वि-√ विच् P. -विनक्ति, to sift (
esp. grain by tossing or blowing), divide asunder, separate from (
instr. or
abl. ),
[ŚBr.] ;
[ŚrS.] ;
[BhP.] to shake through (
acc. ),
[RV. i, 39, 5] ;
to cause to lose, deprive of (
abl. ),
[Bhaṭṭ.] ;
to distinguish, discern, discriminate,
[KaṭhUp.] ;
[BhP.] to decide (a question),
[MBh.] ;
to investigate, examine, ponder, deliberate,
[Kāv.] ;
[Kathās.] ;
[BhP.] ;
to show, manifest, declare,
[MBh.] :
Pass. -विच्यते, to go asunder, separate (in. trans.),
[AV.] :
Caus. -वेचयति, to separate, distinguish,
[Mn.] ;
[Suśr.] ;
to ponder, investigate, examine,
[Pañcar.] ;
[Sāh.]