a. 1 Possessing cha- racteristic qualities.

2 Peculiar, extraordinary.

3 Special, particular; U. 4.

4 Pre-eminent, superior, ex- cellent.

5 Discriminative. (saviśe- ṣaṃ and saviśeṣatas are used adverbial- ly in the sense of ‘especially’, particularly’, ‘exceedingly’; a- nena dharmaḥ saviśeṣamadya me trivargasāraḥ prati- [Page1110-c+ 54] bhāti bhāmini Ku. 5. 38; oft. in comp.; Ku. 1. 27, R. 16. 53).