The Sanskrit term Viśeṣaṇīya can be transliterated into English as Visesaniya or Visheshaniya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viśeṣaṇīya (विशेषणीय).—a.

1) To be distinguished.

2) Chief, superior; उपपन्नं हि यच्चेष्टा विशिष्येत विशेष्यया (upapannaṃ hi yacceṣṭā viśiṣyeta viśeṣyayā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.237.12.

-ṣyam The word qualified or limited by an adjective, the object to be defined or particularized by another word; a noun; विशेष्यं नाभिधा गच्छेत् क्षीणशक्ति- र्विशेषणे (viśeṣyaṃ nābhidhā gacchet kṣīṇaśakti- rviśeṣaṇe) K. P.2.

2) A substantive, noun.

See also (synonyms): viśeṣya.

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

Viśeṣaṇīya (विशेषणीय).—mfn.

(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) To be discriminated or distinguished, what may or ought to be marked as distinct. E. vi before śiṣ to distinguish, anīyar aff.

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

Viśeṣaṇīya (विशेषणीय):—[(yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) a.] That should be discriminated or defined.

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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)

Starts with: Visheshaniyama.

Full-text: Visheshya.

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