Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

vivecana विवेचन – the act of discrimination, discriminating or distinguishing (as truth from falsehood, reality from semblance), the…

adjective · substantive feminine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

vivecana ·a. (f. ī) & n. discriminating, examining, or judging (right); for n. also f. ā.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive feminine · substantive neuter

Vi-vecana, am, ā, n. f. the act of discrimination, discriminating or distinguishing (as truth from false- hood, reality from semblance), the making a distinc- tion; investigation, judgment, decision.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

vivecana (wie eben) 1〉 adj. (f. ī) a〉 unterscheidend: śubhāśubha˚ BHĀG. P. 6,3,7. — b〉 untersuchend, prüfend, erörternd, kritisch behandelnd: guṇa˚ (pariccheda) SĀH. D. 253,16. nyāyamakarandavivecanī Titel eines Werkes HALL 155. — 2〉 n. a〉 das Unterscheiden: dṛṣṭādṛṣṭa˚ HARIV. 15722. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 10. SARVADARŚANAS. 33,21. auch f. ā in kāryākārya˚ WILSON, SĀṂKHYAK. S. 47. — b〉 Untersuchung, Prüfung, Erörterung, kritische Behandlung: yasya śūdrastu kurute rājño dharmavivecanam M. 8,21. MBH. 12,1860. śirogada˚ SUŚR. 1,11,4. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 89,a,15. fg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 208,a, No. 489. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 208,b,26. fg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 209,b,1 v. u. 210,b, No. 497. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 245,b, No. 616. fg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 257,b,20. fg. SARVADARŚANAS. 104,13. fg. — c〉 richtiges Urtheil PAÑCAR. 2,3,5. — Vgl. kālatattva˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive feminine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive feminine · substantive neuter

vivecana — 1〉 Adj. (f. ī) am Ende eines Comp. — a〉 sondernd, unterscheidend. — b〉 untersuchend, prüfend, erörternd, kritisch behandelnd. — 2〉 f. (ā) und n. das Unterscheiden BĀLAR. 66,4. — 3〉 n. — a〉 Untersuchung, Prüfung, Erörterung, kritische Behandlung. — b〉 richtiges Urtheil.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

vivecanaṃ -nā 1 Discrimination. 2 Discussion, consideration. 3 Settle. ment, decision.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

vivecana, f. ī sindernd, unterscheidend, prüfend (—˚). n. das Unterscheiden (auch f. ā );Pfüng, Erörterung.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

vivecana n. (sfx. ana) distinction, analyse.

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HTK 10.47*2: Kumbhaka: Names, forms and effects 1 occurrence

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