The Sanskrit terms Vikṛ and Vikṝ can be transliterated into English as Vikr or Vikri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: OpenEdition books: Vividhatīrthakalpaḥ (Kāvya)

Vikṛ (विकृ) in Sanskrit (or Viuvv in Prakrit) refers to a “magical creation or metamorphosis often malefic to deceive or put to the test”, as is mentioned in the Vividhatīrthakalpa by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (tīrthas).—(Bloomfield 1985 (1 1919) p. 222; 1924 p. 225; Balbir 1986 p. 51):—1. “creations”; 2. “divine metamorphoses”;—The magical process is not always loaded with negative connotations: 1. -five “arrangements” at Girnar 155 [(2) 6.10]; -“creation” of a silver mine by Aṃbā 156 [(2) 6.26]; 2. -Vajrasvāmin “gives himself” at first a completely banal appearance 341 [(36) 69.27], § 16, then an incomparable natural beauty 341 [(36). [...]

Note: There are variants of the verb vikṛ “magical creation” from the Mathurā stūpa, thūbho nimmāvio [(9) 17.21], § 1; of the illusion of Māyāsura, māyāṃ nirmāya [(34) 62.4], § 2; “metamorphosis” of grains of rice into stones, -rūpāḥ [(34) 64.14], § 3; leaves and grains of rice, -rūvāo kayāo [(61) 107.20], § 2; saṃpāiāiṃ [(61) 107.20], § 2.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vikrī (विक्री).—f (vikraya) Selling &c. See vikarī.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vikrī (विक्री).—and vikrī See vikarāla and vikarī.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vikṛ (विकृ).—8 U.

1) To alter, change, affect; विकारहेतौ सति विक्रियन्ते येषां न चेतांसि त एव धीराः (vikārahetau sati vikriyante yeṣāṃ na cetāṃsi ta eva dhīrāḥ) Kumārasambhava 1.59; R.13.42.

2) To disfigure, deform; विकृताकृति (vikṛtākṛti) Manusmṛti 9.52.

3) To create, produce, effect; मनः सृष्टिं विकुरुते चोद्यमानं सिसृक्षया (manaḥ sṛṣṭiṃ vikurute codyamānaṃ sisṛkṣayā) Manusmṛti 1. 75; नास्य विघ्नं विकुर्वन्ति दानवाः (nāsya vighnaṃ vikurvanti dānavāḥ) Mb.

4) To disturb, harm, injure. (Ā.); हीनान्यनुपकर्तॄणि प्रवृद्धानि विकुर्वते (hīnānyanupakartṝṇi pravṛddhāni vikurvate) R.17.58.

5) To utter (a sound); विकुर्वाणः स्वरानद्य (vikurvāṇaḥ svarānadya) Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.2.

6) To be faithless (as a wife.).

7) To deprave, pervert, spoil.

8) To display.

9) To change for the worse, deteriorate. (Ā.).

1) To rejoice (Ā.).

11) To feel aversion (Ā.).

12) To act in various ways (Ā.); विकुर्वन्तश्च तैः साकम् (vikurvantaśca taiḥ sākam) Bhāgavata 1.12.9.

13) To decorate in various ways; प्रासादैः रत्नविकृतैः (prāsādaiḥ ratnavikṛtaiḥ) Rām.15.15.

14) To exercise.

15) To distribute.

16) To destroy, ruin.

17) To spread, extend.

18) To become restless, move to and fro.

19) To act in a hostile manner.

2) To contend together.

21) To blame, revile; अनार्य इति मामार्याः (anārya iti māmāryāḥ) ... विकरिष्यन्ति रथ्यासु (vikariṣyanti rathyāsu) Rām.2.12.78.

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Vikṝ (विकॄ).—6 P.

1) To scatter, throw about; strew or spread about; व्यकीर्यत त्र्यम्बकपादमूले पुष्पोच्चयः पल्लवभङ्गभिन्नः (vyakīryata tryambakapādamūle puṣpoccayaḥ pallavabhaṅgabhinnaḥ) Kumārasambhava 3.61; Kirātārjunīya 2.59; Bhaṭṭikāvya 1.3;14.25.

2) To split, cut to pieces; असिर्गात्रं गात्रं सपदि लवशस्ते विकिरतु (asirgātraṃ gātraṃ sapadi lavaśaste vikiratu) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5. 34.

3) To pollute, contaminate.

4) To dissolve; एतद्यो वेद निहितं गुहायां सोऽविद्याग्रन्थिं विकिरतीह (etadyo veda nihitaṃ guhāyāṃ so'vidyāgranthiṃ vikiratīha) Muṇḍa.2.1.1.

5) To pour out.

6) To heave (a sigh).

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Vikrī (विक्री).—9 Ā.

1) To sell (Ātm. in this sense); गवां शतसहस्रेण विक्रीणीषे सुतं यदि (gavāṃ śatasahasreṇa vikrīṇīṣe sutaṃ yadi) Rām;. विक्रीणीत तिलाञ्शुद्धान् (vikrīṇīta tilāñśuddhān) Manusmṛti 1. 9; 8.197,222; Śānti.1.12.

2) To barter, exchange; नाकस्माच्छाण्डिलीमाता विक्रीणाति तिलैस्तिलान् (nākasmācchāṇḍilīmātā vikrīṇāti tilaistilān) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.65.

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

Vikrī (विक्री).—exchange or sell for ([instrumental]).

Vikrī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and krī (क्री).

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

1) Vikṛ (विकृ):—[=vi-kṛ] -√1. kṛ [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -karoti, -kurute, to make different, transform, change the shape (or the mind), cause to alter or change ([especially] for the worse), deprave, pervert, spoil, impair, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

— ([Passive voice] and [Ātmanepada], rarely [Parasmaipada]) to become different, be altered, change one’s state or opinions, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc. (cf. [Pāṇini 1-3, 35]);

—to develop, produce ([especially] variously), [Ṛg-veda; Mahābhārata];

—to embellish, decorate (in various manners), [Mahābhārata];

—to distribute, divide, [Ṛg-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

—to destroy, annihilate, [Ṛg-veda; Mahābhārata];

—to represent, fill the place of ([accusative]), [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]];—([Ātmanepada]; cf. above)

—to move to and fro, wave, shake (hands or feet), [Rāmāyaṇa; Suśruta];

—to be or become restless (with netrābhyām, ‘to roll the eyes’), [Suśruta];

—to utter (sounds), [Pāṇini 1-3, 34];

—to become unfaithful to ([locative case]), [Manu-smṛti ix, 15];

—to act in a hostile or unfriendly way towards ([genitive case] or [locative case]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to contend together, [Atharva-veda; Mahābhārata];

—to act in various ways, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];

— [Passive voice] -kriyate, to be changed etc. (cf. above) :

—[Causal] -kārayati, to cause to change or be changed, [Hitopadeśa]

2) Vikṝ (विकॄ):—[=vi-√kṝ] [Parasmaipada] -kirati, to scatter, throw or toss about, disperse, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

2) —to dishevel, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

2) —to pour out, utter, heave (sighs), [Gīta-govinda];

2) —to tear asunder, cleave, split, rend, burst, [Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata] etc.;

2) —to scatter over, bestrew, cover, fill with ([instrumental case]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

2) —to revile (?), [Mahābhārata]

3) Vikrī (विक्री):—[=vi-√krī] [Ātmanepada] -krīṇīte ([Pāṇini 1-3, 18]), to buy and sell, barter, trade, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Atharva-veda];

—to sell, vend, sell or exchange for ([instrumental case]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.:

—[Desiderative] -cikrīṣate, to wish to sell, desire to exchange for ([instrumental case]), [Daśakumāra-carita]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vikṛ (विकृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Viuvva, Vikara, Vikira, Vikkira, Vikkhara.

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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

Vikrī (विक्री):—(nf) see [bikrī].

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Partial matches: Kri, Vi.

Starts with (+58): Vikri-kar, Vikri-kara, Vikrid, Vikrida, Vikridana, Vikridita, Vikrinama, Vikrinati, Vikrinta, Vikrish, Vikrishita, Vikrishta, Vikrishtakala, Vikrishtasimanta, Vikrishti, Vikrishya, Vikrishyamana, Vikrit, Vikrita, Vikrita-samracana.

Ends with: Anuvikri, Avikriya Avikri, Dravikri, Kirakola-vikri, Mardavikri, Navikri, Pallavikri, Prativikri, Pravikri, Rokhavikri, Savayavikri, Svikri, Urdhvikri, Viklavikri.

Full-text (+59): Viuvva, Vikretri, Vikrayaka, Vikrayin, Vikara, Vikraya, Vikri-kar, Vikira, Anuvikri, Vikarya, Vikrayika, Parivikrayin, Vikrayya, Vikrita, Vikrayanushaya, Vikrayapattra, Pravikri, Vikrayana, Vikrayartham, Vikina.

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