vikāra | विकार | vikAra

1. vi—kāra | वि—कार | m. (for 2. See vi- | वि- | √ 1. kf | क्फ़् |) the syllable vi | वि |, BhP.
vi-kāra | वि-कार | See p. 950, col. 1.
vi-kāra | वि-कार | &c. See under vi- | वि- | √ 1. kf | क्फ़् |.
2. vi-kāra | वि-कार | m. (for 1. See p. 950, col. 1) change of form or nature, alteration or deviation from any natural state, transformation, modification, change (esp. for the worse) of bodily or mental condition, disease, sickness, hurt, injury, (or) perturbation, emotion, agitation, passion, ŚrS.; MBh. &c.
an apparition, spectre, Kathās.
extravagance, ib.
a product, Gaut.
(in Sāṃkhya) a production or derivative from Prakṛti (there are 7 Vikāras, viz. budḍi | बुद्डि |, ‘intellect’, ahaṃ-kāra | अहं-कार |, ‘the sense of individuality’, and the 5 tan-mātras | तन्-मात्रस् |, q.v.; these are also producers, inasmuch as from them come the 16 Vikāras which are only productions, viz. the 5 mahā-Būtāni | महा-Bऊतानि |, q.v., and the 11 organs, viz. the 5 budḍīndriyāṛi | बुद्डीन्द्रियाऋइ | or organs of sense, the 5 karmendriyāṛi | कर्मेन्द्रियाऋइ | or organs of action, and manas | मनस् |, ‘the mind’), IW. 82 &c.
the derivative of a word, Nir.
contortion of the face, grimace, Kathās.
change of sentiment, hostility, defection, MBh.; Rājat.

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