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VAIBH
IKA
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Vibh
ti
.

1
In Hinduism, superhuman powers, especially associated with
iva
, but also listed by
Patañjali
in
Yoga S
tra
3. 16–55. Since they include knowledge of past and future, previous births, hour of death, etc., they are virtually identical with siddhis/
iddhis
. More generally, they are the inspirations of musicians, artists, etc.
2
The ashes with which
iva
smeared his body (as do his devotees), having the power to restore the dead to life.

 
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(Lat.,
vicarius
, ‘substitute’). Title of certain Christian priests. In the Church of England a vicar is the priest of a parish whose
tithes
were the property of a monastery in medieval times and thereafter of a ‘lay rector’. Since the time of Pope Innocent III (1198–1216) the title ‘Vicar of Christ’ based on John 21. 15 ff., has been a title reserved to the pope.

 
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Vicar-General
.

In the Roman Catholic Church a priest appointed by a
bishop
to assist in administering his diocese.

 
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