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vimāna

vi—māna mfn. (for 2. see vi-√ man) devoid of honour, disgraced, [BhP.]


vi-māna m. (for 1. See p. 951, col. 3; for 3. under vi-√ mā) disrespect, dishonour (see a-vi-māna).


ví-māna mf(I)n. (for 1. See p. 951, col. 3; for 2, under vi-√ man) measuring out, traversing, [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.]


ví-māna m. n. a car or chariot of the gods, any mythical self-moving aerial car (sometimes serving as a seat or throne, sometimes self-moving and carrying its occupant through the air; other descriptions make the Vimāna more like a house or palace, and one kind is said to be 7 stories high; that of Rāvaṇa was called puṣpaka, q.v.; the nau-v° [[Ragh. xvi, 68]] is thought to resemble a ship), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.


ví-māna m. any car or vehicle (esp. a bier), [Rājat. vii, 446]


the palace of an emperor or supreme monarch (esp. one with 7 stories), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.


a temple or shrine of a partic. form, [VarBṛS.]


a kind of tower (?), [R. v, 52, 8]


a grove, [Jātakam.]


a ship, boat, [L.]


a horse, [L.]


ví-māna n. measure, [RV.]


extension, [ib.]


(in med.) the science of (right) measure or proportion (e.g. of the right relation between the humours of the body, of medicines and remedies &c.), [Car.]