As a deity name
Name 637 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
विशोधन · noun · masculine
अच्छी तरह साफ करना · विष्णु · पाप या दोष आदि से रहति होना (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "विशोधन" is वि- + शोधन: शोधन means "purification, cleansing, refinement", and the prefix वि- forms lacking, away, special, various, opposite. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(16) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "विशोधन" is विशोध + -न: विशोध means "विशुद्ध करने योग्य । साफ करने लायक", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
cleansing, purging, washing away, &c.
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Dictionary citations
vi-śodhana mf(ī)n. cleansing, purging, washing away, R.; Suśr. &c.
vi-śodhana m. N. of Viṣṇu, MBh.
vi-śodhana n. cleansing, Suśr.
lopping (of trees), VarBṛS.
purification (in the ritual sense), Mn.; Yājñ.
Alternative readings
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