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Results for विकर्मन्

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

विकर्मन्vikarmana.Acting wrongly. -n
1. Acting wrongly. -n
2. An unlawful or prohibited act, an impious act; कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः Bg.4.17; Ms.9.226; Bhāg.11.3.43.
3. Various or divergent duty.
4. Retiring from business.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कृत् Adjective following unlawful occupation; Ms. 8.66.
- -क्रिया an illegal act, irreligious conduct; (प्रच्छन्न- तस्कराः) विकर्मक्रियया नित्यं बाधन्ते भद्रिकाः प्रजाः Ms.9.226.
- -स्थ Adjective doing prohibited acts, addicted to vice.
In the Gita4·17

कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः ।

karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṁ boddhavyaṁ ca vikarmaṇaḥ, — One has to understand about action as well as to understand about wrong action and about inaction one has to understand; thick and tangled is the way… 4·17
- विकर्मणःvikarmaṇaḥgenitive singular of the neuter noun vikarman (wrong action).
Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

विकर्मन्vikarman&c. see p. 950, col. 1 .
1. etc. see page and participle 950, column 1 .
2. neuter gender (for 2. see वि- √कृ) prohibited or unlawful act, fraud Mn. MBh. etc.
3. neuter gender various business or duty W.
4. neuter gender (with वायोः) Name of a Sa1man सामन् A1rshBr.
5. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective acting wrongly or unlawfully MBh.
6. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not acting, free from action ibidem
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