Vikarala, Vikarāla: 17 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, Vikaralamukha, Vikaralata.
Ends with: Akaralavikarala.
Full-text: Vikaralata, Vikaralamukha, Akarala, Bikarala, Vikrala, Vikri, Vigarala, Vikaral, Nishanta, Dhaneshvara, Vadavamukha, Sugriva, Dhananjaya, Uttala, Shabaratantra, Karala, Goraksha, Vi, Nigraha.
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