As a deity name
Name 357 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 389 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 249 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
विशिष्ट · adj
मिला हुआ । युक्त · जिसमें किसी प्रकार की विशेषता हो । विशेषतायुक्त । जैसे,—कुछ विशिष्ट कर्म ऐसे होते हैं, जिनके लिये मनुष्य को प्रायशिच्त तक करना होता है · विलक्षण । अदभुत — Śabdasāgara
विशिष्ट · noun · masculine
सीसा नामक धातु · विष्णु का एक नाम (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
विशिष्ट
special, particular, specific; outstanding, distinctive
Platts (p. 1193) also records: (f. -ā), Distinguished (by), endowed (with), invested (with), possessed (of), having
Cited formation "विशिष्ट" is वि- + शिष्ट: शिष्ट means "left over, remaining", and the prefix वि- forms lacking, away, special, various, opposite. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(16) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi विशिष्ट — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit विशिष्ट (viśiṣṭa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
vi-śiṣṭa mfn. distinguished, distinct, particular, peculiar, MBh.; Rājat.; Sarvad.
characterized by (instr. or comp.), MārkP.; Vedāntas.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
distinguished, distinct, particular, peculiar
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Dictionary citations
vi-śiṣṭa mfn. distinguished, distinct, particular, peculiar, MBh.; Rājat.; Sarvad.
characterized by (instr. or comp.), MārkP.; Vedāntas.
pre-eminent, excellent, excelling in or distinguished by (loc., instr. adv. in tas, or comp.), chief or best among (gen.), better or worse than (abl. or comp.), Mn.; MBh. &c.
vi-śiṣṭa m. N. of Viṣṇu, MBh.
viśiṣṭa p. p. 1 Distinguished, distinct. 2 Particular, special, peculiar, distinctive. 3 Characterized by, endowed with, possessed of, having. 4 Superior, best (of all), eminent, excellent, choice; viśiṣṭāyā viśeṣeṇa saṃgamo guṇavān bhavet Mb. — ṣṭaḥ N. of Viṣṇu. Comp. — advaitavādaḥ a doctrine of Rāmānuja which regards Brahman and Prakṛti as identical and real entities. — buddhiḥ f. a distinguishing knowledge, differentiation. — varṇa a. of an eminent or excellent colour.
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