Abhicar: 3 definitions
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Abhicar means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Abhichar.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAbhicar (अभिचर्).—1 P.
1) To act wrongly towards any one, offend, trespass; तत्र विराधदनुकबन्धप्रभृतयः केऽप्यभिचरन्तीति श्रुतम् (tatra virādhadanukabandhaprabhṛtayaḥ ke'pyabhicarantīti śrutam) Mv.2.
2) To be faithless (as wife or husband) पतिं या नाभिचरति मनोवाग्देहसंयता (patiṃ yā nābhicarati manovāgdehasaṃyatā) Manusmṛti 5.165;9.12.
3) To charm, conjure, exorcise (by spell or incantations), employ spells for magical purposes &c. Ṛgveda 1.34. 14; वृष्टपायुःपुष्टिकामो वा तथैवाभिचरन्नपि (vṛṣṭapāyuḥpuṣṭikāmo vā tathaivābhicarannapi) Y.1.295;3.288.
4) to possess, occupy.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhicar (अभिचर्).—act wrongly towards ([accusative]).
Abhicar is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhi and car (चर्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhicar (अभिचर्):—[=abhi-√car] ([Vedic or Veda] [Infinitive mood] abhi-carita-vai, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa, and] abhi-caritos, [Kāṭhaka]; cf. [Pāṇini 3-4, 13 [Scholiast or Commentator]])
—to act wrongly towards any one;
—to be faithless (as a wife);
—to charm, enchant, bewitch, [Ṛg-veda x, 34, 14] ([subjunctive] 2. [plural] -caratābhi), [Atharva-veda] etc.;—pūrvābhicaritā (f. perf. [Passive voice] p.) = pūrva-dig-gā-minī, [Rāmāyaṇa i, 34, 10.]
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Starts with (+6): Abhicara, Abhicarahoma, Abhicaraja, Abhicarajna, Abhicarajvara, Abhicaraka, Abhicarakalpa, Abhicarakavidye, Abhicarakriye, Abhicaramantra, Abhicarana, Abhicaranika, Abhicaraniya, Abhicarat, Abhicarayajna, Abhicari, Abhicarika, Abhicarikamurti, Abhicariki, Abhicarin.
Ends with: Pratyabhicar, Vyabhicar.
Full-text: Abhicara, Abhicarita, Abhicarana, Abhicarin, Abhicarajvara, Abhicarayajna, Abhicarahoma, Pratyabhicar, Abhicarya, Abhicaraniya, Abhicaramantra, Abhicarakalpa, Abhicaraka, Vyabhicarin, Vyabhicar, Samaya.
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