Pāli Dictionary

vikāra

viprefixkarrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kar7करना; बनाना

Synonyms

vipariṇāma, pariṇāma, aññathābhāva, vippakāra, vipariyāya

general

  • परिवर्तन (प्रायः बुरे के लिए), विकृति

  • (usu. for the worse) change, alteration, transformation; disturbance, deformity; quality

  • संकेत; इशारा (विशेषतः हाथ का)

  • a signal; sign; gesture (esp. with the hand)

  • MN 31

    sac'assa hoti avisayhaṃ, hatthavikārena dutiyaṃ āmantetvā hatthavilaṅghakena upaṭṭhāpema, na tv'eva mayaṃ, bhante, tappaccayā vācaṃ bhindāma.

  • (व्याकरण) ध्वनि या रूप परिवर्तन

  • (grammar) a phonetic or morphological change, alteration

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