विष्टि

{ viṣṭiḥ }

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

विष्टि II. n.  विवस्वत् एवं छाया की एक कन्या, जो दिखनें में अत्यंत भयंकर थी । इसी कारण त्वष्ट्टृपुत्र विश्र्वरूप राक्षस से इसका विवाह हुआ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

viṣṭi f S Labor or service exacted without remuneration. 2 The name of the seventh करण. See करण.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 स्त्री. १ वेठ ; मजूरी दिल्याशिवाय घेतलेलें काम . २ वाहतूक . चतुरंग दलाशिवाय फौजेचीं आणखी चार महत्वाचीं खातीं होतीं . तीं विष्टि , नौका , हेर आणि देशिक अशीं सांगितलीं आहेत - हिंलइ ९ . ३ ( ज्यो . ) सातवें करण . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

विष्टि  f.  1. f. (for 2. See p. 999, col. 1) service, ( esp.) forced s°, compulsory work, drudgery (also collectively ‘servants, slaves, bondsmen’), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Inscr.] ( ifc. also °टिक)
विष्टि  m.  m. N. of one of the seven ऋषिs in the 11th मन्व्-अन्तर, [MārkP.]
विष्टि  f.  2. f. (for 1. See p. 996, col. 2) = वृष्टि, rain, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

विष्टिः [viṣṭiḥ]  f. f. [विष्-क्तिन् क्तिच् वा]
Pervading.
An act, occupation.
Hire, wages.
Unpaid labour; दण़्ड- विष्टिकराबाधै रक्षेदुपहतां कृषिम् Kau.A.
Sending.
Residence in hell to which one is condemned.
See विष्टिकारिन्; [Mb.12.59.41.] -Comp.
-करः   the lord of slaves, of unpaid labourers; [Mb.3.19.73.]
-कारिन्   an unpaid forced labourer (Mar. वेठबिगार); भारयष्टि- धरैश्चापि पुरुषैर्विष्टिकारिभिः [Śiva.B.3.23.]
-कर्मान्तिकः (= विष्टिकारिन्);   Rām.2.82.2.

Shabda-Sagara

विष्टि  mfn.  ( -ष्टिः-ष्टिः-ष्टि) Working, labouring, a workman.
 f.  ( -ष्टिः)
1. Unpaid labour, working without wages.
2. Occupation, act, action. 3. Hire, wages.
4. The seventh of the variable Karaṇas, or astro- logical periods so termed, each answering to half a lunar day.
5. Sending, dispatching.
6. Consigning to torture, casting into hell, &c.
E. विश् to enter, (into pain by it,) and क्तिन् or क्तिच् aff.

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विश् क्तिन् क्तिच्