Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

vañcana वञ्चन – outwitting; deception

substantive feminine · substantive neuter

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

outwitting; deception

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

vañcana ·n. ā f. deceit, fraud; p. °navant.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive feminine · substantive neuter

Vañcana, am, ā, n. f. (fr. the Caus.), the act of deceiving, cheating, defrauding, fraud, deceit, (vañ- canam or vañcanāṃ kṛ, to practise fraud, cheat); illusion, delusion, hallucination.

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

vañcana (vom caus. von vañc) n. das Betrügen, Betrug, Täuschung H. 379. HALĀY. 4,63. ˚pravaṇā veśyāḥ KATHĀS. 3,54. Spr. 213. ˚cañcutā Spr. 4131. guruṣvapi vañcanam VET. in LA. (III) 30,4. krayavikrayakāle ca sarvaḥ sarvasya vañcanam . yugānte bharataśreṣṭha vittalobhātkariṣyati .. MBH. 3,13062. fg. viśvāsapratipannānām MBH. 3,2855. MĀRK. P. 15,41. kāmi˚ Spr. 1660. Spr. 1815. KATHĀS. 22,114. paravañcanajīvika KATHĀS. 66,111. ŚATR. 10,131. vañcanaṃ kar mit dem acc. der Person Jmd anführen, betrügen PAÑCAR. 1,10,17. kāla˚ so v. a. Zeitgewinnung Verz. d. Oxf. H. 123,a,29. vañcanā f. dass.: vañcanāṃ prāp getäuscht werden MBH. 1,3248. MBH. 3,15689 (vañcanam DRAUP. 6,24). vañcanāṃ labh R. 2,34,37. MBH. 1,8244. ˚yoga MBH. 4,1560. MBH. 4,1563. MBH. 9,3316. MBH. 12,467. nārhasi vañcanām MBH. 14,2769. HARIV. 9707. ˚paṇḍitatva MṚCCH. 17,12. MṚCCH. 26,8. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 104,5. RĀJA-TAR. 2,109. SĀH. D. 525 (vañcanāhāsya˚ zu schreiben). lokasya Spr. 4669. RĀJA-TAR. 1,237. RĀJA-TAR. 6,139. pl. MBH. 12,2036. KATHĀS. 24,80. vañcanāṃ kar mit dem acc. der Person Jmd anführen, betrügen PAÑCAR. 2,5,9. PAÑCAR. 2,7,9. Betrug so v. a. verlorene Mühe, verlorene Zeit: svargābhisaṃdhisukṛtaṃ vañcanāmiva menire KUMĀRAS. 6,47. manyate sma pibatāṃ vilocanaiḥ pakṣmapātamapi vañcanāṃ manaḥ RAGH. 11,36. śīlavañcanā so v. a. Verstoss gegen MṚCCH. 18,20. An den folgenden Stellen ist es nicht zu entscheiden, ob vañcana oder vañcanā gemeint ist, KATHĀS. 7,87. fg. KATHĀS. 16,35. KATHĀS. 39,109. fg. KATHĀS. 56,269. — Vgl. mṛtyu˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive feminine · substantive neuter

vañcana n. und vañcanā f. — 1〉 das Betrügen, Betrug, Täuschung. ˚naṃ und ˚nāṃ kar Jmd (Acc.) anführen, betrügen. — 2〉 f. verlorene Mühe, — Zeit. — Vgl. kāla˚ (Nachtr. 5) und śīla˚.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

vañcana n., ā f. Betrug, Täuschung.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

vañcana n. (sfx. ana) tromperie, fraude, duperie. — F. illusion, hallucination.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 3.1-3.5: Foundation of Kuṇḍalinī 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 4.9-4.20: Yonimudrā-Geheimnis 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.108-5.112: Maṇipūra 1 occurrence

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