vākya-paṭutā

vi-citra


manifold, various, diverse Mn. MBh. etc.;
strange, wonderful, surprising MBh. Kāv. etc.;
charming, lovely, beautiful R. Ṛitus. ;
amusing, entertaining (as a story) Kathās. ;
painted, coloured W. ;
(am) ind. manifoldly, variously BhP. ;
charmingly R. ;
m. the Aṡoka tree L. ;
N. of a king MBh. ;
of a son of Manu Raucya orﾠ Deva-sāvarṇi Hariv. Pur. ;
of a heron Hit. ;
(ā) f. a white deer MW. ;
colocynth L. ;
(in music) a partic. Mūrchanā Saṃgīt. ;
N. of a river VP. ;
n. variegated colour, party-colour W. ;
wonder, surprise Gīt. ;
a figure of speech (implying apparently the reverse of the meaning intended) Kuval. Pratāp. ;
- katha m. « one whose stories are amusing»
N. of a man Kathās. ;
- caritra mfn. behaving in a wonderful manner MW. ;
-cīnâ̱ṉṡuka n. variegated China cloth, shot orﾠ watered China silk W. ;
- tā f. - tva n. variegation, variety, wonderfulness Kāv. Sāh. ;
- deha mfn. having a painted body W. ;
elegantly formed ib. ;
m. a cloud L. ;
- paṡu m. N. of a poet Cat. ;
- bhūshaṇa m. N. of a Kiṃ-nara Buddh. ;
-mālyâ̱bharaṇa mfn. having variegated garlands andﾠ ornaments Nal.;
- mauliṡrī-cūḍa m. N. of a prince Buddh. ;
- rūpa mfn. having various forms, various, diverse MBh. ;
- varshin mfn. raining here andﾠ there (not everywhere) VarBṛS. ;
- vākya-paṭutā f. great eloquence Prasaṇg. ;
- vāgurôcchrāya-maya mf (ī)n. filled with various outspread nets Kathās. ;
- vīrya m. « of marvellous heroism»
N. of a celebrated king of the lunar race (the son of Ṡāṃtanu by his wife Satya-vatī, andﾠ so half-brother of Bhīshma;
when he died childless, his mother requested Vyāsa, whom she had borne before her marriage to the sage Parāṡara, to raise up issue to Vicitra-vīrya;
so Vyāsa married the two widows of his half-brother, Ambikā andﾠ Ambālikā, andﾠ by them became the father of Dhṛita-rāshṭra andﾠ Pāṇḍu;
cf. IW. 375; 376) MBh. Hariv. Pur. ;
(- sū f. « mother of Vicitra-vīrya»
N. of Satya-vatī L.);
- siṉha m. N. of a man Rājat. ;
-trâ̱ṅga m. « having variegated limbs orﾠ a spotted body», a peacock L. ;
a tiger L. ;
-trâ̱pīḍa m. N. of a Vidyā-dhara Kathās. ;
-trâ̱laṉkāra-svara m. N. of a serpentdemon Buddh.