vikalpa | विकल्प | vikalpa

1. vi—kalpa | वि—कल्प | m. (for 2. See under vi-√ kxp | वि-√ क्xप् |) an intermediate Kalpa, the interval between two Kalpas. (q.v.), BhP.
vi-kalpa | वि-कल्प | &c. See under vi-√ kxp | वि-√ क्xप् |.
2. vi-kalpa | वि-कल्प | m. (for 1. See p. 950, col. 1) alternation, alternative, option, ŚrS.; Mn.; VarBṛS. &c. (˚pena | ˚पेन | ind. ‘optionally’)
variation, combination, variety, diversity, manifoldness, KātyŚr.; MBh. &c.
contrivance, art, Ragh.
difference of perception, distinction, Nyāyas.; BhP.
indecision, irresolution, doubt, hesitation, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
admission, statement, BhP.
false notion, fancy, imagination, Yogas.; Gīt.
calculation, VarBṛS.
mental occupation, thinking, L.
= kalpa-sṭāna | कल्प-स्टान |, Car.
a god, BhP. (Sch.)
(in rhet.) antithesis of opposites, Pratāp.
(in gram.) admission of an option or alternative, the allowing a rule to be observed or not at pleasure (veti vikalpaḥ | वेति विकल्पः |, Pāṇ. i, 1, 44, Sch.)
a collateral form, VarBṛS.
pl. N. of a people, MBh. (C. vikalya | विकल्य |)
vi-kalpa | वि-कल्प | mfn. different, BhP.

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