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viṣayā

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Distribution

Mandukya Upanisad 2 · 10.26/10k
Bhagavad Gita 3 · 3.49/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 11 · 1.45/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 5 · 1.07/10k

Senses

1. ثِس-

2. ثِسَُ-

3. ثِس-

(Taeces’), su visra-, unten III 475 - visanda-, so 11227 (s

4. viś

1. viś cl. 6. P. ( Dhātup. xxviii, 130 ) viśati (rarely, in later language mostly mc. also Ā. viśate ; pf. viveśa, viviśe, RV. &c. &c. [viveśitha, viveśuḥ, RV. ; viviśyās, ib. ; p. viśivas, AV. ; viviśivas or viviśvas, Pāṇ. vii, 2, 68 ; aviveśīs, RV. ]; aor. aviśran, avikṣmahi, veśīt, RV. ; …

5. viś

2. viś f. ( m. only, L. ; nom. sg. viṭ; loc. pl. vikṣu) a settlement, homestead, house, dwelling (viśaspati ‘lord of the house’ applied to Agni and Indra ), RV.

6. viṣ

1. viṣ cl. 3. P. viveṣṭi (only RV. cf. Intens. ; here and ep. also cl. 1. P. veṣati cf. below; Subj. viveḥ, viveṣaḥ, RV. ; pf. viveṣa, viviṣuḥ, ib. [aviveṣīḥ, iv, 22, 5 &c.]; aor. avikṣat, avikṣata, Gr. ; Impv. viḍḍhi, AV. ; fut. vekṣyati, te, Br. ; veṣṭā Gr. ; inf. veṣṭum Gr. ; viṣe, RV. ; ind.

7. viṣaya

viṣaya m. ( ifc. f(ā). ; prob. either fr. √ 1. viṣ, ‘to act’, or fr. vi + √ si, ‘to extend’, cf. Pāṇ. viii, 3, 70 , Sch. ) sphere (of influence or activity), dominion, kingdom, territory, region, district, country, abode ( pl. = lands, possessions), Mn. ; MBh. &c.

8. viṣaya

special sphere or department, peculiar province or field of action, peculiar element, concern ( ifc. = ‘concerned with, belonging to, intently engaged on’; viṣaye, with gen. or ifc. = ‘in the sphere of, with regard or reference to’; atraviṣaye, ‘with regard to this object’), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.

9. viṣaya

an object of sense (these are five in number, the five indriya, or organs of sense having each their proper viṣaya or object, viz. 1. śabda, ‘sound’, for the ear, cf. śrutiviṣaya; 2. sparśa, ‘tangibility’, for the skin; 3. rūpa, ‘form’ or ‘colour’, for the eye; 4. rasa, ‘savour’, for the tongue; 5.

Attestations

viṣayā Bhagavad Gita 2.59
viṣam Bhagavad Gita 18.37
viṣam Bhagavad Gita 18.38
viśo Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.7
viśaṃ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.7
viṣaya Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.11

6 of 21 attestations shown.

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) vol. 2, scan p. 589; entry #4401 Review: Under source audit
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