Sanskrit Dictionary

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Amarakosha Search

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

vyadhvaḥ	2.1.16	Masculine	Singular	kāpathaḥ, duradhvaḥ, vipathaḥ, kadadhvā

Monier-Williams Search

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vipatha

See sub voce, i.e. the word in the Sanskrit order

m. n. a different path, wrong road, evil course

m. a particular high number

mn. a kind of chariot (fit for untrodden paths)

mfn. going in a wrong way or evil course

f. the going in a wrong way

m. drawing a chariot called vipatha- (See above)

Nom. P. yati-, to lead upon the wrong way

n. a kind of yamaka- (q.v) in which the paronomasia is only at the beginning and end of the verse (exempli gratia, 'for example'

)

n. a yoke fit for bad roads

m. a place where 2 roads meet, crossway

Apte Search

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vipathaḥ	विपथः A wrong road, bad way (lit. and fig.); सत्पथं कथमुत्सृज्य यास्यामि विपथं पथः Mb.12.359.11.

Vedic Index of
Names and Subjects

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vipatha	In the description of the Vrātya, denotes a vehicle suited for rough roads. Cf. Anas.

Bloomfield Vedic
Concordance

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āpathayo	vipathayaḥ RV.5.52.10a.

DCS with thanks

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vipatha	noun (masculine neuter) a different path (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a kind of chariot (fit for untrodden paths) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a particular high number (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) evil course (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) wrong road (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 20055/72933