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Entry विकार

विकारvikāra1 Change of form or nature, transformation, deviation from the natural state; cf. विकृति.
1. 1 Change of form or nature, transformation, deviation from the natural state; Compare विकृति.
2. A change, alteration, a modification; प्रमथमुखविकारै- र्हासयामास गूढम् Ku.7.95; नेत्रवक्त्रविकारैश्च लक्ष्यतेऽन्तर्गतं मनः Pt.1.44; Ś.7.
3. Sickness, disease, malady; विकारं खलु परमार्थतोऽज्ञात्वाऽनारम्भः प्रतीकारस्य Ś.4; Ku.2.48.
4. Change of mind or purpose; मूर्च्छन्त्यमी विकाराः प्रायेणैश्वर्य- मत्तेषु Ś.5.18.
5. A feeling, an emotion; विकारश्चैतन्यं भ्रम- यति च संमीलयति च Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.35;3.25,36; Māl.1.3.
6. Agitation, excitement, perturbation; कुतः परस्मिन् पुरुषे विकारः Ki.17.23.
7. Contortion, contraction (as of the features of the face); प्रमथमुखविकारैर्हासयामास गूढम् Ku.7.95.
8. (In Sā&ndot. Philosophy) That which is evolved from a previous source or Prakṛiti.
9. A wound.
Derived forms and compounds
- -हेतुः a temptation, seduction, cause of perturbation; विकारहेतौ सति विक्रियन्ते येषां न चेतांसि त एव धीराः Ku.1.59.
In the Gita13·20

प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि ।

prakṛtiṁ puruṣaṁ caiva viddhyanādī ubhāvapi, — Know thou that Purusha (the Soul) and Prakriti (Nature) are both without origin and eternal; but the modes of Nature and the lower forms she assumes… 13·20
- विकारान्‌vikārānaccusative plural of the masculine form vikāra (modification, deformation).
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