Vaikritya, Vaikṛtya: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vaikṛtya can be transliterated into English as Vaikrtya or Vaikritya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVaikṛtya (वैकृत्य).—
1) Change, alteration.
2) Woeful state, miserable plight.
3) Disgust.
4) An unnatural phenomenon.
5) Deterioration.
Derivable forms: vaikṛtyam (वैकृत्यम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaikṛtya (वैकृत्य).—mfn.
(-tyaḥ-tyā-tyaṃ) 1. Changed, in form or mind. n.
(-tyaṃ) Aversion, disgust. 2. Change, alteration. E. vikṛta the same, ṣyañ pleonasm.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaikṛtya (वैकृत्य).—[neuter] = [preceding] [neuter]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vaikṛtya (वैकृत्य):—[from vaikṛta] mfn. changed (in form or mind), [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] n. change, alteration, [Rāmāyaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] change for the worse, deterioration, degeneration, [Harivaṃśa]
4) [v.s. ...] ugliness, repulsiveness, [Sadukti-karṇāmṛta]
5) [v.s. ...] an unnatural phenomenon, portent, [Mahābhārata; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
6) [v.s. ...] aversion, disgust, [Horace H. Wilson]
7) [v.s. ...] hostility, [Rāmāyaṇa]
8) [v.s. ...] woeful state, miserable plight, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaikṛtya (वैकृत्य):—[(tyaḥ-tyā-tyaṃ) n. See vaikṛta].
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Starts with: Vaikrityendriya.
Full-text: Vaikiruttiyam, Parihartavya.
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