As a deity name
Name 367 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘knowing how to discriminate’, N. of Śiva
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested members (member vide unglossed)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vicāravide" is the dative of "vicāravid" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
vi-cāra—vid m. (prob.) ‘knowing how to discriminate’, N. of Śiva, MBh.
Caveats
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