Visphar, Vishphar: 2 definitions
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Visphar means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVisphar (विस्फर्).—6 P.
1) To quiver, palpitate, tremble; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.52.5.
2) To move about, struggle; विस्फुरन्तीं यथाकामं मैथुनायोपचक्रमे (visphurantīṃ yathākāmaṃ maithunāyopacakrame) Rām.7.8.16; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.125.8.
3) To shine, gleam; किं नाम विस्फुरन्ति शस्त्राणि (kiṃ nāma visphuranti śastrāṇi) Uttararāmacarita 4.
4) To draw or twang (as a bow, used in Caus. in the same sense); एकोऽपि विस्फुरितमण्डलचापचक्रं कः सिन्धुराजमभिषेणयितुं समर्थः (eko'pi visphuritamaṇḍalacāpacakraṃ kaḥ sindhurājamabhiṣeṇayituṃ samarthaḥ) Ve.2.26.
5) (esp. visphar) To open wide (eyes). -Caus. To draw (a bow); विस्फार्यमाणस्य ततो भुजाभ्यां भूतानि भर्त्रा धनुरन्तकस्य (visphāryamāṇasya tato bhujābhyāṃ bhūtāni bhartrā dhanurantakasya) Kirātārjunīya 17.24; Rām.7.28.45.
See also (synonyms): visphūr.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Viṣphar (विष्फर्):—[=vi-ṣphar] vi-ṣphāra See vi-√sphar.
2) Visphar (विस्फर्):—[=vi-√sphar] (cf. vi-√sphur), [Causal] -spharayati ([Passive voice] ryate), to open wide (eyes), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;
2) —to draw, discharge (a bow), [Mahābhārata]
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