arrows.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viṣamāyudha (विषमायुध).—[masculine] [Epithet] of the god of love, lit. the odd (i.e. five-) arrowed.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viṣamāyudha (विषमायुध):—[=vi-ṣamāyudha] [from vi-ṣama] m. ‘five-arrowed’, Name of the god of love, [Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viṣamāyudha (विषमायुध):—[viṣamā+yudha] (dhaḥ) 1. m. Kāmadeva.

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Vishamayudha in German

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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.

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