Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

vic विच् – separate; discern

verbal root · Word type unspecified · verb

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary verbal root

separate; discern

Cappeller 1891 verb

Original text · English · verb

vic vinákti ·v (vivekti), pp. vikta separate, esp. grain from chaff by winnowing, i.g. sift, sever from (abl.), try, examine. -- apa sever, separate ( = S.). vi separate by tossing or blowing, i.g. sift; sever from (abl.); examine, try, distinguish, decide (a question). C. vivecayati = pravi separate, try, examine -- Cf. pravivikta, vivikta.

Monier-Williams 1872 verb

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vic vic, cl. 7. 3. P. A. vinakti (1st sing. vinacmi, 2nd sing. vinakṣi, 3rd pl. viñcanti), viṅkte, vevekti (3rd du. viviktas, Ṛg-veda VIII. 12, 24), vevikte (?), viveca, vivice, vekṣyati, -te, avicat, avaikṣīt, avikta, vektum, to divide, separate, sever; to remove from, deprive of (with inst.); to discriminate, discern, judge: Pass. vicyate, Aor. aveci: Caus. vecayati, Aor. avīvicat: Desid. vivikṣati; [cf. Gr. εἴκω, (perhaps also) ἑκάς, ἴχ-ν-ος; Lat. vito for vic-(i)-to, (according to some also) vinco, vicis, invicem, vicissim; Old Germ. wichan, (perhaps also) wehsal; Angl. Sax. wican, wrixl.]

Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. √vic , vinakti, viṅkte DHĀTUP. 29,5 (pṛthagbhāve). vevekti DHĀTUP. 25,12. vivekṣi; erhält nicht den Bindevocal i Kārikā Kār. 2 aus SIDDH. K._zu_P. 7,2,10. durch Schwingen oder Worfeln aussondern (Getraide von der Spreu u. s. w.); überh. sondern: yava̱ṃ na dàsma ju̱hvā̀ vivekṣi wie Getraide sonderst du mit deiner Zunge (der Flamme d. h. nimmst nur das dürre Gras und lässest Anderes stehen) ṚV. 7,3,4. nach SĀY. = bhakṣayasi oder vyāpnoṣi. pra mè vivi̱kvām̐ àvidanmanī̱ṣām ṚV. 3,57,1. jīvitena viveca ca (tān) trennte vom Leben so v. a. beraubte des Lebens BHAṬṬ. 14,103. — apa dass.: vāto 'pā̀vinak AV. 11,3,4. tuṣàṃ pa̱lāvā̱napa̱ tadvìnaktu AV. 12,3,19. ŚAT. BR. 1,1,4,22. apavevekti KAUŚ. 61. — athyapa in (ein Gefäss) aussondern ŚAT. BR. 1,1,4,22. — pra s. praveka. — vi 1〉 durch Schütteln und Blasen sondern: vā̱yurvo̱ vi vìnaktu VS. 1,16. ŚAT. BR. 1,1,4,22. avivecam (sc. vrīhīn) absol. ĀŚV. ŚR. 2,6,7. durchschütteln: (marutaḥ) vi vìñcanti̱ vana̱spatī̀n ṚV. 1,39,5. sichten: darbhān KAUŚ. 90. scheiden, trennen: vivicya saṃthyakṣarāṇāmakāraṃ plāvayet ĀŚV. ŚR. 1,5,9. mit instr. oder abl.: vi vìcyadhvaṃ yajñiyāsa̱stuṣaìḥ sondert euch AV. 11,1,12. surā pūyamānā balkasena vivicyate ŚAT. BR. 12,8,1,16. pāpmanā ŚĀṄKH. BR. 18,4. jyotirādirivābhāti saṃghātānna vivicyate BHĀG. P. 7,1,9. vivinacmi divaḥ surān so v. a. brachte sie um den Himmel BHAṬṬ. 6,36. — 2〉 unterscheiden: śreyaśca preyaśca vivinakti dhīraḥ KAṬHOP. 2,2. prakṛtipuruṣau vivicya Schol. zu KAP. 1,103. BHĀG. P. 4,4,20. nach seiner Eigenthümlichkeit erkennen: vivinakti na śaucaṃ yaḥ MBH. 1,6372. SUŚR. 1,128,19. BHĀG. P. 10,87,20. entscheiden: praśnam MBH. 2,2243. fg. — 3〉 untersuchen, prüfen, erwägen: kriyate cedvivicyaiva tasya śreyaḥ karasthitam Spr. 4277. KATHĀS. 73,344. PRAB. 114,18. BHĀG. P. 3,26,72. harilīlābhidhāneyaṃ yathābuddhi vivicyate Verz. d. Oxf. H. 37,b, No. 92. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 195,b,3. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 222,a, No. 540. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 246,a, No. 619. — 4〉 offenbaren, kund thun: vivektuṃ nāhamicchāmi tvākāraṃ viduraṃ prati MBH. 1,7396. antargatamabhiprāyam MBH. 13,5906. — partic. vivikta 1〉 gesondert, unterschieden KAP. 3,63. śarīrādātmani vivikte, pradhānātpuruṣe vivikte Schol. zu KAP. 1,58. gosahasrāṇi varṇaśo viviktāni MBH. 3,13305. aviviktaparavyatha ohne einen Unterschied zu machen BHĀG. P. 5,26,17. — 2〉 abgesondert, isolirt; = asaṃpṛkta H. an. 3,297. fg. MED. t. 153. viviktaiśca vibhaktaiśca śṛṅgaiḥ KĀM. NĪTIS. 16,4. cintā˚ so v. a. ganz in Gedanken vertieft MBH. 13,1482. einsam; n. Einsamkeit, ein einsamer Ort; = vijana, rahas AK. 2,8,1,22. AK. 3,4,14,85. H. 742. H. an. MED. deśa M. 3,206. BHAG. 13,10. R. 1,50,5 (R. 1,51,5 GORR.). MĀRK. P. 51,45. pradeśa PAÑCAT. 159,21. harmyapṛṣṭha Spr. (II) 622. avakāśa R. 2,54,21. R. 2,56,15. R. 4,24,30. KATHĀS. 8,18. KATHĀS. 30,76. KATHĀS. 50,105. DAŚAK. 67,6. DAŚAK. 69,6. BHĀG. P. 5,8,28. MĀRK. P. 96,11. tadviviktamidam MṚCCH. 60,5. niṣevate viviktam ŚĀK. 102. ŚĀK. 107, v. l. ˚sevin BHAG. 18,52. BHĀG. P. 3,28,3. BHĀG. P. 4,22,23. BHĀG. P. 5,5,12. viviktāsana Spr. 2175. ˚ga KATHĀS. 17,1. KATHĀS. 33,149. ˚śaraṇa BHĀG. P. 3,27,8. BHĀG. P. 7,15,30. vivikte M. 4,258. MBH. 3,1870. MBH. 12,540. MBH. 16,105. VIKR. 40,5. KATHĀS. 7,75 (gatvā). PRAB. 105,12. BHĀG. P. 1,4,15. BHĀG. P. 2,1,16. BHĀG. P. 3,24,26. BHĀG. P. 7,5,48. vivikteṣu M. 3,207. — 3〉 frei von: svalpena khalu kālena viviktaṃ pṛthivītalam . bhavipyati narendraughaiḥ śataśo vinipātitaiḥ .. HARIV. 4986 (vgl. HARIV. 5465). pāṃsuviviktavāta KUMĀRAS. 1,23. — 4〉 (von allem Ungehörigen getrennt) rein, lauter AK. 3,4,14,85. H. an. MED. SUŚR. 1,151,17. saṃkalpa Spr. 1726. ˚dṛṣṭi BHĀG. P. 1,4,5. methyaviviktavṛtti BHĀG. P. 3,1,19. ˚mārga BHĀG. P. 8,26. ˚carita BHĀG. P. 16,21. viviktādhyātmadarśana BHĀG. P. 20,28. BHĀG. P. 4,24,31. ˚cetas BHĀG. P. 1,19,12. BHĀG. P. 3,5,40. von Personen M. 11,6. MBH. 13,6202. BHĀG. P. 5,19,12. n. Reinheit, Lauterkeit: prajñābuddhiviviktada MĀRK. P. S. 658, Z. 6 v. u. — 5〉 klar, deutlich: viviktākāradarśana (tālavana) HARIV. 3725. ˚darśanasthāne (ekāntadarśane tādṛśasthāne Comm.) rahasye ca KĀM. NĪTIS. 5,36. — 6〉 = vivekin H. an. MED. — 7〉 MBH. 5,7152 fehlerhaft für viṣakta, wie die ed. Bomb. liest. — Vgl. vivikti, vivici, viveka u. s. w. — caus. 1〉 sondern SUŚR. 1,78,5. dharmādharmau vyavecayat M. 1,26. — 2〉 untersuchen, prüfen, erwägen PAÑCAR. 3,1,12. SĀH. D. 278,7. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 126,a,5. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 246,a, No. 618. — pravi untersuchen, prüfen, erwägen: pravivicyate Verz. d. Oxf. H. 222,a, No. 540. — partic. pravivikta 1〉 einsam R. 2,54,31. R. 2,63,25 (R. 2,65,25 GORR.). pravivikteṣu in der Einsamkeit Spr. 3094. — 2〉 fein: viviktāhāratara ŚAT. BR. 14,6,11,4. ˚bhuj MĀṆḌ. UP. 4 (vgl. NṚS. TĀP. UP._in_Ind. St. 9,125. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 338. VEDĀNTAS. Allah. No. 66). ˚cakṣus ein feines —, scharfes Auge habend MBH. 12,889. — Vgl. praviveka.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

2. vic s. vyac.

Böhtlingk 1879 verbal root

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1. √vic , vinákti, *viṅkte, vivekti, vevekti, viñcati; — 1〉 durch Schwingen oder Worfeln aussondern (Getraide von der Spreu u. s. w.), sondern, trennen überh., — von (Instr.). — 2〉 prüfen, erwägen. — Mit apa absondern, sondern. — Mit adhyapa in (ein Gefäss) aussondern. — Mit ud aussondern in udvecam GOP. BR. 3,7,8. — Mit pra in praveka. — Mit vi — 1〉 durch Schütteln und Blasen sondern; sichten, überh. sondern, scheiden, trennen, — von (Instr., später Abl.). Pass. sich sondern. — 2〉 durchschütteln. — 3〉 unterscheiden, nach seiner Eigenthümlichkeit erkennen. — 4〉 entscheiden (ein Frage). — 5〉 untersuchen, prüfen, erwägen Chr. 211,21. — 6〉 offenbaren, kund thun. — 7〉 vivikta — a〉 gesondert, unterschieden. — b〉 abgesondert, isolirt; einsam. cintā˚ so v. a. ganz in Gedanken vertieft. — c〉 frei von (Instr. oder im Comp. vorangehend). — d〉 (von allem Ungehörigen getrennt) — α〉 rein, sauber, schmuck KĀD. 108,10 (195,4). 111,20. 21. (200,1). Citat bei UTPALA zu VARĀH. BṚH. S. 781. — β〉 rein, lauter Chr. 296,9. — e〉 klar, deutlich. — f〉 *= vivekin. — g〉 *f. ā = durbhagā. v. l. viriktā und viraktā. — h〉 MBH. 5,7152 fehlerhaft für viṣakta. — Caus. vivecayati — 1〉 sondern. — 2〉 untersuchen, prüfen, erwägen. — Mit pravi — 1〉 untersuchen, prüfen, erwägen. — 2〉 pravivikta — a〉 einsam. — b〉 fein. ˚cakṣus Adj. ein feines —, scharfes Auge habend. — Mit sam, ˚saṃvikta Ind. St. 9,138 fehlerhaft für ˚saṃvitka, wie NṚS. UP. in Bibl. ind. 147 gelesen wird.

Original text · German · verbal root

2. √vic s. √vyac.

Whitney Roots 1885 verbal root

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vic [1] — sift

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vic [2] — tremble

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vyac, vic — extend

Apte 1890 Word type unspecified

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vic 3 7 U. (vevokti, vevikte, vinakti, viṃkte, vikta) 1 To separate, divide, sever. 2 To discriminate, distinguish, discern. 3 To deprive of, remove from (with instr.); śaśāsa sa bahūnyodhān jīvitena viveca ca Bk. 14. 103.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified · verb

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vic worfeln st. würfeln.

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vic, vinákti u. vivekti würfeln, sieben, sichten, sondern, trennen von (Instr.); prüfen, erwägen. apa sondern, scheiden, adhyapa hineinsondern. vi durchschütteln, sondern, trennen; entscheiden, untersuchen, erwägen. p. p. vivikta gesondert, unterschieden, abgesondert, einsam, frei von (Instr. o. —˚); rein, lauter, klar, s. auch bes. Caus. vivecayati sondern, prüfen. pravi untersuchen, prüfen. p. p. pravivikta einsam; scharf, fein (Auge)

Burnouf 1866 verb

Original text · French · verb

vic vic. vinacmi, viñce 7; p. viveca, vivice; etc. Séparer de, mettre à part de, i. jīvitena yodhān bahūn viveca il ôta beaucoup de guerriers du nombre des vivants.

Derived words

  • pravivikta प्रविविक्त adjective subtle; separated
  • viveka विवेक substantive masculine discrimination
Further derivatives (4)
  • aviveka अविवेक substantive masculine non-discrimination
  • vivekaja विवेकज adjective born of discrimination
  • vivekakhyāti विवेकख्याति substantive feminine discriminative knowledge
  • vivekin विवेकिन् adjective discerning; discriminating

Occurrences in source texts (10)

MandUp 1 occurrence
MandUp 3-7: Four modes of awareness 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

PYS 7 occurrences
PYS 2.15–17: Everything Is Suffering 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.23–26: From Avidyā to Kaivalya 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.27–29: Aṣṭāṅga as a Path to Liberation 1 occurrence

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PYS 3.52–55: Viveka and Kaivalya 2 occurrences

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PYS 4.25–26: Citta Flows toward Kaivalya 1 occurrence

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PYS 4.29–32: Dharmamegha-Samādhi 1 occurrence

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SS 2 occurrences
SS 1.7–1.11: Turya in Three States 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

  • SS 1.10 Segment 1

    Through: aviveka Attested form: avivekaḥ Grammar of the segment: nominative singular

SS 3.2–3.3: Bondage and Māyā 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

  • SS 3.3 Segment 4

    Through: aviveka Attested form: avivekaḥ Grammar of the segment: nominative singular

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