The corpus record — Sanskrit

piśunā

Adj

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Chandogya Upanisad 2 · 0.43/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. ةِسُنَ-

pisuna- Adj. verleumderisch, verräterisch, böse; m. Verleumder, Bosewicht (RV [7,104,20] +, VS + wohl Denunziant, Geheimagent’, RauStaat 116 Anm. 5). - Pä. pkt. pisuna- verleumderisch, pä. pesufina- n. Verleumdung. - Nicht überzeugend erklärt. Vielleicht doch als „*anmalend“ (- nhd. anschwärzen 'verleumden‘) od. dgl. zu PES (s. KEWA I 2%). - Origineli Kölv 37ff. 1 alpi-Sun-o- ‘einem Hund benachbart’). Nicht sicher … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. pisuna-, p. 165]

2. piśuna

piśuna mfn. back-biting, slanderous, calumnious, treacherous, malignant, base, wicked

3. piśuna

a backbiter, informer, betrayer, RV. &c. &c.

4. piśuna

( ifc. ) showing, betraying, manifesting, telling of, memorable for, Kālid. ; Kathās. ; Pur.

In the wild

piśunā Chandogya Upanisad chup_7,6.1
piśunāḥ Chandogya Upanisad chup_7,7.1

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