Vikarmastha, Vikarman-stha: 5 definitions
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Vikarmastha (विकर्मस्थ).—a. doing prohibited acts, addicted to vice.
Vikarmastha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vikarman and stha (स्थ).
Vikarmastha (विकर्मस्थ).—i. e. vikarman -stha, adj. 1. One who has done an illegal or an immoral act, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 192. 2. Addicted to vice, 4, 30; 9, 214. 3. Engaged in various business.
Vikarmastha (विकर्मस्थ).—[adjective] doing prohibited acts.
Vikarmastha (विकर्मस्थ):—[=vi-karma-stha] [from vi-karman > vi] 1. vi-karma-stha mfn. = ma-kṛt ([Manu-smṛti])
Vikarmastha (विकर्मस्थ):—[vikarma-stha] (sthaḥ-sthā-sthaṃ) a. Engaged in business, or in illegal acts.
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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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 83 < [Volume 31 (1951)]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 222 - The Greatness of Tilādeśvara (tilāda-īśvara-tīrtha) < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 252 < [Volume 8 (1886)]