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Rreferences:
See discussion: "Rethinking Vitakka"
| Pali | MO | Hare | Horner | Punnaji | Bodhi | Nanamoli | Rhys Davids | (Mrs)Rhys Davids | Thanissaro | Walshe | Woodward |
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| Vic¤ra | reacting | sustained thought | discursive thought | conceptual thought (with vitakka) | examining | sustained thought | sustained thought | evaluation | pondering |
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Vic¤ra: investigation, examination, consideration, deliberation. - Defd as "vicara¼aµ vic¤ro, anusa¾cara¼an ti vuttaµ hoti" Vism 142 (see in def. under vitakka). - Hardly ever by itself...usually in close connection or direct combn with vitakka... |
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PED on Line (no diacriticals): "Vicara" |
Some related terms:
Vicarana: Going about, circulating, moving, traveling
Vicarati: To go or move about in, to walk, to wander
Vicarita: Occupied by, haunted, frequented
Vicaraka (adj): 1. Looking after something, watching; 2. Investigating (n.) a judge
Vicarana (f): 1. Investigation, search, attention; 2. Arranging, planning, looking after; scheme
Vicarita (pp Vicareti): thought out, considered; thought
Vicareti (caus. Of vicarati): 1. To make go round, to pass round, to distribute; 2. To think (over); 3. To investigate, examine, test; 4. To plan, consider, construct; 5. To go about (some business), to look after, administer, provide
Carana: 1. Walking about, grazing, feeding; 2. The foot; 3. Acting, behavior, good conduct,
Caranavant: one of good conduct
Carati: [Vedic carati, quel to move, turn, turn round; Latin: colo (incolo)] to move about, to "live and move," to behave, to be. Literal: (a) to move about, to walk, travel (b) with definition of a purpose, to undertake, set out for, undergo, or simply to perform, to do; to wander about, to travel; to perform; (c) In pregnant sense: to go out for food, to graze, to pasture. Applied: behave, conduct oneself; to practise, exercise, lead a life; to act.
MO: cara = raca = wa ca = walk
This is the operant passage:
Pubbe kho ¤vuso Vis¤kha vitakketv¤ vic¤retv¤ pacch¤ v¤ca· bhindati, tasm¤ vitakkavic¤r¤ vac¨saºkh¤ro.
Pubbe kho aavuso Visaakha vitakketvaa vicaaretvaa pacchaa vaacam bhindati, tasmaa vitakkavicaaraa vaciisankhaaro.
Prior, friend Visakha, having vitakha’d and vicara’d, thereafter one breaks out in talk, therefore vitakkavicara is activity of speech.
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