विकर्णvikarṇa

विकर्ण (vikarṇa) is a Sanskrit word meaning having large or divergent ears, deaf or earless, a kind of arrow, name of a son of Karna, a son of Dhritarashtra, of a people. Its 21 recorded definitions are grouped into 11 contexts, among them Adjective: Ear-related Condition (e.g., earless, large-eared), Proper Noun: Vikarṇa, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kuru Prince), Noun: A People or Country.

Meanings by context

Proper Noun: Vikarṇa, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kuru Prince)

3 definitions
a son of Dhritarashtra

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a Kuru prince

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a son of Dhritarashtra

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Noun: A People or Country

2 definitions
of a people

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a people

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Noun: A Type of Arrow

1 definition
a kind of arrow

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Noun: A Type of Brick (Vikarṇī)

1 definition
a kind of brick

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Noun: Name of a Sāman (Vedic Chant)

1 definition
the name of a Saman

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Proper Noun: Vikarṇa, a Sage/Hermit

1 definition
a Rishi

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Proper Noun: Vikarṇa, ally of Yudhiṣṭhira

1 definition
an ally of Yudhishthira

The Purana Index

Proper Noun: Vikarṇa, brother of Balāhaka

1 definition
a brother of Balahaka and a commander of Bhanda

The Purana Index

Proper Noun: Vikarṇa, son of Karṇa

1 definition
name of a son of Karna

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Proper Noun: Vikarṇa, son of Khaśā (a fearsome being)

1 definition
1. The first of the two sons of Khasha. 2. Terribly terror-striking, having four hands, four feet, and two ways of moving.

The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.