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विश्व

viśva

{víśva} mf({ā})n. (prob. fr. √1. {viś}, to pervade, i, 151##declined as a pron. like {sarva}, by which it is superseded in the Brāhmaṇas and later language) all, every, every one##whole, entire, universal RV. &c. &c##all-pervading or all-containing, omnipresent (applied to Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa, the soul, intellect &c.) Up. MBh. &c##m. (in phil.) the intellectual faculty or (accord. to some) the faculty which perceives individuality or the individual underlying the gross body ({sthūla-śarīra-vyaṣty-upahita}) Vedântas##N. of a class of gods,##N. of the number 'thirteen' Gol##of a class of deceased ancestors MārkP##of a king MBh##of a well-known dictionary = {viśva-prakāśa}##pl. ({víśve}, with or scil. {devās}, cf. {viśve-deva}, p. 995) 'all the gods collectively' or the, All-gods' (a partic. class of gods, forming one of the 9 Gaṇas enumerated under {gaṇadevatā}, q.v##accord. to the Vishnu and other Purāṇas they were sons of Viśvā, daughter of Daksha, and their names are as follow, 1. Vasu, 2. Satya, 3. Kratu, 4. Daksha, 5. Kāla, 6. Kāma, 7. Dhṛiti, 8. Kuru, 9. Purū-ravas, 10. Mādravas [?]##two others are added by some, viz. 11. Rocaka or Locana, 12. Dhvani [or Dhūri##or this may make 13]: they are particularly worshipped at Śrāddhas and at the Vaiśvadeva ceremony {ṛṭḻ. 416}##moreover, accord. to Manu [iii, 90, 121], offerings should be made to them daily - these privileges having been bestowed on them by Brahmā and the Pitṛis, as a reward for severe austerities they had performed on the Himâlaya: sometimes it is difficult to decide whether the expression {viśve devāḥ} refers to all the gods or to the particular troop of deities described above) RV. &c##&c##({ā}), f. the earth L. (loc. pl. 'in all places, everywhere' RV. viii, 106, 2)##dry ginger L##Piper Longum L##Asparagus Racemosus L##= {ati-viṣā}, or {viṣā} L##N. of one of the tongues of Agni, MārkP##a partic. weight L##N. of a daughter of Daksha (the wife of Dharma and mother of the Viśve Devāh) MBh. Hariv. Pur##of a river BhP##n. the whole world, universe AV. &c.&c##dry ginger Suśr##myrrh L##a mystical N. of the sound {o} Up

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