Pāli Dictionary

vikāra

viprefixkarrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kar7作；造

Synonyms

vipariṇāma, pariṇāma, aññathābhāva, vippakāra, vipariyāya

general

  • （多指变坏的）改变，变化；扰乱，畸形；性质

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

  • 信号；表示；手势

  • 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.

  • （语法）音变或形变

  • (grammar) a phonetic or morphological change, alteration

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