# विचिकित्सा (vicikitsā)

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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 । — E. vi before, kit to doubt, in the reduplicate form, aff. ac
- **SLP1:** `vicikitsA`  **IAST:** vicikitsā  **Devanagari:** विचिकित्सा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicikitsa
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vichikitsa/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Both Doubt/Uncertainty and Error/Mistake (5 definitions)
- 1. Doubt or uncertainty. 2. Error or mistake.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वि (vi) चिकित (kita) ्सा (vicikitsā) [Printed book page 763 ] वि (vi) चिकित (kita) ्सा (vicikitsā) f. ( - सा (-sā) ) 1 Doubt, uncertainty. 2 Error, mistake. E. वि (vi) before कित (kita) to doubt, in the reduplicate form, aff. अच् (ac). [ ID=34881 ]
- 1. Doubt. 2. Mistake.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विचिकित्सा (vicikitsā) [Printed book page 684-a ] वि - चिकित्सा (vi-cikitsā) ( त्सा ) ((tsā)) 1. f. Doubt; mistake. [ ID=34475 ]
- 1. Error or mistake. 2. Doubt or uncertainty.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विचिकित्सा (vicikitsā) [Printed book page 660-28 ] विचिकित्सा (vicikitsā) f. 1. Error, mistake; 2. doubt, uncertainty. [ ID=34778 ]
- 1. Doubt or uncertainty. 2. Error or mistake.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वि (vi) चिकित् (kit) सा (vicikitsā) [Printed book page 653-a ] वि (vi) चिकित् (kit) सा (vicikitsā) f. ( - त्सा (-tsā) ) 1. Doubt, uncertainty. 2. Error, mistake. E. वि (vi) before, कित् (kit) to doubt, in the reduplicate form, aff. अच् । (ac.) [ ID=36481 ]
- 1. Doubt or uncertainty. 2. Error or mistake.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > विचिकित्सा (vicikitsā) [Printed book page 0914-b ] Vi-cikitsā, f. doubt, uncertainty; error, mistake. [ ID=42472 ]

### Doubt, Uncertainty, or Inquiry (3 definitions)
- doubt, uncertainty  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 959,1] वि - (vi-) ° चिकित्सा (°cikitsā) f. doubt, uncertainty, question, inquiry, TBr.; ChUp.; BhP. [ ID=194810 ]
- Doubt, hesitation, uncertainty  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विचिकित्सा (vicikitsā) [Printed book page 0970-a ] 1 Doubt, hesitation, uncertainty. [ ID=25779 ]
- Doubt  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विचिकित्सा (vicikitsā) [Printed book page 0849-a ] विचिकित्सा (vicikitsā) vicikitsā, i. e. vi-cikitsa, desider. of kit, + ā, f. Doubt, Mālat. 42, 11. — Comp. Nis-vicikitsa + m, adv. with- out long reflecting, Kull. ad Man. 8, 417. [ ID=13233 ]

### Error or Mistake (2 definitions)
- error, mistake  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > error, mistake, W. [ ID=194811 ]
- Mistake or error  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विचिकित्सा (vicikitsā) [Printed book page 0970-a ] 2 Mistake, error. [ ID=25779 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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