विश्व [ viśva ] [ ví śva ] m. f. n. ( prob. fr. √ 1. [ viś ] , to pervade cf. Lit. Uṇ. i , 151 ; declined as a pron. like [ sarva ] , by which it is superseded in the Brāhmaṇas and later language) all , every , every one

whole , entire , universal Lit. RV.

all-pervading or all-containing , omnipresent (applied to Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa , the soul , intellect ) Lit. Up. Lit. MBh.

[ viśva ] m. (in phil.) the intellectual faculty or (accord. to some) the faculty which perceives individuality or the individual underlying the gross body ( [ sthūla-śarīra-vyaṣṭy-upahita ] ) Lit. Vedântas.

N. of a class of gods cf. below

N. of the number " thirteen " Lit. Gol.

of a class of deceased ancestors Lit. MārkP.

of a king Lit. MBh.

of a well-known dictionary = [ viśva-prakāśa ]

pl. ( [ ví śve ] , with or scil. [ devā́s ] cf. [ viśve-deva ] , p.995) " all the gods collectively " or the " All-gods " ( a partic. class of gods , forming one of the 9 Gaṇas enumerated under [ gaṇadevatā ] q.v. ; accord. to the Vishṇu and other Purāṇas they were sons of Viśvā , daughter of Daksha , and their names are as follow , 1. Vasu , 2. Satya , 3. Kratu , 4. Daksha , 5. Kāla , 6. Kāma , 7. Dhṛiti , 8. Kuru , 9. Purū-ravas , 10. Mādravas ( ? ) ; two others are added by some , viz. 11. Rocaka or Locana , 12. Dhvani ( or Dhūri ; or this may make 13 ) : they are particularly worshipped at Śrāddhas and at the Vaiśvadeva ceremony ( Lit. RTL. 416 ) ; moreover accord. to Manu ( Lit. iii , 90 , 121 ) , offerings should be made to them daily - these privileges having been bestowed on them by Brahmā and the Pitṛis , as a reward for severe austerities they had performed on the Himâlaya: sometimes it is difficult to decide whether the expression [ viśve devāḥ ] refers to all the gods or to the particular troop of deities described above ) Lit. RV. ( Page992,3 )

[ viśvā ] f. the earth Lit. L. (loc. pl. " in all places , everywhere " Lit. RV. viii , 106 , 2)

dry ginger Lit. L.

Piper Longum Lit. L.

Asparagus Racemosus Lit. L.

= [ ati-viṣā ] , or [ viṣā ] Lit. L.

N. of one of the tongues of Agni Lit. MārkP.

a partic. weight Lit. L.

N. of a daughter of Daksha (the wife of Dharma and mother of the Viśve Devāḥ) Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. Lit. Pur.

of a river Lit. BhP.

[ viśva ] n. the whole world , universe Lit. AV.

dry ginger Lit. Suśr.

myrrh Lit. L.

a mystical N. of the sound [ o ] Lit. Up.