Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 990) viśāla, mf(ā, accord. to g. bahvādi also ī)n. (prob. fr. √viś; accord. to others, fr. vi-√śṛ) spacious, extensive, broad, wide, large, TS. &c. &c. (am ind. extensively, PañcavBr.); great, important, powerful, mighty, illustrious, eminent, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; (ifc.) abundant in, full of, Kap.; m. a kind of beast or bird or plant, L.; a partic. Shaḍ-aha, ŚrS.; N. of the father of Takshaka, ŚaṅkhGṛ.; of an Asura, Kathās.; of a son of Ikshvāku (founder of the city Viśālā), R.; of a son of Tṛnabindu, Pur.; of a king of Vaidiśa, MārkP.; of a mountain, ib.; (ā) f. colocynth, Suśr.; Basella Cordifolia, L.; Portulaca Quadrifida, L.; = mahendravāruṇī, L.; (in music) a partic. Mūrchanā, Saṃgīt.; N. of the city Ujjayinī or Ougein, R.; Megh.; Kathās.; of another town (see vaiśālī, vaiśalī); of a river and a hermitage situated on it, MBh.; R.; BhP.; = sarasvatī, L.; N. of an Apsaras, VP.; of the wife of Aja-mīḍha, MBh.; of the wife of Arishṭa-nemi (and daughter of Daksha), GāruḍaP.; (ī) f. a kind of plant, L.; n. N. of a place of pilgrimage, Bh.; du. (with viṣṇoḥ) N. of two Sāmans, ĀrshBr.
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