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Vicar means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Tamil. 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 Vichar.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vicar (विचर्).—1 P. To wander about, raom over (oft. with acc.); इष्टान् देशान् विचर जलद (iṣṭān deśān vicara jalada) Meghadūta 117; विचचार दावम् (vicacāra dāvam) R.2.8; Kumārasambhava 3.31.

2) To do, perform, practise.

3) To act, deal, behave.

4) To deviate from the right path, go about wantonly; यन्मे माता प्रलुलुभे विचरन्त्य- पतिव्रता (yanme mātā pralulubhe vicarantya- pativratā) Manusmṛti 9.2.

5) To pass through, pervade.

6) To attack, march against.

7) To associate or have intercourse with.

8) To go badly, fail.

9) To commit a mistake; हविषि व्यचरत्तेन वषट्कारं गृणन् द्विजः (haviṣi vyacarattena vaṣaṭkāraṃ gṛṇan dvijaḥ) Bhāgavata 9.1.15.

1) To graze or feed upon. -Caus.

1) To think, reflect or meditate upon; विचारमाणस्य विशुद्धभावना (vicāramāṇasya viśuddhabhāvanā) A. Rām.7. 5.45.

2) To discuss, call in question, debate; आज्ञा गुरूणां ह्यविचारणीया (ājñā gurūṇāṃ hyavicāraṇīyā) R.14.46.

3) To calculate, estimate, take into account, consider; परेषामात्मनश्चैव यो विचार्य बलाबलम् (pareṣāmātmanaścaiva yo vicārya balābalam) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3; सुविचार्य यत्कृतम् (suvicārya yatkṛtam) H.1.2.

4) To hesitate, doubt.

5) To examine, investigate.

6) To seduce.

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

Vicar (विचर्).—go asunder, open, spread, be diffused; fall on, attack; walk about, roam, wander, go through, pervade; have intercourse with ([instrumental]); go astray, fail, sin; practise, fulfil, do. [Causative] cause to roam or go astray, corrupt, seduce; move to and fro (in the mind) i.e. deliberate, consider, reflect, ponder, examine, ascertain, state.

Vicar is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and car (चर्).

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

Vicar (विचर्):—[=vi-√car] [Parasmaipada] -carati, to move in different directions, spread, expand, be diffused, [Ṛg-veda; Mahābhārata; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā];

—to rove, ramble about or through, traverse, pervade, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to sally forth, march against, make an attack or assault, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to wander from the right path, go astray, be dissolute, [Manu-smṛti ix, 20];

—to commit a mistake or blunder (with words), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to run out, come to an end, [Ṛg-veda];

—to stand or be situated in ([locative case]; applied to heavenly bodies), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā];

—to associate or have intercourse with ([instrumental case]), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to act, proceed, behave, live, [Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra];

—to practise, perform, accomplish, make, do, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to graze upon, feed upon (a pasture), [Bālarāmāyaṇa] :

—[Causal] -cārayati, to cause to go or roam about, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to cause to go astray, seduce, [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to move hither and thither (in the mind), ponder, reflect, consider, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to doubt, hesitate, [ib.];

—to examine, investigate, ascertain, [ib.]

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

Vicar (विचर्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Viara.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Vicar (விசர்) noun perhaps from vi-cara. Madness, rabidness; பைத்தியம். [paithiyam.] (J.)

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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