Vicar: 5 definitions
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVicar (विचर�).�1 P. To wander about, raom over (oft. with acc.); इष्टान� देशान् विचर जल� (iṣṭān deśān vicara jalada) Meghadūta 117; विचचार दावम� (vicacāra dāvam) R.2.8; Kumārasambhava 3.31.
2) To do, perform, practise.
3) To act, deal, behave.
4) To deviate from the right path, go about wantonly; यन्म� माता प्रलुलुभ� विचरन्त्�- पतिव्रता (yanme mātā pralulubhe vicarantya- pativratā) Manusmṛti 9.2.
5) To pass through, pervade.
6) To attack, march against.
7) To associate or have intercourse with.
8) To go badly, fail.
9) To commit a mistake; हविष� व्यचरत्तेन वषट्कारं गृणन� द्विजः (haviṣi vyacarattena vaṣaṭkāra� gṛṇan dvija�) Bhāgavata 9.1.15.
1) To graze or feed upon. -Caus.
1) To think, reflect or meditate upon; विचारमाणस्� विशुद्धभावना (vicāramāṇasya viśuddhabhāvanā) A. Rām.7. 5.45.
2) To discuss, call in question, debate; आज्ञ� गुरूणा� ह्यविचारणीया (ājñā gurūṇāṃ hyavicāraṇīyā) R.14.46.
3) To calculate, estimate, take into account, consider; परेषामात्मनश्चैव यो विचार्� बलाबलम� (pareṣāmātmanaścaiva yo vicārya balābalam) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3; सुविचार्� यत्कृतम् (suvicārya yatkṛtam) H.1.2.
4) To hesitate, doubt.
5) To examine, investigate.
6) To seduce.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVicar (विचर�).—go asunder, open, spread, be diffused; fall on, attack; walk about, roam, wander, go through, pervade; have intercourse with ([instrumental]); go astray, fail, sin; practise, fulfil, do. [Causative] cause to roam or go astray, corrupt, seduce; move to and fro (in the mind) i.e. deliberate, consider, reflect, ponder, examine, ascertain, state.
Vicar is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and car (चर�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVicar (विचर�):—[=-√c] [Parasmaipada] -carati, to move in different directions, spread, expand, be diffused, [Ṛg-veda; Mahābhārata; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā];
—to rove, ramble about or through, traverse, pervade, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;
—to sally forth, march against, make an attack or assault, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;
—to wander from the right path, go astray, be dissolute, [Manu-smṛti ix, 20];
—to commit a mistake or blunder (with words), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];
—to run out, come to an end, [Ṛg-veda];
—to stand or be situated in ([locative case]; applied to heavenly bodies), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā];
—to associate or have intercourse with ([instrumental case]), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];
—to act, proceed, behave, live, [Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra];
—to practise, perform, accomplish, make, do, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;
—to graze upon, feed upon (a pasture), [Bālarāmāyaṇa] :
‰ڰ䲹ܲ -ⲹپ, to cause to go or roam about, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];
—to cause to go astray, seduce, [Rāmāyaṇa];
—to move hither and thither (in the mind), ponder, reflect, consider, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;
—to doubt, hesitate, [ib.];
—to examine, investigate, ascertain, [ib.]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Vicar (विचर�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Viara.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconVicar (விசர�) noun perhaps from vi-cara. Madness, rabidness; பைத்தியம�. [paithiyam.] (J.)
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vi.
Starts with (+14): Vicara, Vicarabhrashta, Vicarabhrashtate, Vicarabhrashte, Vicaracintamani, Vicaradhara, Vicaradhare, Vicaradhina, Vicaradrish, Vicaradura, Vicaragoshthi, Vicarakarttri, Vicaralahari, Vicaramala, Vicaramanjari, Vicaranirnaya, Vicarapara, Vicaraparate, Vicarasamkirana, Vicarasarani.
Full-text (+30): Vicarnay, Vicarpputti, Vicara, Vicarana, Vishari, Vicharan, Vicarati, Anuvicarati, Vicirna, Sampravicar, Parivicar, Vicareti, Anusamvicar, Vicaraniya, Vicaracintamani, Vicaranirnaya, Vicaramala, Vicarasudhakara, Vicarasudharnava, Vicararkasamgraha.
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