# विकर्ण (vikarṇa)

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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.

- **SLP1:** `vikarRa`  **IAST:** vikarṇa  **Devanagari:** विकर्ण
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikarna
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vikarna/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** विकर्णा (vikarṇā)

## Meanings by context

### Adjective: Ear-related Condition (e.g., earless, large-eared) (8 definitions)
- having large or divergent ears  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 950,1] वि (vi) — कर्ण (—karṇa) mfn. ( prob. ) having large or divergent ears, AV. [ ID=192860 ]
- deaf or earless  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > having no ears, earless, deaf, Pañcat. [ ID=192861 ]
- 1. Earless. 2. One of the Kuru princes.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वि (vi) कर्ण (karṇa) (vikarṇa) [Printed book page 758 ] वि (vi) कर्ण (karṇa) (vikarṇa) mfn. ( - र्णः - र्णी - र्णं (-rṇaṃ) (-rṇaḥ-rṇī-rṇaṃ) ) Ear-less. m. ( - र्णं (-rṇaṃ) ) One of the KURU princes. E. वि (vi), and कर्ण (karṇa) an ear, or a proper name. [ ID=34686 ]
- 1. Earless. 2. A Kuru prince.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विकर्ण (vikarṇa) [Printed book page 680-a ] वि - कर्ण (vi-karṇa) ( र्णः - र्णी - र्णं ) ((rṇaḥ-rṇī-rṇaṃ)) a. Earless. m. A Kuru prince. [ ID=34282 ]
- 1. Earless. 2. A prince of the Kuru dynasty.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विकर्ण (vikarṇa) [Printed book page 649-b ] विकर्ण (vikarṇa) mfn. ( - र्णः (-rṇaḥ)- र्णी - र्णं (-rṇaḥ-rṇī-rṇaṃ) ) Ear-less. m. ( - र्णः (-rṇaḥ) ) One of the KURŪ princes. [ ID=36275 ]
- 1. Deaf. 2. A kind of arrow. 3. A man's name.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विकर्ण (vikarṇa) [Printed book page 489 ] विकर्ण (vikarṇa) a. having the ears far asunder, having no ears i.e. deaf. m. a kind of arrow, a man's name. [ ID=29098 ]
- 1. Having large ears. 2. The name of one of the Kuru princes.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > विकर्ण (vikarṇa) [Printed book page 0909-b ] विकर्ण (vikarṇa) 1. vi-karṇa, as, ī, am, having large ears; ( as ), m., N. of one of the Kuru princes (on the side of Duryodhana in the war against the Pāṇ- ḍavas). [ ID=42154 ]
- earless  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 2. vi-karṇa, as, ā, am, earless, having no ears. [ ID=42155 ]

### Proper Noun: Vikarṇa, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kuru Prince) (3 definitions)
- a son of Dhritarashtra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra, MBh. [ ID=192864 ]
- Name of a Kuru prince  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विकर्ण (vikarṇa) [Printed book page 657-33 ] विकर्ण (vikarṇa) m. Name of a Kuru prince, Bg. i.8. [ ID=34635 ]
- a son of Dhritarashtra  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > विकर्ण (vikarṇa) [Printed book page 736-1 ] Vikarṇa 1, a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. § 83 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇa): I, 63 α, 2447.—§ 130 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67, 2729 (enumera- tion).—§ 157 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95, ††3810.—§ 182 (Dhṛta- rāṣṭraputranāmak.): I, 117, 4543 (enumeration).—§ 209 (Drupadaśāsana): I, 138, 5449, 5461, 5463 (among the pupils of Droṇa who assisted Droṇa when he defeated Drupada).—§ 232 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 186, 6981 (came to the svayaṃvara of Draupadī).—§ 241 (Vidurāgamanap.): I, 204, 7469.—§ 244 (Rājyalābhap.): I, 207, 7557.—§ 299 (Dyūtap.): II, 68, 2261, 2268, 2275, 2277, 2288, 2311 (declared that the gambling away of Draupadī was invalid). —§ 302 (do.): II, 74, 2477.—§ 402 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 120, †10269.—§ 512 (Ghoṣayātrāp.): III, 241, 14897.— § 552 (Goharaṇap.): IV, 35 α, 1151; 38, 1243; 47, 1488; 54, †1668, †1669 (defeated by Arjuna); 61, 1988 (attacked Arjuna), 1992 (defeated by Arjuna); 65, †2092, †2096, †2098; 69, 2245.—§ 556 (Sañjayayānap.): V, 27, †791.— § 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 47 α, 1796; 55 ν, 2208 ( tavātmajaḥ, i.e. Dhṛtarāṣṭra's); 57 ξ, 2246 (assigned to Arjuna as his match in the battle), (σ), 2290; 65 δδ, 2493; 66 εε, 2503. —§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 95 υ, 3402.—§ 567 (do.): V, 131 ρ, 4457.—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 17, 657 (followed Aśvatthāman); 18 δ, 686; 25 ι, 837.—§ 578 (Bhīṣma- vadhap.): VI, 44 α, 1653; 45 16, 1726, 1727, 1728 (fought with Śrutasoma); 48 θ, 1926; 51 ρ, 2092, (σ), 2098.—§ 579 (do.): VI, 52 1 β, 2134, (δ), 2145 (only C.), 2146 (only B.), (ε), 2148, (ζ), 2160 ( tavātmajaḥ, i.e. Dhṛtarāṣṭra's).—§ 580 Page736-b+ 63 (do.): VI, 57 ι, 2452 (only C.); 59 μ, †2583.—§ 581 (do.): VI, 62 ζ, 2731, 2732 (only C.); 65, 2910, (ν), 2929.— § 582 (do.): VI, 71 δ, 3139 (engaged in battle with Sahadeva); 72 ζ, 3163.—§ 583 (do.): VI, 76 ι, 3330; 77 κ, 3343; 78, 3433, 3434, 3436 (defeated by Abhimanyu); 79 13, 3475, 3477, 3478, 3479 ( °rudhira- ), 3480 (encounter with Abhimanyu).—§ 584 (do.): VI, 81 α, 3532, (β), 3558; 84 γ, 3735; 86, 3791 ( tanayas tava, i.e. Dhṛtarāṣṭra's).— § 585 (do.): VI, 92 χ, 4119, 4130 (struck by Ghaṭotkaca); 94 ω, 4195; 95 γγ, 4244.—§ 587 (do.): VI, 108 δ, 5050, 5104 (resisted Nakula); 111, 5173, 5175 (fought with Nakula); 113 ι, 5240, 5243, 5250 (C. by error °aṇa ), 5261 (encounter with Bhīmasena); 114 κ, 5293; 117 σ, 5496, 5497; 118 τ, 5520.—§ 589 (Droṇābhiṣekap.): VII, 7 γ, 179 ( tavātmajaḥ, i.e. Dhṛtarāṣṭra's).—§ 592 (Saṃśaptaka- vadhap.): VII, 25, 1099 (resisted Śikhaṇḍin).—§ 596 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 74 β, 2628.—§ 598 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 85 α, 3020 ( Citrasena-V°yoḥ…sutānāṃ me, i.e. Dhṛtarāṣṭra's), (γ), 3043; 87 θ, 3107 ( Duḥśāsanaś caiva V°ś ca tavātmajau, i.e. Dhṛtarāṣṭra's).—§ 599 (do.): VII, 95 ζ, 3525; 96 θ, 3572 ( tavātmajaḥ, i.e. Dhṛtarāṣṭra's); 106, 3976 ( te sutaḥ, i.e. Dhṛtarāṣṭra's, proceeded against Nakula); 107, 4042 (defeated by Nakula); 116 αα, 4604, 4608; 127 νν, 5177; 137 ααα, 5644 (slain by Bhīmasena), 5646 ( hataḥ ), 5664 (do.); 144, 6025.—§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 158 ω, 7035 (had been slain); 164, 7337 (still living (!), B., however, reads Karṇañ ca ).—§ 604 (Karṇap.): VIII, 5 ζ, 97 ( putro V°as te, i.e. Dhṛtarāṣṭra's, had been slain by Bhīmasena); 6, 167 (had slain Citrāyudha and Citrayodhin).—§ 609 (Śalyap.): IX, 2, 105 (had been slain).—§ 611 (do.): IX, 24, 1295 (sc. hate ).—§ 619 (Strīvilāpap.): XI, 19 δ, 547 ( vinihataḥ ), 548, 551; 25 κ, 736. Cf. Bharatarṣabha, Bharatasattama, Dhārtarāṣṭra, Dhṛtarāṣṭraja, Duryodhanāvara, Kurupravīra, Kuruvar- dhana, dual. [ ID=12052 ]

### Noun: A People or Country (2 definitions)
- of a people  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( pl. ) of a people, ib. [ ID=192865 ]
- a people  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Vikarṇa, pl. ( °āḥ ), a people. § 578 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 51 υ, 2105 (in the army of Duryodhana). [ ID=12054 ]

### Noun: A Type of Arrow (1 definition)
- a kind of arrow  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > वि (vi) — कर्ण (—karṇa) m. a kind of arrow, MBh. [ ID=192862 ]

### Noun: A Type of Brick (Vikarṇī) (1 definition)
- a kind of brick  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 950,1] वि (vi) — कर्णी (—karṇī) ( ई (ī) ), f. a kind of brick, TS. [ ID=192866 ]

### Noun: Name of a Sāman (Vedic Chant) (1 definition)
- the name of a Saman  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > वि (vi) — कर्ण (—karṇa) n. N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr. [ ID=192867 ]

### Proper Noun: Vikarṇa, a Sage/Hermit (1 definition)
- a Rishi  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > [Printed book page 736-2 ] Vikarṇa 2, a ṛṣi. § 730 (Anuśāsanik.): XIII, 14 ζ, 688 (gratified Śiva). [ ID=12053 ]

### Proper Noun: Vikarṇa, ally of Yudhiṣṭhira (1 definition)
- an ally of Yudhishthira  
  *The Purana Index*
  > विकर्ण (vikarṇa) [Printed book page 3-212 ] Vikarṇa (I) — an ally of Yudhiṣṭhira: took active part in his Rājasūya. Bhā. X. 75. 6. [ ID=12697 ]

### Proper Noun: Vikarṇa, brother of Balāhaka (1 definition)
- a brother of Balahaka and a commander of Bhanda  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 3-213 ] Vikarṇa (II) — a brother of Balāhaka and a commander of Bhaṇḍa: Bheruṇḍa was his riding animal. Br. IV. 24. 9 and 49. [ ID=12698 ]

### Proper Noun: Vikarṇa, son of Karṇa (1 definition)
- name of a son of Karna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a son of Karṇa, Hariv. [ ID=192863 ]

### 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*
  > Vikarṇa (III) — the first of the two sons of Khaśā (s.v.); the most terrible and terror striking; with four hands, four feet and two ways of moving, etc. Vā. 69. 76-79. [ ID=12699 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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