Vikarman: 6 definitions
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Vikarman (विकर्मन्).—a. Acting wrongly. -n
1) An unlawful or prohibited act, an impious act; कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः (karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 4.17; Manusmṛti 9.226; Bhāgavata 11.3.43.
2) Various or divergent duty.
3) Retiring from business.
Vikarman (विकर्मन्).—[vi-karman], I. adj. Not acting, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 2. ed. 68, 40. Ii. n. 1. Unlawful act, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 4, 17. 2. Fraud. 3. Various business.
Vikarman (विकर्मन्).—1. [neuter] bad or prohibited action.
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Vikarman (विकर्मन्).—2. [adjective] doing no work or = seq.
1) Vikarman (विकर्मन्):—[=vi-karman] [from vi] 1. vi-karman n. (for 2. See vi- √kṛ) prohibited or unlawful act, fraud, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] various business or duty, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] (with vāyoḥ) Name of a Sāman, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] mfn. acting wrongly or unlawfully, [Mahābhārata]
5) [v.s. ...] not acting, free from action, [ib.]
6) [=vi-karman] [from vi-karaṇa > vi-kṛ] a etc. See p. 950, col. 1.
Vikarman (विकर्मन्):—(rmma) 5. n. Idem.
Vikarman (विकर्मन्):—1. (2. vi + ka) n.
1) eine Einem nicht zukommende, unererlaubte Beschäftigung, - Handlung: karman, vikarman, akarman [BHĀG. 4, 17.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 3, 43. 45.] patanīyeṣu vikarmasu [Mahābhārata.3,14075.5,2139. 12,2277. 2289. 13,1645. 3450. 4531.] [PRĀYAŚCITTEND. 30,a,5.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.3,14,30.5,5,4. 18,3.] vikarmakriyā [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 226.] vikarmakṛt [8, 66.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 52, 134.] vikarmanirata [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 9, 17. 10, 70, 26.] vikarmastha [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 30. 9, 214] [?(= Mahābhārata 13, 5122). 225. 11, 192. Mahābhārata 3, 12841. 13728. 5, 797. 7, 8848. 12, 2879. 2884. fg. 13, 6205. Harivaṃśa 11161. Kathāsaritsāgara 52, 113. Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 31, 29.] —
2) vāyorvikarma Name eines Sāman [Weber’s Indische Studien.3,235,a.]
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Vikarman (विकर्मन्):—2. (wie eben) adj.
1) einer Einem nicht zukommenden, unerlaubten Beschäftigung nachgehend: vikarmāṇaśca ye kecittānyunakti svakarmasu [Mahābhārata 3, 13727. 12, 2359.] —
2) sich jeglicher Beschäftigung enthaltend, nicht arbeitend [Mahābhārata 13, 341.]
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Partial matches (+0): Vi, Karma.
Starts with (+0): Vikarmakrit, Vikarmakriya, Vikarmanirata, Vikarmastha.
Full-text (+0): Vikarmakriya, Vikarmastha, Vikarmakrit, Vikarmin, Vikarmanirata, Vikarmika, Vi.
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Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 119 - Greatness of Balātibaladaityaghnī (Bala-Atibala-daitya-ghnī) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)