As a deity name
Name 11 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
विकट · adj
विशाल · विकराल । भयंकर । भीषण · वक्र । टेढ़ा — Śabdasāgara
विकट · noun · masculine
विस्फोटक । व्रण । फोड़ा · सोमलता · घृतराष्ट्र के एक पुत्र का नाम — Śabdasāgara
विकट · vi-kaṭ · adj.
Large, great, &c. (i.q. bikaṭ, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1198
विकट
formidable, dreadful, fearsome; huge, large
Cited formation "विकट" is वि- + कट: कट means "(in comp.) = kaṭh = kāṭh, qq.v", and the prefix वि- forms lacking, away, special, various, opposite. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi विकट — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit विकट (víkaṭa). Doublet of विकृत (vikŕt) and बीहड़ (bīhaṛ)” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. vi—kaṭa mfn. (for 2. See s.v.) having no mat, without a mat, MW.
2. vi-kaṭa mf(ā or ī)n. (prob. Prākṛt for vi-kṛta cf. ut-, pra-k˚ &c.; for 1. vi-kaṭa See p. 949, col. 3) having an unusual size or aspect, horrible, dreadful, monstrous, huge, large, great, RV. &c. &c. (am ind. terribly)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
āī (prob. Prākṛt for vi-kṛta cf. ut-, pra-k˚ &c.; for 1. vi-kaṭa See p. 949, col. 3) having an unusual size or aspect, horrible, dreadful, monstrous, huge, large, great, &c. &c. (a…
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vikaṭa" is the vocative of "vikaṭā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "vikaṭa" is derived from "vi" with the kaṭac suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. vi m. (nom. vis or ves acc. vim gen. abl. ves; pl. nom. acc. vayas [acc. vīn, Bhaṭṭ.]; vibhis, vibhyas, vīnām) a bird (also applied to horses, arrows, and the Maruts), RV.; VS.; PañcavBr., (also occurring in later language).
vi [cf. 1. vayas; Gk. οἰωνός for ὀϝιωνος; Lat. a-vis; accord. to some Germ. Ei; Angl.Sax. ǽg; Eng. egg.]
1. vi—kaṭa mfn. (for 2. See s.v.) having no mat, without a mat, MW.
2. vi-kaṭa mf(ā or ī)n. (prob. Prākṛt for vi-kṛta cf. ut-, pra-k˚ &c.; for 1. vi-kaṭa See p. 949, col. 3) having an unusual size or aspect, horrible, dreadful, monstrous, huge, large, great, RV. &c. &c. (am ind. terribly)
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
1. vi—kaṭa mfn. (for 2. See s.v.) having no mat, without a mat, MW.
2. vi-kaṭa mf(ā or ī)n. (prob. Prākṛt for vi-kṛta cf. ut-, pra-k˚ &c.; for 1. vi-kaṭa See p. 949, col. 3) having an unusual size or aspect, horrible, dreadful, monstrous, huge, large, great, RV. &c. &c. (am ind. terribly)
unusually handsome, R.; Chandom.
large-toothed, L.
knitted (as brows), frowning, Prab.
vi-kaṭā (ā), f. a bandy-legged girl (unfit for marriage), ĀpGṛ.
N. of the mother of Gautama Buddha, L.
1. vi m. (nom. vis or ves acc. vim gen. abl. ves; pl. nom. acc. vayas [acc. vīn, Bhaṭṭ.]; vibhis, vibhyas, vīnām) a bird (also applied to horses, arrows, and the Maruts), RV.; VS.; PañcavBr., (also occurring in later language).
vi [cf. 1. vayas; Gk. οἰωνός for ὀϝιωνος; Lat. a-vis; accord. to some Germ. Ei; Angl.Sax. ǽg; Eng. egg.]
Alternative readings
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