1. viśeṣa
viśeṣa m. (once in Pañcat. n. ; ifc. f(ā). ) distinction, difference between (two gen. , two loc. , or gen. and instr. ), GṛŚrS. ; MBh. &c.
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viśeṣa
viśeṣa m. (once in Pañcat. n. ; ifc. f(ā). ) distinction, difference between (two gen. , two loc. , or gen. and instr. ), GṛŚrS. ; MBh. &c.
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Distribution
- Mandukya Upanisad 3 · 15.38/10k
- Taittiriya Upanisad 5 · 9.43/10k
- Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 65 · 8.6/10k
- Prasna Upanisad 5 · 7.66/10k
- Aitareya Upanisad 3 · 6.19/10k
- Chandogya Upanisad 22 · 4.69/10k
Senses
2. viśeṣa
a kind, species, individual ( e.g. vṛkṣav, a species of tree, in comp. often also = special, peculiar, particular, different, e.g. chandov, ‘a particular metre’, viśeṣamaṇḍana, ‘a peculiar ornament’; arghaviśeṣāḥ, ‘different prices’), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.
3. viśeṣa
(in phil. ) particularity, individuality, essential difference or individual essence (with the Vaiśeṣika s the 5th category or Padārtha , belonging to the 9 eternal substances or Dravya s, viz. soul, time, place, ether, and the 5 atoms of earth, water, light, air, and mind, which are said to be so e
Attestations
- viśeṣa Aitareya Upanisad aitup_1,1.1
- viśeṣaḥ Aitareya Upanisad aitup_1,1.2
- viśeṣaḥ Aitareya Upanisad aitup_1,1.2
- viśeṣo Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,3.2
- viśeṣeṇa Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,3.8
- viśeṣo Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,3.13
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Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.