As a deity name
Name 455 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
particularity, individuality, essential difference or individual essence (with the Vaiśeṣikas the 5th category or Padārtha, belonging to the 9 eternal substances or Dravyas, viz. s…
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "viśeṣāya" is the dative of "viśeṣa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
vi-śeṣa m. (once in Pañcat. n.; ifc. f(ā). ) distinction, difference between (two gen., two loc., or gen. and instr.), GṛŚrS.; MBh. &c.
characteristic difference, peculiar mark, special property, speciality, peculiarity, Mn.; MBh. &c.
Alternative readings
More than one analysis survives full verification. That ambiguity is real, so we show every reading rather than pick one silently.
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