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विचिकित्साvicikitsā

विचिकित्सा (vicikitsā) is a Sanskrit word meaning doubt, uncertainty, error, mistake, doubt or uncertainty, error or mistake, doubt, hesitation, uncertainty, mistake or error. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Both Doubt/Uncertainty and Error/Mistake, Doubt, Uncertainty, or Inquiry, Error or Mistake.

Etymology
E. वि before, कित् to doubt, in the reduplicate form, aff. अच् ।
Definitions
10
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Meanings by context

Both Doubt/Uncertainty and Error/Mistake

5 definitions
1. Doubt or uncertainty. 2. Error or mistake.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Doubt. 2. Mistake.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Error or mistake. 2. Doubt or uncertainty.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Doubt or uncertainty. 2. Error or mistake.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Doubt or uncertainty. 2. Error or mistake.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Doubt, Uncertainty, or Inquiry

3 definitions
doubt, uncertainty

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Doubt, hesitation, uncertainty

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Doubt

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Error or Mistake

2 definitions
error, mistake

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Mistake or error

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 8 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.