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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vikārahetu (विकारहेतु).—a temptation, seduction, cause of perturbation; विकारहेतौ सति विक्रियन्ते येषां न चेतांसि त एव धीराः (vikārahetau sati vikriyante yeṣāṃ na cetāṃsi ta eva dhīrāḥ) Kumārasambhava 1.59.

Derivable forms: vikārahetuḥ (विकारहेतुः).

Vikārahetu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vikāra and hetu (हेतु).

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

Vikārahetu (विकारहेतु):—[=vi-kāra-hetu] [from vi-kāra > vi-kṛ] 2. vi-kāra-hetu m. ‘cause of perturbation’, temptation, seduction, [Kumāra-sambhava]

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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.

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Partial matches: Hetu, Vikara.

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