व्यसनम्

{ vyasanam }

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

व्यसनम् [vyasanam]   1 Casting away, dispelling.
   Separating, dividing.
   Violation, infraction; शीलव्यसनमेतत्ते नाभिजाना- म्यहं पुरा [Rām.2.12.57;] [Ki.3.45.]
   Loss, destruction, defeat, fall; defection, weak point; अमात्यव्यसनम् [Pt.3;] स्वबलव्यसने [Ki.13.15;] [Śi.2.57.]
   (a) A calamity, misfortune, distress, evil, disaster, ill-luck; अज्ञातभर्तृव्यसना मुहूर्तं कृतोपकारेव रतिर्बभूव [Ku.3.73;4.3;] [R.12.57.] (b) Adversity, need; स सुहृद् व्यसने यः स्यात् [Pt.1.327] 'a friend in need is a friend indeed'.
   Setting (as of the sun &c.); तेजोद्वयस्य युगपद् व्यसनोदयाभ्याम् [Ś.4.1] (where व्यसन means 'a fall' also).
   Vice, bad practice, evil habit; मिथ्यैव व्यसनं वदन्ति मृगयामीदृग् विनोदः कुतः [Ś.2.5;] [R.18.14;] [Y.1.31;] (these vices are usually said to be ten; see [Ms.7.47-48] ); समानशीलव्यसनेषु सख्यम् Subhāṣ.
   Close or intent application, assiduous devotion; विद्यायां व्यसनम् [Bh.2.62,63.]
   Inordinate addiction.
   Crime, sin.
   Punishment.
   Inability, incompetency.
   Fruitless effort.
   Air, wind.
   Individuality. -Comp.
-अतिभारः   heavy calamity or distress; सा मुक्तकण्ठं व्यसनातिभारात् (चक्रन्द) [R.14.68.] -अन्वित,
-आर्त, -पीडित a.  a. overtaken by calamity, involved in distress.
-आवापः   an abode of calamity; व्यसनावाप एतस्मिन् पतितानां स्वकर्मभिः [Bhāg.4.22.13.]
-कालः   time of need.
-प्रहारिन्   a.
   hurting, attacking, giving trouble.
   striking (an enemy) in his weak point.-ब्रह्मचारिन् a fellow-sufferer.
-वर्गः   an aggregate of calamities; प्रकृतिव्यसनवर्गः [Kau.A.7.]
-संस्थित a.  a. one who indulges in any whim.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WordNet

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