As a deity name
Name 742 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
विषम · adj
जो सम या समान न हो । जो बराबर न हो । असमान · (वह संख्या) जिसमें दो से भाग देने पर एक बचे । सम या जूस का उल्टा । ताक · जिसकी मीमांसा सहज में ने हो सके । बहुत कठिन । जैसे,—विषम समस्या — Śabdasāgara
विषम · noun · masculine
संकट । विपत्ति । आफत · वह वृत्त जिसके चारों चरणों में बराबर बराबर अक्षर न हों, बल्कि कम और ज्यादा अक्षर हों · एक अर्थालंकार जिसमें दो विरोधी वस्तुओं का संबंध वर्णन किया जाता है या यथायोग्य का अभाव कह जाता है — Śabdasāgara
विषम · vi-sham · adj.
(f. -ā), Uneven, rough, rugged; difficult of access; unequal, irregular; not even, odd (number) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1194
विषम
irregular, heterogeneous; uneven; harsh; intense; odd (not divisible by two)
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi विषम — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit विषम (viṣama).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
vi—ṣama , see s.v.
vi-ṣama mf(ā)n. (fr. vi + sama) uneven, rugged, rough, MBh.; Hariv.; Kāv. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(fr. vi + sama) uneven, rugged, rough, &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
vi—ṣama , see s.v.
vi-ṣama mf(ā)n. (fr. vi + sama) uneven, rugged, rough, MBh.; Hariv.; Kāv. &c.
unequal, irregular, dissimilar, different, inconstant, Br.; ŚāṅkhGṛ.; Mn. &c.
odd, not even (in numbers &c.), Var.; Kāvyād.
that which cannot be equally divided (as a living sheep among three or four persons), Mn. ix, 119
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