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vañcवञ्च्(cf. √ 2. vak) cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. vii, 7]) váñcati (Gr. also pf. vavañca; fut. vañcíta, °ciṣyati; aor. avañcīt; Prec. vacyāt; inf. vañcítum; ind.p. vañcitvā, vacitvā, or vaktvā), to move to and fro, go crookedly, totter, stagger, waver, [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; to go, go to, arrive at (acc.), [Bhaṭṭ.]; to go slyly or secretly, sneak along, [VS.]; to pass over, wander over, go astray, [MW.] : Pass. vacyáte, to move or rock to and fro, hurry along, speed, [RV.]; [AV.]; to be moved (in the heart), be poured forth, issue forth (as hymns or prayers), [RV.] : Caus. vañcayati, °te (aor. avavañcat), to move or go away from, avoid, shun, escape (mostly P. and with acc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to cause to go astray, deceive, cheat, defraud of (instr. or abl.; in these senses more properly Ā., but sometimes also P.; Pass. vañcyate), [ib.] : Desid. vivañciṣate Gr.: Intens. vanīvacyate, vanīvañcīti, [ib.]
vañcinवञ्चिन्See āgata-vañcin.
vañcyaवञ्च्यmfn. to be cheated or deceived &c.
to be gone, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 63.]
vañcūkaवञ्चूकvañcuka or , mfn. deceptive, fraudulent, dishonest, [L.]
vañcathaवञ्चथm. (only [L.]) deceit
a deceiver
the Indian cuckoo
time.
vañcakaवञ्चकmf(A)n. (fr. Caus.) deceiving, a deceiver, fraudulent, crafty, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
m. a jackal, [Vās.]; [Hit.]
a tame or house-ichneumon, [L.]
a low or vile man, [W.]
vañcanāवञ्चनाf. lost labour or time, [Kālid.] (cf. śīla-v°).
f. (see prec.) in comp.
vañcanaवञ्चनnf (A). (fr. Caus.) cheating, deception, fraud, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (°naṃ or °nāṃ √ kṛ, to practise fraud, cheat, take in; °nāṃ-√ labh or pra-√ āp, to be deceived)
illusion, delusion, hallucination, [MW.]
vañcatiवञ्चति(?) m. fire, [L.] (cf. añcati).
vañcitāवञ्चिताf. a kind of riddle or enigma, [Cat.]
vañcitaवञ्चितmfn. deceived, tricked, imposed upon, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
vañcukaवञ्चुकor vañcūka, mfn. deceptive, fraudulent, dishonest, [L.]
vañcanīyaवञ्चनीयmfn. to be avoided or shunned, [R.]
to be deceived, capable of being cheated, [ib.]; [Pañcat.]
vañcanatāवञ्चनताvañcana—tā f. trickery, deception, roguishness (in a-v°), [Cāṇ.]
vañcayitṛवञ्चयितृmfn. one who deceives, a deceiver, cheater, [Hariv.]
vañcitakaवञ्चितकSee pakṣa-vañcitaka.
vañcanavatवञ्चनवत्vañcana—vat mfn. deceitful, crafty, fraudulent, [Nir.]
vañcanāmatiवञ्चनामतिvañcanā—mati m. N. of a man, [Campak.]
vañcanayogaवञ्चनयोगvañcana—yoga m. practice of fraud or deception, [MBh.]
vañcayitavyaवञ्चयितव्यmfn. to be deceived, [MBh.]; [Hit.] (n. impers.)
vañcanāpaṇḍitaवञ्चनापण्डितvañcanā—paṇḍita mfn. clever at cheating
vañcanacañcutāवञ्चनचञ्चुताvañcana—cañcutā f. skill in fraud or deception, [Pañcat.]
vañcanapravaṇaवञ्चनप्रवणvañcana—pravaṇa mfn. inclined to fraud or deception, [Kathās.]
vañcanāpaṇḍitatvaवञ्चनापण्डितत्वvañcanā-paṇḍita-tva n. cleverness at cheating, roguishness, [Mṛcch.]