# विक्षेप (vikṣepa) Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vikshepa विक्षेप (vikṣepa) is a Sanskrit word meaning scattering or dispersion, casting, throwing, or discharging, moving to and fro, waving, shaking, or tossing, drawing a bow-string, letting loose, indulging, letting slip, neglecting. Its 24 recorded definitions are grouped into 13 contexts, among them Act of Throwing/Scattering/Dispersion, Letting Loose/Indulging/Neglecting, Physical Movement and Agitation. - **SLP1:** `vikzepa` **IAST:** vikṣepa **Devanagari:** विक्षेप - **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vik%E1%B9%A3epa - **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vikshepa/declensions.md ## Meanings by context ### Act of Throwing/Scattering/Dispersion (10 definitions) - scattering or dispersion *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2) [Printed book page 956,2] वि - क्षेप (vi-kṣepa) m. the act of throwing asunder or away or about, scattering, dispersion, MārkP.; Dhātup. [ ID=194366 ] - casting, throwing, or discharging *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > casting, throwing, discharging, Ragh.; VP. [ ID=194367 ] - 1. Scattering or throwing. 2. Moving to and fro, waving, or tossing. 3. Inattention or distraction. 4. Projection or extension. *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > विक्षेप (vikṣepa) [Printed book page 280-2 ] विक्षेप (vikṣepa) vi-kṣepa, m. scattering about; casting, throwing; moving to and fro, waving, Page280-3 tossing ( ord. mg. ); inattention, distraction; projection or extension ( a power of ignorance which causes the world to seem real : Vedānta phil. ); -kṣepaṇa, n. moving to and fro; -kṣepa-śakti-mat, a. possessing the power of projection or extension. [ ID=16468 ] - 1. Casting or throwing away. 2. Sending or dispatching. 3. Confusion or perplexity. 4. Looking about wildly. 5. Refuting an argument. 6. Celestial latitude. *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > वि (vi) क्षेप (vikṣepa) [Printed book page 760 ] वि (vi) क्षेप (vikṣepa) m. ( - पः (-paḥ) ) 1 Casting, throwing, or throwing away. 2 Sending, dispatching. 3 Confusion, perplexity, fear proceeding from ignorance or error. 4 Looking about vaguely or wildly, as of a woman for her absent lover. 5 Refuting an argument, establishing its falsehood. 6 Celestial latitude. E. वि (vi) before क्षिप (kṣipa) to throw, aff. घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=34779 ] - 1. Casting or throwing. 2. Bewilderment. 3. Refutation. 4. Celestial latitude. *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > विक्षेप (vikṣepa) [Printed book page 682-a ] वि - क्षेप (vi-kṣepa) ( पः ) ((paḥ)) 1. m. Casting, throwing; bewilderment; refutation; celestial latitude. [ ID=34376 ] - 1. Casting or throwing. 2. Sending or dispatching. 3. Shaking or tossing to and fro. 4. Fear or confusion. 5. Refutation of an argument. 6. Polar latitude. *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > विक्षेप (vikṣepa) [Printed book page 659-18 ] विक्षेप (vikṣepa) m. 1. Casting, throwing, projecting, R. v.45; 2. sending, dispatching; 3. shaking, moving, tossing to and fro, K.S. i.13; 4. fear, alarm, confusion; 5. refutation of an argument; 6. polar latitude. [ ID=34708 ] - 1. Throwing away. 2. Dispatching. 3. Confusion or perplexity. 4. Looking about wildly. 5. Refuting an argument. 6. Celestial latitude. *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > वि (vi) क्षेप (vikṣepa) [Printed book page 651-b ] वि (vi) क्षेप (vikṣepa) m. ( - पः (-paḥ) ) 1. Casting, or throwing away. 2. Sending, dispatching. 3. Confusion, perplexity, fear proceeding from ignorance or error. 4. Looking about vaguely or wildly, as of a woman for her absent lover. 5. Refuting an argument, establishing its falsehood. 6. Celestial latitude. E. वि (vi) before, क्षिप् (kṣip) to throw, aff. घञ् । (ghañ.) [ ID=36375 ] - 1. Casting or throwing away. 2. Dispatching. 3. Refuting an argument. 4. Confusion, perplexity, or fear. 5. Looking about wildly. 6. Celestial latitude. *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > विक्षेप (vikṣepa) [Printed book page 0847-a ] विक्षेप (vikṣepa) vikṣepa, i. e. vi-kṣip + a, m. 1. Casting, or throwing away ( ca- raṇa-, Casting asunder of the feet, i. e. striding, Vikr. 60, 14). 2. Dispatching. 3. Refuting an argument. 4. Con- fusion, perplexity, fear, proceeding from ignorance or error, Vedāntas. in Chr. 205, 23; cf. 206, 8; 217, 24. 5. Look- ing about wildly. 6. Celestial latitude. — Comp. Citta-, m. scattering, diver- sion of mind, Utt. Rāmac. 52, 12. Dṛṣṭi-, m. a leer, a side glance, Śāk. 16, 1, Chezy. [ ID=13199 ] - 1. Throwing, scattering, tossing, sending, or dispatching. 2. Turning off, diversion, or distraction. 3. Projection. *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > विक्षेप (vikṣepa) [Printed book page 490 ] विक्षेप (vikṣepa) m. throwing, scattering, tossing, sending, dispatching; turning off, diversion, distraction; projection (ph.). [ ID=29198 ] - 1. Throwing apart, casting, or projection. 2. Sending or dispatching. 3. Scattering. 4. Confusion, perplexity, alarm, or fear. 5. Looking about wildly. 6. Refuting an argument. 7. Celestial or polar latitude. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)* > विक्षेप (vikṣepa) [Printed book page 0911-c ] Vi-kṣepa, as, m. the act of throwing apart or asunder, ( caraṇa-v°, throwing asunder of the feet, striding with the legs apart); throwing away, cast- ing, throwing, projection (see vikṣepa-śakti ); sending, dispatching; scattering; confusion, per- plexity, alarm, fear; looking about vaguely or wildly; refuting an argument; celestial or polar latitude. —Vikṣepa-dhruva, as, m. (in astronomy) the greatest inclination of a planet's orbit. —Vikṣepa- śakti, is, f. the power of Māyā, the projective power of ignorance (according to the Vedānta phil.) or that power of projection which raises up on the soul en- veloped by it the appearance of an external world. [ ID=42309 ] ### Letting Loose/Indulging/Neglecting (2 definitions) - letting loose, indulging *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > letting loose, indulging ( opp. to संयम (saṃyama) ), BhP. [ ID=194370 ] - letting slip, neglecting *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > letting slip, neglecting (time), L. [ ID=194371 ] ### Physical Movement and Agitation (2 definitions) - moving to and fro, waving, shaking, or tossing *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > moving about or to and fro, waving, shaking, tossing, MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ ID=194368 ] - drawing a bow-string *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > drawing (a bow-string), Hariv. [ ID=194369 ] ### A Type of Disease (1 definition) - a kind of disease *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a kind of disease, Cat. [ ID=194379 ] ### A Type of Weapon (1 definition) - a kind of weapon *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a kind of weapon, MBh. ( Nīlak. ) [ ID=194377 ] ### Celestial/Polar Latitude (Astronomy) (1 definition) - celestial or polar latitude *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > celestial or polar latitude, Sūryas. [ ID=194376 ] ### Compassion/Pity (1 definition) - compassion and pity *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > compassion, pity, Daśar. [ ID=194375 ] ### Mental Distraction/Confusion/Perplexity (1 definition) - inattention, distraction, confusion, perplexity *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > inattention, distraction, confusion, perplexity, MaitrUp.; Yogas.; Mālatīm. [ ID=194372 ] ### Philosophical Projection (Vedanta) (1 definition) - extension or projection *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > extension, projection, Vedāntas. (see - शक्ति (-śakti) ) [ ID=194373 ] ### Place of Dispatch/Royal Camp (1 definition) - a camp or cantonment *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a camp, cantonment (?), Buddh. [ ID=194378 ] ### Refutation of Argument (1 definition) - refuting an argument *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > refuting an argument, ib. [ ID=194381 ] ### Sending or Dispatching (1 definition) - sending *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > sending, dispatching, W. [ ID=194380 ] ### Verbal Abuse/Reviling (1 definition) - abusing or reviling *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > abusing, reviling, Bhar. [ ID=194374 ] ## Sources Definitions from 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, University of Cologne. 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