Vikarala, Vikarāla: 18 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVikarāla (विकराल):—(2. vi + ka)
1) adj. (f. ā) ungeheuerlich, grauenhaft [Medinīkoṣa ṭ. 55.] [Mahābhārata 9, 2601.] mūrti [Prabodhacandrodaja 65, 11.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 118, 48.] prahārakṣata [Pañcatantra 218, 1.] —
2) f. ā Beiname der Durgā [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 57.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 52, 159.]
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Starts with: Vikaralaloka, Vikaralam, Vikaralamukha, Vikaralata.
Full-text: Vikaralata, Vikaralamukha, Vikaralam, Vikaral, Bikarala, Akarala, Vikrala, Vigarala, Vikri, Sugriva, Vadavamukha, Dhaneshvara, Dhananjaya, Nishanta, Uttala, Shabaratantra, Karala, Goraksha, Vi, Nigraha.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.24.54 < [Chapter 24 - The Killing of the Kola Demon]
Verse 6.10.5 < [Chapter 10 - In the Description of the Gomatī River, the Glories of Cakra-tīrtha]
Kamashastra and Classical Sanskrit literature (study) (by Vishwanath K. Hampiholi)
Chapter 6.3 - The technique of getting money < [Chapter 6 - Kamasutra part 5 (Para-darika-adhikarana )—Critical study]
Chapter 6.1 - Regarding the behaviors of courtesans < [Chapter 6 - Kamasutra part 5 (Para-darika-adhikarana )—Critical study]
The remaining Chapters and Conclusion < [Chapter 6 - Kamasutra part 5 (Para-darika-adhikarana )—Critical study]
Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 2.42 < [Chapter 2 - One’s Own Form of the Horās]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 400 < [Volume 13 (1912)]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 373 < [Volume 12 (1898)]
List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)