Vaikritya, Vaikṛtya: 6 definitions
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Vaikritya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
Vaikritya has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Vaikṛtya can be transliterated into English as Vaikrtya or Vaikritya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVaikṛtya (वैकृत्य):—(von vikṛta) n.
1) Umwandelung, Veränderung: manasaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 14, 59.] zum Schlechtern, Verschlimmerung, Ausartung: cāturvarṇyasya [Harivaṃśa 11311.] —
2) eine unnatürliche Erscheinung, portentum [Mahābhārata 16, 232.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 46, 30. 88.] —
3) eine feindselige Gesinnung [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 85, 22.] —
4) = bībhatsarasa Widerlichkeit [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma]
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.
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Starts with: Vaikrityendriya.
Full-text: Vaikiruttiyam, Parihartavya.
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