vicāraṇā

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] 1 Examination, discus- sion, investigation. --2 Reflection, consideration, thought. --3 Hesita- tion, doubt. --4 The Mīmāṃsā sys- tem of philosophy.

Appears in 43 texts

Lexicon Preview

1 Examination, discus- sion, investigation. --2 Reflection, consideration, thought. --3 Hesita- tion, doubt. --4 The Mīmāṃsā sys- tem of philosophy.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

170

Texts Appeared In

33

DCS: the ocean

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 38 22.4%
2. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 31 18.2%
3. Liṅgapurāṇa 30 17.6%
4. Ānandakanda 7 4.1%
5. Garuḍapurāṇa 6 3.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: vicāraṇā

  śloka eva tvayā baddho nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

• Rasaratnākara surface: vicāraṇā

  māsaikaṃ vṛddhikṛlliṅge nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

• Rasaratnākara surface: vicāraṇā

  vardhante māsamātreṇa nātra kāryā vicāraṇā