vi-śeṣaṇa mfn. distinguishing, discriminative, specifying, qualifying, [L.]
distinctive (as a property), [W.]
vi-śeṣaṇa n. the act of distinguishing &c., distinction, discrimination, particularization, [BhP.]; [Sarvad.]; [Sāh.]
a distinguishing mark or attribute, [MBh.]
(in gram.) ‘differencer’, a word which particularizes or defines (another word which is called vi-śeṣya, q.v.), attribute, adjective, adverb, apposition, predicate, [Pāṇ.]; [Tarkas.]; [Sāh.] &c.
a species, kind, [MBh. vii, 1124]
surpassing, excelling, [ib.] [i, 73]
(in rhet.) = viśeṣokti, [Sāh.]