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Entry व्यभि

व्यभिvyabhiभी [bhī] चारः [cārḥ], (भी) चारः 1 Going away from, deviation, leaving the right course, following improper…
1. भी bhī चारः cārḥ, (भी) चारः 1 Going away from, deviation, leaving the right course, following improper courses; मन्त्रज्ञमव्यस- निनं व्यभिचारववर्जितम् H.3.16; मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्तियोगेन सेवते Bg.14.26;
2. Transgression, violation; व्यभिचारेण वर्णानाम् (... जायन्ते वर्णसंकराः) Ms.1.24.
3. Error, crime, sin.
4. Separableness.
5. Infidelity, faithlessness (of a wife or husband), unchastity; व्यभिचारात्तु भर्तुः स्त्री लोके प्राप्नोति गर्ह्यताम् Ms.5.164; वाङ्मनःकर्मभिः पत्यौ व्यभिचारो यथा न मे R.15.81; Y.1.72.
6. An anomaly, irregularity, exception (to a rule).
7. (In logic) A fallacioushetu, the presence of the hetu without the sādhya; हेतोः साध्याभाववद्वृत्तित्वं व्यभिचारः Tarka. K.
8. Absence (अभाव); अन्योऽन्यतोऽस्मिन् व्यभिचारतो मृषा नित्ये परे ब्रह्मणि केवले शिवे Atmanepada Rām.7.5.32.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कृत् Adjective committing adultery.
- -विवर्जित Adjective free from extravagance or debauchery.
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