Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

vismaya विस्मय – wonder; astonishment

adjective · substantive masculine

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

wonder; astonishment

Derived from

  1. vi वि previx — apart; asunder; distinguishing
  2. smi स्मि verbal root — smile; blush
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

vismaya ·m. °na n. wonder, surprise.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Vi-smaya, as, m. wonder, surprise, amazement, astonishment, admiration; dismay; pride, arrogance; doubt, uncertainty, perplexity; (in the drama) one of the Bhāvas.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective

2. vismaya (2. vi + smaya) adj. frei von Dünkel, — Hochmuth BHĀG. P. 3,17,31.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

1. vismaya (von smi mit vi) m. am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā. 1〉 Dünkel, Hochmuth H. an. 3,506. MED. y. 104. tapaḥ kṣarati vismayāt M. 4,237. tasmānna vismayaḥ kāryaḥ puruṣeṣu mahātmasu BHĀG. P. 6,17,35. gatavismayā BHĀG. P. 36. — 2〉 das Staunen, das Gefühl der Ueberraschung, Verblüfftheit AK. 1,1,7,19. H. 303. H. an. MED. HALĀY. 4,60. HALĀY. 1,91. bata vismaye HALĀY. 5,92. AK. 3,4,32 (28), 5. vividhārtheṣu padārtheṣu lokasīmātivartiṣu . visphāraścetaso yastu sa vismaya udāhṛtaḥ .. SĀH. D. 207. vismayo naḥ samutpannaḥ MBH. 3,2472. vismayo me mahānabhūt MBH. 3,11965. RAGH. 10,51. ŚĀK. 72,8. VIKR. 78,5. DAŚAR. 4,72. viṣādavismayāveśa KATHĀS. 18,240. RĀJA-TAR. 3,71. RĀJA-TAR. 4,577. na vismayo 'sau tvayi viśvavismaye (adj.) yo māyayedaṃ sasṛje 'tivismayam (adj.) BHĀG. P. 3,13,42. BHĀG. P. 4,1,28. ˚kāri ceṣṭitam Spr. (II) 2270. bhayavismayakārin ŚUK. in LA. (III) 38,6. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 225,a,38 (pl.). prayāṇe vismayaḥ kutaḥ Spr. (II) 1238. Spr. (II) 2582, v. l. nāma˚ Spr. (II) 196, v. l. vismayāt vor —, mit Staunen ŚĀK. 100,23. RĀJA-TAR. 3,111. vismayānvita AK. 3,1,26 (= vilakṣa). MBH. 3,2150. MBH. 3,2230. vismayo sarvathā heyaḥ pratyūhaḥ sarvakarmaṇām Spr. 2880. vipatkāle vismaya eva kāpuruṣalakṣaṇam HIT. 13,19. paraṃ vismayamāgatāḥ R. 1,4,14. BRAHMA-P. in LA. (III) 53,4. vismayaṃ paramaṃ yayau MBH. 3,2795. R. 1,2,1. PAÑCAR. 1,6,12. paraṃ vismayamāyayau RĀJA-TAR. 3,452. RĀJA-TAR. 4,241. paraṃ vismayamāpannāḥ MBH. 3,2856. vismayaṃ paramaṃ cakre gerieth in Staunen R. GORR. 1,35,50. dāne tapasi u. s. w. vismayo na ca kartavyaḥ Spr. 1136. cakāra — teṣu rakṣassu vismayam erregte Staunen R. 5,40,11. jāta˚ adj. R. 3,44,17. saṃjāta˚ adj. KATHĀS. 38,98. janita˚ adj. KATHĀS. 28,189. āgata˚ adj. HARIV. 9975. gatavismayo 'tra BHĀG. P. 3,1,42. sa˚ adj. erstaunt, überrascht RAGH. 3,47. RAGH. 5,29. RAGH. 13,68. KATHĀS. 22,130. KATHĀS. 25,53. KATHĀS. 25,154. KATHĀS. 25,252. KATHĀS. 26,91. KATHĀS. 27,75. RĀJA-TAR. 4,268. RĀJA-TAR. 4,424. PAÑCAT. 44,24. HIT. 54,18. savismayam adv. ŚĀK. 48,6. ŚĀK. 52,21. KATHĀS. 18,390. RĀJA-TAR. 6,359. PAÑCAT. 76,24. HIT. 14,22. su˚ adj. KATHĀS. 43,174.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective

2. vismaya Adj. frei von Dünkel, — Hochmuth ŚIŚ. 13,68.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

1. vismaya m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 das Staunen, das Gefühl der Ueberraschung, Verblüfftheit. — 2〉 Dünkel, Hochmuth KĀRAṆḌ. 31,3.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

vismayaḥ 1 Wonder, surprise, astonishment, amazement; puruṣaḥ prababhūvāgnervismayena sahartvijāṃ R. 10. 50. 2 Astonishment or wonder, being the feeling which produces the adbhuta sentiment; S. D. thus defines it: -vividheṣu padārtheṣu lokasīmātivatiṃṣu . visphāraścetaso yastu sa vismaya udāhṛtaḥ .. S. D. 207. 3 Pride, arrogance; tapaḥ kṣarati vismayāt Ms. 4. 237. 4 Uncertainty, doubt. Comp. — ākula, -āviṣṭa a. astonished, struck with wonder.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

vismaya m. das Erstaunen (auch ˚na n.); Stolz, Dünkel.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

vismaya m. étonnement, admiration; orgueil, vanité.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

SS 1 occurrence
SS 1.12–1.16: Stages of Wonder 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

  • SS 1.12 Segment 1

    Attested form: vismayaḥ Grammar of the segment: nominative singular

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