Vishrinkhala, Viśṛṅkhala: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Viśṛṅkhala can be transliterated into English as Visrnkhala or Vishrinkhala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureViśṛṅkhala (विशृङ्खल) refers to one of the nine doṣas introduced by Candraśekhara in his Vṛttamauktika chapter 11 (doṣaprakaraṇa).—Candraśekhara observed nine doṣas based on the context of the subject matter, the style, the rasa and other aspects of the composition.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryviśṛṅkhala (विशृंखल).—a (S Exempt from a chain.) Unfettered, unshackled, unrestrained, uncurbed.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryViśṛṅkhala (विशृङ्खल).—a.
1) Without fetters (lit.).
2) Unfettered, unchecked, unrestrained, uncurbed (fig.); विशृङ्खलं शृङ्खलकाः प्रतस्थिरे (viśṛṅkhalaṃ śṛṅkhalakāḥ pratasthire) Śiśupālavadha 12.7; करिकुम्भतुलामुरोजयोः क्रियमाणां कविभिर्विशृङ्खलैः (karikumbhatulāmurojayoḥ kriyamāṇāṃ kavibhirviśṛṅkhalaiḥ) Bv.2.177.
3) Free from all moral bonds, dissolute; उद्भासिताखिलखलस्य विशृङ्खलस्य (udbhāsitākhilakhalasya viśṛṅkhalasya) ... गोचरगतैः सुखमाप्यते कैः (gocaragataiḥ sukhamāpyate kaiḥ) Bhartṛhari 2.59.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśṛṅkhala (विशृङ्खल).—mfn.
(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) 1. Unchecked, unrestrained, unfettered, (literally or figuratively.) 2. Dissolute. E. vi privative, śṛṅkhalā a chain.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśṛṅkhala (विशृङ्खल).—adj. unfettered, unrestrained, dissolute, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 49.
Viśṛṅkhala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and śṛṅkhala (शृङ्खल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśṛṅkhala (विशृङ्खल).—[adjective] unfettered, unrestrained; immoderate, excessive, [neuter] [adverb]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Viśṛṅkhala (विशृङ्खल):—[=vi-śṛṅkhala] [from vi] mfn. unfettered, unrestrained, unbounded (am ind., [Śiśupāla-vadha]), [Kāvya literature; Rājataraṅgiṇī; Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) [v.s. ...] dissolute, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
3) [v.s. ...] sounding or tinkling excessively, [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara]
4) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) abounding excessively in [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśṛṅkhala (विशृङ्खल):—[vi-śṛṅkhala] (laḥ-lā-laṃ) a. Unfettered.
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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.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryViśṛṅkhala (विशृङ्खल):—adj. 1. without fetters; 2. unfettered; unchecked; unrestrained; uncurbed; 3. free from all moral bonds; dissolute;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Shrinkhala, Vi.
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