Vyavastha, Vyavasthā: 16 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarVyavasthā (व्यवस्था).—lit. definite arrangement; restriction regarding the application of a rule, especially when it seems to overlap, as done by the Varttikakara, and later on by the Paribhasas laid down by grammarians regarding the rules of Panini; cf. स्वाभिधेयापेक्षावधिनियमो व्यवस्था (svābhidheyāpekṣāvadhiniyamo vyavasthā) S. K. on P. I.1.34; cf. also लक्ष्यानु-साराह्यवस्था (lakṣyānu-sārāhyavasthā) Par. Sek. Pari. 99, 108.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: academia.edu: Religious Inclusivism in the Writings of an Early Modern Sanskrit Intellectual (Shaivism)Vyavasthā (व्यवस्था) (Cf. Mohaśāstra) refers to “limited reference”.—[...] Appaya’s strategy is instead to rely on an hermeneutical principle called ‘limited reference’ (vyavasthā): “In reality, however, there is no such contradiction [of the statement of Pāñcarātra’s authority in the Mahābhārata, etc.], because the following limited reference (vyavasthā) is possible: [the Pāñcarātra] is authoritative with regard to parts [of the Pāñcarātra] which do not need to be performed [according to the Vedic way, i.e. requiring initiation] inasmuch as those [parts] concern those who are not entitled to Vedic education such as kuṇḍas, golakas, women, śūdras, etc.; and its lack of authority concerns explanations for which Vedic eligibility [is required] and matters such as the origination of the self, [matters] that are contradicted by scriptures, reasoning and [Vāsudeva’s] own speech”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationVyavastha (व्यवस्थ) refers to “being in accordance (with the Yugas)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.35 (“The story of Padmā and Pippalāda”).—Accordingly, as Padmā (wife of sage Pippalāda) said to Dharma: “[...] In the Satyayuga you will be all-pervasive and in the other Yugas partially so. Thus in accordance (vyavasthā) with the Yugas, you will be maintaining your position. Let these words of mine be true and pleasing to you. I am now going to serve my husband. O lord, you return to your abode. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramVyavasthā (व्यवस्था) refers to the “condition” (of syllabic letters), according to the Ṭīkā (commentary) on the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, [while discussing the syllables of Navātman]: “The Moon Yoni—Sa, Śiva—Ha, the Fire of Time—Ra, the Vowel—Ū, the Last One—KṢa. Time (kāla)—Ma, the Support of the Lotus Yoni—La, the Lord of the Wind—Ya and the Womb of Knowledge—Va. The form of (these) letters, extracted according to (their essential) condition (vyavasthārūpa) and fused together into one syllabic mantra, is called Navātman. How else is it? It is covered with Sound. [...]”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryVyavasthā.—cf. vyavasthai (EI 24; SITI), regulations; rules of proper conduct; a settlement or arrangement; a deed of agreement. (EI 22; SII 2), a resolution; a declaration. (EI 32), an agreement. (SII 3), conditions. Note: vyavasthā is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvyavasthā (व्यवस्था).—f (S) Settlement, arrangement, just disposition, establishment in suitable connection or order. 2 Used popularly in the sense of End, issue, event, fate, ultimate state. 3 A written declaration of the law; or a written extract from the codes of law, as given as the opinion of the law-officers.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishvyavasthā (व्यवस्था).—f Arrangement. End, issue.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVyavasthā (व्यवस्था).—1 Ā.
1) To be placed asunder.
2) To be arranged in due order.
3) To be settled or fixed, become permanent; वचनीयमिदं व्यवस्थितम् (vacanīyamidaṃ vyavasthitam) Kumārasambhava 4.21; नटवद् व्यवतिष्ठते लिङ्गम् (naṭavad vyavatiṣṭhate liṅgam) Sāṅkhya K.42.
4) To rest or depend upon. -Caus.
1) To place or rest upon, direct towards; तयोः समापत्तिषु कातराणि किंचिद्व्यवस्थापितसंहृतानि (tayoḥ samāpattiṣu kātarāṇi kiṃcidvyavasthāpitasaṃhṛtāni) Kumārasambhava 7.75.
2) To arrange, manage, adjust.
3) To settle, resolve, decree.
4) To separate, place apart.
5) To do, perform.
6) To lay down a rule or law, enact a law.
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Vyavasthā (व्यवस्था).—
1) Adjustment, arrangement, settlement; as in वर्णाश्रमव्यवस्था (varṇāśramavyavasthā).
2) Fixity, definiteness; भङ्गं जयं चापतुरव्यवस्थम् (bhaṅgaṃ jayaṃ cāpaturavyavastham) R.7.54.
3) Fixity, firm basis; आजह्रतु- स्तच्चरणौ पृथिव्यां स्थलारवन्दश्रियमव्यवस्थाम् (ājahratu- staccaraṇau pṛthivyāṃ sthalāravandaśriyamavyavasthām) Kumārasambhava 1.33.
4) Relative position.
5) A settled rule, law, statute, decree, decision, legal opinion, written declaration of the law (especially on doubtful points or where contradictory texts have to be properly adjusted).
6) An agreement, a contract.
7) State, condition.
8) State or order of things.
9) Separation.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVyavasthā (व्यवस्था).—f.
(-sthā) 1. Separating, placing remote or apart. 2. Placing or staying in or on. 3. A decree, a written declaration of the law; applied in practice to the written extracts from the codes of law, stated as the opinions of the Hindu law officers attached to the court of justice. 4. An engagement, an agreement, a contract. 5. Fixity. E. vi and ava before sthā to stay or be, affs. aṅ and ṭāp .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVyavasthā (व्यवस्था).—i. e. vi-ava-sthā, f. 1. Separating, placing remote or apart. 2. Placing. 3. Staying. 4. State, course, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 80. 5. A decree, a written declaration of the law, decision, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 461. 6. An engagement, a contract.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVyavasthā (व्यवस्था).—[feminine] distinctness, particularity; constancy, stability; state, position; decision, rule.
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Vyavasthā (व्यवस्था).—[Middle] be separated, part from ([ablative]); stop, stay, remain; prepare for ([dative]); be valid, pass for, appear as ([nominative]).
Vyavasthā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vyava and sthā (स्था).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vyavasthā (व्यवस्था):—[=vy-ava-√sthā] a [Ātmanepada] -tiṣṭhate, to go apart, separate from ([ablative]), [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra];
—to differ respectively, [Śaṃkarācārya];
—to halt, stop, stay, [Rāmāyaṇa];
—to prepare or make ready for ([dative case]), [ib.];
—to be settled, be (logically) true or tenable, [Mahābhārata; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha];
—to appear as ([nominative case]), [Nirukta, by Yāska; Sāṃkhyakārikā] :
—[Causal] -sthāpayati, to put down, place, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Vāsavadattā];
—to fix on, direct towards ([locative case]), [Kumāra-sambhava];
—to charge with, appoint to (artham), [Hitopadeśa];
—to stop, hold up, prevent from falling, [Mahābhārata; Rājataraṅgiṇī];
—to restore, re-establish, [Kumāra-sambhava; Jātakamālā];
—to settle, arrange, establish, determine, prove to be (logically) tenable, [Daśakumāra-carita; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha];
—to give a name, [Divyāvadāna];
—to perform, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
2) [=vy-avasthā] [from vyava-sthā] b f. respective difference (āyām [locative case] in each single case), [???; Kapila; Śaṃkarācārya]
3) [v.s. ...] abiding in one place, steadiness, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
4) [v.s. ...] fixity, perseverance, constancy, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] a fixed limit, [Śiśupāla-vadha]
6) [v.s. ...] settlement, establishment, decision, statute, law, rule (ayā, [instrumental case] according to a fixed rule), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Pāṇini [Scholiast or Commentator]; Manvarthamuktāvalī, kullūka bhaṭṭa’s Commentary on manu-smṛti]
7) [v.s. ...] legal decision or opinion (applied to the written extracts from the codes of law or adjustment of contradictory passages in different codes), [Horace H. Wilson]
8) [v.s. ...] conviction, persuasion, [Rāmāyaṇa]
9) [v.s. ...] fixed relation of time or place, [Pāṇini 1-1, 34]
10) [v.s. ...] rate, proportion, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
11) [v.s. ...] state, condition, [Kāvya literature; Rājataraṅgiṇī]
12) [v.s. ...] case, occasion, opportunity, [Rājataraṅgiṇī; Horace H. Wilson]
13) [v.s. ...] an engagement, agreement, contract, [ib.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVyavasthā (व्यवस्था):—[vyava-sthā] (sthā) 1. f. Separating; a decree, law, engagement.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Vyavasthā (व्यवस्था) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vavatthā.
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Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryVyavasthā (व्यवस्था):—(nf) order, system; management, arrangement; organisation; provision; ruling; scouting; ~[baddha] systematized, organised, orderly; hence ~[baddhatā] (nf); —[karanā] to organise, to systematize; to provide; to put in order; to arrange, to manage; —[denā] to impart a system; to give a ruling.
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Partial matches: Vy, Vyava, Stha, Avastha.
Starts with (+18): Vyavastai, Vyavasthaapit, Vyavasthadarpana, Vyavasthadipika, Vyavasthana, Vyavasthanaprajnapti, Vyavasthanirnaya, Vyavasthapak, Vyavasthapaka, Vyavasthapaka-patra, Vyavasthapakatva, Vyavasthapakavasthapya, Vyavasthapaki, Vyavasthapakiya-dakshata, Vyavasthapana, Vyavasthapaneey, Vyavasthapaniya, Vyavasthapatra, Vyavasthapattra, Vyavasthapika.
Ends with (+40): Antarvyavastha, Apavyavastha, Arthavyavastha, Ashaucavyavastha, Avyavastha, Bahudaliya-vyavastha, Bajaravyavastha, Bhagavatavyavastha, Bhumisudhar-vyavastha, Bhumisudhara-vyavastha, Caturvarnyavyavastha, Dayabhagavyavastha, Dharmadharmavyavastha, Dharmavyavastha, Durvyavastha, Dvipavyavastha, Jagaddhatripujavyavastha, Jivatpitrikavibhagavyavastha, Kapalimatavyavastha, Karyavyavastha.
Full-text (+121): Vyavasthatikrama, Avyavastha, Vyavasthadarpana, Vyavasthaprakasha, Vyavasthasetu, Vyavastharatnamala, Vyavasthasarasamgraha, Vyavasthasarasamcaya, Vyavasthativartana, Vyavasthapattra, Vyavastharnava, Vyavasthatri, Vyavasthativartin, Vyavasthanaprajnapti, Samajavadi-vyavastha, Vitta-vyavastha, Samarika-vyavastha, Saamaajik-vyavastha, Vinimaya-vyavastha, Vyavasthativarttana.
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