Bahirvikara, Bahirvikāra, Bahis-vikara: 5 definitions

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Bahirvikara 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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Bahirvikara in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bahirvikāra (बहिर्विकार).—m S A covert term for Lues Venerea. 2 Any outer or bodily disorder.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Bahirvikara in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bahirvikāra (बहिर्विकार).—syphilis. -a. ind. free from change; बहिर्विकारं प्रकृतेः पृथग् विदुः (bahirvikāraṃ prakṛteḥ pṛthag viduḥ) Śiśupālavadha 1.33.

Derivable forms: bahirvikāraḥ (बहिर्विकारः).

Bahirvikāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bahis and vikāra (विकार).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Bahirvikāra (बहिर्विकार):—[=bahir-vikāra] [from bahir > bahis] m. ‘outward change or disfigurement’, syphilis, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. (in Sāṃkhya) external to the Vikāras, free from change, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary] (cf. [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 83])

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Bahirvikara in German

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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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