Alternative spellings of this word include Vichalana.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vicalana (विचलन).—

1) Moving; wandering from place to place; महद्विचलनं नॄणां गृहिणां दीनचेतसाम् (mahadvicalanaṃ nṝṇāṃ gṛhiṇāṃ dīnacetasām) (niḥśreyasāya kalpate) Bhāg. 1.8.4.

2) Deviation.

3) Unsteadiness, fickleness.

4) Conceit, pride.

Derivable forms: vicalanam (विचलनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vicālana (विचालन).—(= AMg. vi(y)ālaṇa; Sanskrit vicāraṇa), con- sideration, mental reflexion: svabuddhi-°na-kuśalasya Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 9.14 (Tibetan mthoṅ ba).

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

Vicalana (विचलन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Fickleness, unsteadiness. 2. Self-praise, conceit. 3. Deviating from. E. vi before, cal to go, lyuṭ aff.

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

Vicalana (विचलन).—[vi-cal + ana], n. 1. Deviating from. 2. Unsteadiness. 3. Self-praise, conceit.

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

1) Vicalana (विचलन):—[=vi-calana] [from vi-cal] n. wandering from place to place, roaming about, unsteadiness, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] boastfulness, [Bharata-nāṭya-śāstra; Daśarūpa]

3) [v.s. ...] moving from, deviation, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) Vicālana (विचालन):—[=vi-cālana] [from vi-cāla > vi-cal] mf(ī)n. removing, destroying, [Rāmāyaṇa]

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

Vicalana (विचलन):—[vi-calana] (naṃ) 1. n. Fickleness; conceit.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Calana, Vi.

Ends with: Avicalana, Manaka-vicalana, Pathavicalana.

Full-text: Cal, Vichlan, Nirapeksha, Nirapeksh.

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