विशेष [ viśeṣa ] [ vi-śeṣa ] m. ( once in Lit. Pañcat. n. ; ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) distinction , difference between ( two gen. , two loc. , or gen. and instr.) Lit. GṛŚrS. Lit. MBh.

  characteristic difference , peculiar mark , special property , speciality , peculiarity Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

  a kind , species , individual (e.g. [ vṛkṣa-v ] , a species of tree , in comp. often also = special , peculiar , particular , different , e.g. [ chando-v ] , " a particular metre " , [ viśeṣa-maṇḍana ] , " a peculiar ornament " ; [ argha-viśeṣāḥ ] , " different prices " ) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  (pl.) various objects Lit. Megh.

  distinction , peculiar merit , excellence , superiority ( in comp. often = excellent , superior , choice , distinguished e.g. [ ākṛti-v ] , " an excellent form " ; cf. [ viśeṣa-pratipatti ] ) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. ( 990,2 )

  (in gram.) a word which defines or limits the meaning of another word ( cf. [ vi-śeṣaka ] and [ vi-śeṣaṇa ] )

  (in phil.) particularity , individuality , essential difference or individual essence (with the Vaiśeshikas the 5th cate gory or Padârtha , belonging to the 9 eternal substances or Dravyas , viz. soul , time , place , ether , and the 5 atoms of earth , water , light , air , and mind , which are said to be so essentially different that one can never be the other) Lit. IW. 66

  (in medicine) a favourable turn or crisis of a sickness Lit. Suśr.

  ( in rhet.) statement of difference or distinction , individualization , variation Lit. Kuval. ( cf. [ viśeṣokti ] )

  a sectarian mark , any mark on the forehead (= [ tilaka ] ) Lit. L.

  (in geom.) the hypotenuse Lit. Śulbas.

  N. of the primary elements or Mahā-bhūtas ( q.v.) Lit. MaitrUp.

  the earth as an element Lit. BhP.

  the mundane egg Lit. ib.

  = [ virāj ] Lit. ib.

  [ viśeṣena ] ind. or ibc. ( exceedingly , especially , particularly , even more Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. ; [ yena yena viśeṣeṇa ] , in any way whatever Lit. MBh.)

  [ viśeṣāt ] ind. ( exceedingly , especially , particularly , even more Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. ; [ āt ] ifc. , by reason or in consequence of. Lit. VarBṛS.)

  [ viśeṣa ] m. f. n. extraordinary , abundant Lit. Ragh. ii , 14 (B. [ viśeṣāt ] for [ viśeṣā ] )