Svecchacara, Svēcchācāra, Svecchācāra: 4 definitions
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Svecchacara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Svechchhachara.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysvēcchācāra (स्वेच्छाचार).—m (S) svēcchāgamana n (S) svēcchāvihāra m (S) The doing of what is right in one's own eyes, wilfulness, wantonness.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsvēcchācāra (स्वेच्छाचार).—m gamana n vihāra m Wantonness, wilfulness.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySvecchācāra (स्वेच्छाचार):—[from svecchā > sva] m. acting as one likes, doing what is right in o°’s own eyes, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSvēcchācāra (ಸ್ವೇಚ್ಛಾಚಾರ):—[noun] the behaviour of acting on one’s own, with little or no rational thinking; a violating or disregarding accepted rules and standards in the name of freedom.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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