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विकल्पvikalpa

विकल्प (vikalpa) is a Sanskrit word meaning an intermediate Kalpa, the interval between two Kalpas, see under vi-kḷp, alternation, alternative, or option, variety and diversity, contrivance or art, difference of perception. Its 28 recorded definitions are grouped into 17 contexts, among them Multiple Core Senses (General Dictionaries), Option or Alternative, Lexicographical Note.

Root
कॢप् (kḷp)
Definitions
28
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Meanings by context

Multiple Core Senses (General Dictionaries)

8 definitions
1. Alternative or option. 2. Combination or contrivance. 3. Variety. 4. Distinction. 5. Indecision, hesitation, or doubt. 6. False notion or fancy.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Error or mistake. 2. Alternative or option. 3. Doubt or indecision. 4. Antithesis of opposites. 5. Admission of more than one form or rule.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Error or ignorance. 2. An alternative. 3. Doubt.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Option or alternative 2. Doubt, uncertainty, or hesitation 3. Error or mistake 4. Sort or variety 5. Device

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Error, ignorance, or mistake. 2. Alternative or option. 3. Doubt or indecision. 4. Antithesis of opposites in rhetoric. 5. Admission of more than one form or rule in grammar. 6. Device.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Option, alternative, or distinction. 2. Alternation. 3. Doubt, indecision, or hesitation. 4. Error or mistake. 5. Ignorance.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An alternative or choice between two or more things. 2. Difference or variety. 3. Supposition or false conception. 4. Uncertainty or doubt.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Alternation, option, or alternative. 2. Distinction. 3. Uncertainty, doubt, or hesitation. 4. Error or mistake. 5. Antithesis of opposites in rhetoric. 6. An optional rule in grammar.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Option or Alternative

3 definitions
alternation, alternative, or option

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

admission of an option or alternative

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

optionally

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Lexicographical Note

2 definitions
See under vi-kḷp

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See under vi-klp.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Variety, Diversity, or Combination

2 definitions
variety and diversity

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a collateral form

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A God or Deity

1 definition
a god

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Adjective: Different

1 definition
different

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Admission or Statement

1 definition
admission, statement

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Calculation

1 definition
calculation

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Contrivance, Art, or Device

1 definition
contrivance or art

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Cosmological Term: Intermediate Kalpa

1 definition
an intermediate Kalpa, the interval between two Kalpas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Distinction or Difference of Perception

1 definition
difference of perception

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Doubt or Indecision

1 definition
Indecision, doubt, or hesitation

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Error, Mistake, or False Notion

1 definition
false notion or imagination

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Mental Occupation or Thinking

1 definition
Mental occupation or thinking

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a People or Place

1 definition
Name of a people

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Reference to Kalpa-sthāna (Ayurveda)

1 definition
pharmacology

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Rhetorical Figure: Antithesis

1 definition
antithesis of opposites

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell 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.