Vyahara, Vyāhāra: 11 definitions

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In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Vyāhāra (व्याहार, “declaration”) refers to one of the thirteen types of vīthi, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 20. Vyāhāra can also be translated as “humourous speech”. Vīthi represents one of the daśarūpa or, “ten kinds of dramatic plays”, which are said to have originated from the various styles (vṛtti), discussed in chapter 22 of the same work.

Source: archive.org: Natya Shastra

Vyāhāra (व्याहार).—One of the thirteen types of vīthi;—If anything liable to occur is described vividly in the presence of the Hero and is similarly made to happen there without any fear, it is an instance of Declaration (vyāhāra).

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vyāhāra (व्याहार).—

1) Speech, utterance, words; आविर्भतज्योतिषां ब्राह्मणानां ये व्याहारास्तेषु मा संशयोऽभूत् (āvirbhatajyotiṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ye vyāhārāsteṣu mā saṃśayo'bhūt) Uttararāmacarita 4.18;5.29.

2) Voice, note, sound; परभृतकलव्याहारेषु त्वमात्तरतिर्मधुम् (parabhṛtakalavyāhāreṣu tvamāttaratirmadhum) M.5.1.

3) Jest, humorous speech.

4) Song (of birds).

Derivable forms: vyāhāraḥ (व्याहारः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vyāhāra (व्याहार).—[, in nityo vyāhāreṇa Samādhirājasūtra 22.11, according to Régamey eternal from the standpoint of common ex- perience; but surely it means (only) in words, by verbal expression, as the northern versions cited in R's note, p. 88, seem to me to suggest.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vyāhāra (व्याहार).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. Voice, speech. 2. A word, an articulate sound. 3. Jest, joke, humerous speech. E. vi, āṅ before hṛ to take, aff. ghañ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vyāhāra (व्याहार).—i. e. vi-ā-hṛ + a, m. 1. Voice, a word, speech, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 104, 5. 2. Humorous speech, jest.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vyāhāra (व्याहार).—[masculine] utterance, talk, conversation; singing (of birds).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vyāhāra (व्याहार):—[=vy-āhāra] [from vyā-hṛ] m. utterance, language, speech, discourse, conversation, talk about ([compound]), [Kāvya literature; Pañcatantra; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] song (of birds), [Harivaṃśa; Mālavikāgnimitra]

3) [v.s. ...] (in [dramatic language]) a jest, joke, humorous speech, [Bharata-nāṭya-śāstra; Daśarūpa] etc.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vyāhāra (व्याहार):—[vyā+hāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Voice; articulate sound; a bon mot.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vyahara in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vyāhāra (ವ್ಯಾಹಾರ):—

1) [noun] utterance of words; speech; conversation.

2) [noun] a sound (as uttered by a person).

3) [noun] anything said or done to arouse laughter; a joke.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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