Alternative spellings of this word include Vichal.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vical (विचल्).—1 P.

1) To shake, tremble, move; पतति पतत्रे विचलति पत्रे शङ्कितभवदुपया (patati patatre vicalati patre śaṅkitabhavadupayā) Gītagovinda 5.

2) To go, proceed, set out.

3) To be agitated or disturbed, be rough; (as the sea); व्यचालीदम्भसां पतिः (vyacālīdambhasāṃ patiḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 15.7.

4) To deviate, swerve; नादण्ड्यो नाम राज्ञोऽस्ति धर्माद्विचलितः स्वकात् (nādaṇḍyo nāma rājño'sti dharmādvicalitaḥ svakāt) Y.1.358.

5) To fall off or down. -Caus.

1) To shake, move, wave.

2) To cause to swerve, lead away from.

3) To excite, agitate, stir up.

4) To destroy, rescind, annul.

5) To transgress, violate; अनिष्टं चाप्यनिष्टेषु तं धर्मं न विचालयेत् (aniṣṭaṃ cāpyaniṣṭeṣu taṃ dharmaṃ na vicālayet) Manusmṛti 7.13.

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

Vical (विचल्).—move to and fro, waver, totter, set out, start, fall off or down, depart, swerve or deviate from ([ablative]); be perplexed or disappointed. [Causative] vicālayati set in motion, excite, turn from ([ablative]), shake, destroy.

Vical is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and cal (चल्).

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

Vical (विचल्):—[=vi-√cal] [Parasmaipada] -calati, to move about, shake, waver, [Rāmāyaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to move away, depart or swerve or deviate or desist from ([ablative]), [Atharva-veda; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to fall off or down, [Gīta-govinda; Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to go astray, fail, be agitated or disturbed or destroyed, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Mṛcchakaṭikā] :

—[Causal] -cālayati, to cause to move, loosen, shake, [Mahābhārata; Suśruta];

—to agitate, excite, stir up, trouble, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to cause to turn off or swerve from ([ablative]), [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to destroy, rescind, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata]

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

Vical (विचल्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vialla.

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Cal, Vi.

Starts with (+5): Vicala, Vicalaka, Vicalakulam, Vicalam, Vicalana, Vicalaputti, Vicalat, Vicalatci, Vicalate, Vicalayati, Vicali, Vicalikai, Vicalikkoti, Vicalin, Vicalira, Vicalita, Vicalitan, Vicalite, Vicalitri, Vicalitva.

Ends with: Anuvical, Avical, Pravical.

Full-text: Vicalana, Vicala, Vicacalat, Vicacala, Vicacali, Anuvical, Vicalita, Vicalya, Vicalin, Vialla, Pravical, Vicalayati, Vi.

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