विकॢप्

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वि-√ कॢप्    Ā. -कल्पते, to change or alternate, change with ( instr.), [AV.]; [MBh.] &c.;

to be undecided or questionable or optionable, [Nyāyam.]; [Pañcat.];

to be doubtful or irresolute, waver, hesitate, [Hit.] :

Caus. -कल्पयति, to prepare, arrange, contrive, form, fashion (in various ways), [RV.]; [AV.]; [BhP.];

to choose one of two alternatives, proceed eclectically, [VarBṛS.];

to call in question, prescribe variously, pronounce optional, [Kāś.]; [Prab.]; [BhP.];

to combine variously, vary, [Car.];

to state a dilemma, [Śaṃk.];

to consider with distrust (?), [BhP.];

to suppose, conjecture, imagine, presume, [Kāv.]; [Pañcat.];

to reflect upon, [Bhaṭṭ.]

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