Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

viloma विलोम – as, ī, am, against the hair, against the grain, out of the usual or proper course, reverse, inverted, inverse, turned…

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

viloma ·a. ­ against the hair or grain, contrary, refractory.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

viloma vi-loma, as, ī, am, against the hair, against the grain, out of the usual or proper course, reverse, inverted, inverse, turned the wrong way, turned backward, contrary, opposite; produced in the reverse order [cf. viloma-ja]; (as), m. reverse order, opposite course, reverse; a snake; a dog; an epithet of Varuṇa (the regent of the waters); (am), n. a water-wheel or machine for raising water from a well (= ara-ghaṭṭaka); (ī), f. Emblic Myrobalan.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

viloma (2. vi + loman) 1〉 adj. (f. ā) = pratīpa H. 1465. H. an. 3,472. MED. m. 53. a〉 wider das Haar —, wider den Strich —, in entgegengesetzter Richtung gehend, in verkehrter Ordnung laufend: trikavalanavilomaṃ vīkṣya dūrātsvadeśam so v. a. hinter sich RĀJA-TAR. 1,374. — b〉 widerspänstig: ein Elephant VARĀH. BṚH. S. 94,12. — 2〉 m. a〉 Schlange. — b〉 Hund. — c〉 Varuṇa H. an. MED. — 3〉 f. ī Myrobalanenbaum H. an. MED. — 4〉 n. = araghaṭṭaka H. an. MED. (hier fälschlich arapaṭṭana).

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

viloma — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) — a〉 entgegengesetzt, verkehrt GOP. BR. 1,1,15. pavana˚ gegen den Wind gerichtet VARĀH. BṚH. S. 33,29. daivajñavilomaceṣṭa (könnte auch viloman sein) VARĀH. YOGAY. 5,9. ˚m Adv. so v. a. rückwärts. — b〉 widerspänstig. — 2〉 *m. — a〉 Schlange. — b〉 Hund. — c〉 Bein. Varuṇaʼs. — 3〉 *f. ī Myrobalanenbaum. — 4〉 *n. Schöpfrad.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

viloma a. (mī f.) 1 Inverted, reverse, inverse, contrary, opposite. 2 Produced in the reverse order. 3 Backward. — maḥ 1 Reverse order, inversion. 2 A dog. 3 A snake. 4 N. of Varuṇa. — maṃ A waterwheel, machine for raising water from a well. Comp. — utpanna, -ja, -jāta, — varṇa a. ‘born in the reverse order’; i. e. born of a mother whose caste is superior to the father's; cf. pratilomaja also. — kriyā, -vidhiḥ 1 a reverse action. 2 a rule of inversion (in math.). — jihvaḥ an elephant.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

viloma u. víloman widerhaarig, entgegengesetzt, verkehrt.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

viloma viloma a. (loman) m à m. qui va à contre poil; contraire, inverse. — S. m. ordre inverse. Serpent; chien. Varuṇa. — S. f. [ī] phyllanthus emblica, bot. — S. n. machine à puiser l'eau. vilomajihva m. éléphant. vilomavarṇa m. homme de caste dégradée.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.26–29*1: Cakra, Śaṅkha, Vāmāvartta, Vartmagati and Gadā 1 occurrence

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