Alternative spellings of this word include Mithyachara.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Mithyācāra (मिथ्याचार) or “improper conduct”, according to Buddhist teachings followed by the Newah in Nepal, Kathmandu Valley (whose roots can be traced to the Licchavi period, 300-879 CE).—The moral conduct (śīla) Buddhists follow are the Pañcaśīla, "Five Precepts", for the laity, Aṣṭaśīla, "Eight Precepts", for nuns and novice monks, and Daśaśīla, "Ten Precepts", for fully ordained monks. The Pañcaśīla consists of abstaining from [e.g., kāma-mithyācāra, "improper sexual conduct ", ...]

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mithyācāra (मिथ्याचार).—a.

1) acting falsely.

2) hypocritical. (-raḥ) 1 wrong treatment (in medic.).

2) wrong or improper conduct.

3) a rogue, hypocrite; इन्द्रियार्थान् विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते (indriyārthān vimūḍhātmā mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 3.6.

Mithyācāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mithyā and ācāra (आचार).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mithyācāra (मिथ्याचार).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Acting, falsely. E. mithyā and ācāra observance.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mithyācāra (मिथ्याचार).—1. [masculine] improper conduct.

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Mithyācāra (मिथ्याचार).—2. [adjective] acting falsely, hypocritical.

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

1) Mithyācāra (मिथ्याचार):—[from mithyā > mith] m. (mithyāc) improper conduct, wrong treatment (in medicine), [Suśruta]

2) [=mithyā-cāra] [from mithyācāra > mithyā > mith] mfn. acting falsely or hypocritically, [Bhagavad-gītā]

3) [v.s. ...] m. a rogue, hypocrite

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mithyācāra (मिथ्याचार):—[mithyā+cāra] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Acting falsely.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mithyacara 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Mithyācāra (मिथ्याचार) [Also spelled mithyachar]:—(nm) hypocrisy, sham conduct.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mithyācāra (ಮಿಥ್ಯಾಚಾರ):—[noun] = ಮಿಥ್ಯಾಚರಣ [mithyacarana].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Mithyācāra (मिथ्याचार):—n. wrong or improper conduct;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mithya, Cara, Acara.

Starts with: Mithyacarana, Mithyacaraprahasana, Mithyacarat.

Ends with: Kamamithyacara.

Full-text: Mithyacaraprahasana, Kamamithyacara, Mithyachar, Mithyacarika, Vimudhatman, Vimudhasamjna, Mithya, Pancashila, Dharmakshanti, Acara.

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