abhicar

Dictionary meanings for abhicar from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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abhicar

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 P. 1 To act wrongly towards any one, offend, trespass; tatra virādhadanukabaṃdhaprabhṛtayaḥ kepyabhicaraṃtī- ti śrutaṃ Mv. 2.

2 To be faithless (as wife or husband); patiṃ yā nā- bhicarati manovāgdehasaṃyatā Ms. 5. 165; 9. 102.

2 To charm, conjure, exor- cise (by spells or incantations), employ spells for magical purposes &c.; vṛṣṭyāyuḥ puṣṭikāmo vā tathaivābhicarannapi Y. 1. 295; 3. 289.

3 To possess,...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

(Ved. Inf. abh/i-carita-v/ai TBr., and abhi-caritos Ka1t2h.; cf. Pa1n2. 3-4, 13 Sch.) to act wrongly towards any one; to be faithless (as a wife); to charm, enchant, bewitch RV. x, 34, 14 (Subj. 2. pl. -caratābh/i) AV. &c; pūrvābhicaritā (f. perf. Pass. p.) =... m. a servant L. 008255 62,1 11342 n. spell, incantation (see sā bhicaraṇika) 1315,1 11342.1 n. exorcising, incantation, Ka1t2h. 1315,1 11342.2

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