Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

vitarka वितर्क – deliberation; thought; reflection; gross deliberation

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

deliberation; thought; reflection; gross deliberation

Derived from

  1. vi वि previx — apart; asunder; distinguishing
  2. tark तर्क् verbal root — consider; reason
  3. a अ suffix — nominal-forming suffix -a
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

vitarka ·m. conjecture, supposition, deliberation, doubt.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Vi-tarka, as, m. reasoning, argument, inference, conjecture, guess, supposition, opinion, anticipation, discussion; deliberation, consideration of probabilities or alternatives, doubt, apprehension; a teacher, an instructor in divine knowledge.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

vitarka (von tark mit vi) m. 1〉 Vermuthung: yau tau kumārāviva kārttikeyau dvāvaśvineyāviti me vitarkaḥ MBH. 1,7083. KUMĀRAS. 1,41. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 74,5. MĀLATĪM. 20,3. māṃ vitarkairbahubhirvṛtam R. 4,61,21. bahuvitarkamabhyantaraṃ praviśya KATHĀS. 28,190. bahūnkurvanvitarkān KATHĀS. 52,219. ityanekavitarkaughavyākulaḥ KATHĀS. 87,12. vitarkapadavīṃ naivaṃ samārohati PRAB. 116,9. RĀJA-TAR. 6,83. indorvitarkāt weil er den Mond darin vermuthete Spr. 2013. — 2〉 ein auftauchender Zweifel YOGAS. 1,17. SARVADARŚANAS. 164,22. BHĀG. P. 6,9,35. saṃgamavirahavitarke (st. dessen ˚vikalpe Spr. 3101) VET. in LA. (III) 21,1. = saṃśaya H. an. 3,98. MED. k. 157. HALĀY. 4,6. huṃ vitarke HALĀY. 5,90. AK. 3,4,32 (28), 3. AK. 3,4,32 (28),14. eine fragliche Sache: vitarkā hiṃsādayaḥ YOGAS. 2,34. YOGAS. 2,33. — 3〉 das Hinundherüberlegen, Erwägung; = ūha H. 322. H. an. MED. saṃdehātkalpanānyatvaṃ vitarkaḥ parikīrtitaḥ PRATĀPAR. 54,b,5. SĀH. D. 169. SĀH. D. 74,16 (= tarka SĀH. D. 202). SĀH. D. 237. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 208,b,8. kasmai pradeyeti mahānvitarkaḥ Spr. 966. Spr. 1047 (II) 3321. vitarkaḥ samabhūtteṣāṃ triṣvadhīśeṣu ko mahān BHĀG. P. 10,89,1. WASSILJEW 251. WASSILJEW 256. — 4〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes des Dhṛtarāṣṭra MBH. 1,3747. — Vgl. durvitarka, nirvitarka, sa˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

vitarka m. — 1〉 Vermuthung. indorvitarkāt so v. a. weil darin der Mond vermuthet wurde. — 2〉 ein auftauchender Zweifel. — 3〉 eine fragliche Sache. — 4〉 das Hinundherüberlegen, Erwägung Chr. 178,20. — 5〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes des Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

vitarka VI. m. Vorhaben ebend. 6,18. Pl. Bez. der fünf Hauptsünden YOGAS. 2,33. fg. bestimmter Jogin YOGAS. 1,19. Comm. zu YOGAS. 1,17. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

vitarkaḥ 1 Argument, reasoning, inference. 2 Guess, conjecture, supposition, belief; śirīṣapuṣpādhikasaukumāryau bāhū tadīyāviti me vitarkaḥ Ku. 1. 41. 3 Fancy, thought; Bh. 3. 45. 4 Doubt; Ki. 4. 5, Ki. 13. 2. 5 Deliberation, discussion. 6 A teacher in divine knowledge.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

vitarka m. Vermutung, Zweifel, Erwägung.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

vitarka vitarka m. (tark) conjecture, examen de la probabilité de qqc.; discussion, délibération; doute; soupçon. Précepteur. vitarkayāmi 10. Examiner qqc. quant à sa probabilité; réfléchir; douter. vitarkaṇa n. cf. vitarka.

Derived words

  • nirvitarka निर्वितर्क adjective without gross deliberation
  • savitarka सवितर्क adjective accompanied by gross deliberation

Occurrences in source texts (6)

PYS 5 occurrences
PYS 1.17–18: Two Kinds of Samādhi 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

PYS 1.42–43: Gross Samāpatti 2 occurrences

Occurrences through derived words

PYS 2.30–34: Vows and Counterreflection 2 occurrences

Direct occurrences

SS 1 occurrence
SS 1.17–1.18: Self-Knowledge and Bliss 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

  • SS 1.17 Segment 1

    Attested form: vitarkaḥ Grammar of the segment: nominative singular

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