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vicāra

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vicāra (Skt.). Discursive thought and examination; one of the mental functions (caitta), classed as morally neutral, it is the mental process which picks out the details of any object presented to the mind. The term is used at times in Mahāyāna as a neutral synonym for vikalpa.

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