viSeza a. 1 Peculiar. 2 Copious, abundant; AsIdviSezA PalapuzpavfzwiH R. 2. 14. — zaH 1 Discrimination, distinguishing between. 2 Distinction, difference; nirviSezo viSezaH Bh. 3. 50. 3 Characteristic difference, peculiar mark, special ( pb ) property, speciality, differentia; oft. in comp. and translated by ‘special’ ‘peculiar’ &c.; Ś. 6. 5. 4 A favourable turn or crisis in sickness, a change for the better; asti me viSezaH Ś. 3 ‘I feel better’. 5 A limb, member; pupoza lAvaRyamayAn viSeza n Ku. 1. 25. 6 A species, sort, variety, kind, mode (usually at the end of comp. ); BUtaviSezaH U. 4. parimalaviSezAn Pt. 1 : kadalIviSezAH Ku. 1. 36. 7 A different or various object, various particulars ( pl. ); prAmAdastvAM tulayitumalaM yatra tEstErviSezEH Me. 64 , 57. 8 Excellence, superiority, distinction; usually at the end of comp. and translated by ‘excellent’, ‘distinguished’, ‘pre-eminent’, ‘choice’, &c.; anuBAvaviSezAttu R. 1. 37 ; vapurviSezezu Ku. 5. 31 ; R. 2. 7 , 6. 5 ; Ki. 9. 58 ; so AkftiviSezAH ‘excellent forms’, atiTiviSezaH ‘a distinguished guest’ &c. 9 A peculiar attribute, the eternal distinguishing nature of each of the nine dravyas ; ayamasmAd vyAvftta iti vyAvfttibudDimAtrahaMturviSezaH Tarka K. (these viśeshas are said to inhere in the atoms of the Earth, Water, Lignt, and Air and the five eternal substances, Ether, Time, Space, Soul and Mind.). 10 ( a ) Individuality, particularity. ( b ) A particular instance; uktirarTAMtaranyAsaH syAtsAmAnyaviSezayoH . 11 A category, predicament. 12 A mark on the forehead with sandal, saffron &c. 13 A word which limits or qualifies the sense of another; see viSezaRa . 14 N. of the mundane egg. 15 (In Rhet. ) A figure of speech, said to be of three kinds; it is thus defined by Mammaṭa: - vinA prasidDamADAramADeyasya vyavasTitiH . ekAtmA yugapadvfttirekasmAnekagoca rA . anyatprakurvataH kAryamaSakyAnyasya vastunaH . taTEva karaRaM ceti viSezastriviDaH smftaH .. K. P. 10. Comp. — atideSaH a special supplementary rule, special extended application. — uktiH f. a figure of speech in which an effect is represented as not taking place though the usual necessary causes exist; viSezoktiraKaMqezu kA Rezu PalAvacaH K. P. 10 ; e. g. hfdi snehakzayo nABUt smaradIpe jvalatyapi . — guRaH 1 a special or distinguishing property. 2 (in phil. ) such guṇa as is not produced (like saMyoga, pfTaktva ( pb ) &c). by the union of two things. — jYa vid a. 1 knowing distinctions, critical, connoisseur. 2 learned, wise; Bh. 2. 3. — lakzaRaM, -liMgaM a special or characteristic mark. — vacanaM a special text or precept. — viDiH , SAstraM a special rule.