Vikamp: 4 definitions

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Vikamp 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vikamp (विकम्प्).—1 Ā.

1) To shake, tremble; किं यासि बालकदलीव विकम्पमाना (kiṃ yāsi bālakadalīva vikampamānā) Mṛcchakaṭika 1.2;; स्फुरति नयनं वामो बाहुर्मुहुश्च विकम्पते (sphurati nayanaṃ vāmo bāhurmuhuśca vikampate) 9. 13; स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि (svadharmamapi cāvekṣya na vikampitumarhasi) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.31.

2) To become changed or deformed.

3) To shrink or retreat from. -Caus. To shake; रावणश्रियमपि व्यकम्पयत् (rāvaṇaśriyamapi vyakampayat) R.11. 19; Ṛtusaṃhāra 2.17.

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

Vikamp (विकम्प्).—tremble, stir, move, cease from ([ablative]) [Causative] make tremble.

Vikamp is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and kamp (कम्प्).

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

Vikamp (विकम्प्):—[=vi-√kamp] [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] -kampate, to tremble greatly, quiver, move about, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;

—to become changed or deformed, change a position or place, shrink from, [ib.] :—[Causal] -kampayati, to cause to tremble, agitate, [Kālidāsa]

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

Vikamp (विकम्प्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vikaṃpa.

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.

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