[vihan-ka] (rarely n.) 1 An obstacle, interruption, impedi- ment, a hindrance; kuto dharmakriyāvighnaḥ satāṃ rakṣitari tvayi Ś. 5. 14; mūrto vighna- stapasa iva naḥ Ś. 1. 33; huṃkāreṇeva dhanuṣaḥ sa hi vighnānapohati Ś. 3. 1; Ku. 3. 40.

2 Difficulty, trouble. Comp. ī- śaḥ, īśānaḥ, īśvaraḥ epithets of Gaṇeśa. ºvāhanaṃ a rat. kara, kartṛ, kārin a. opposing, obstructing. dhvaṃsaḥ, vi- ghātaḥ removal...