Abhiyoga, Ābhiyogya: 29 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Abhiyog.
In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Abhiyoga (अभियोग) refers to the “practice of composing poetic works” and represents one of the six kinds of prakīrṇa (miscellaneous causes): one of the three “constituents of poetry” (kāvyāṅga) designated by Ācārya Vāmana in his Kāvyālaṅkārasūtravṛtti (also see the Kāvyaprakāśa).
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Abhiyoga (अभियोग) refers to “things to be done (by the Man)” (in a relationship), according to the Kāmasūtra: a Sanskrit text dealing with eroticism, sexuality and emotional fulfillment in life; being written by Mallanāga Vātsyāyana in the 2nd century A.D. it belongs to the Kāmaśāstra branch of literature which deals with the ancient Indian science of love-making.—Topics of Book III (the acquisition of a wife) include: On things to be done (abhiyoga) only by the Man, and the acquisition of the Girl thereby. [ekapuruṣābhiyogaḥ | prayojyasyopāvartanam].
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Ābhiyogya (आभियोग्य).—One of the ten sub-types of gods (devas), according to Jain cosmology. They are also known by the name Ābhiyogika. The occupation of the ābhiyogyas is to acts as slaves.
Abhiyogya (अभियोग्य) refers to one of the ten divisions of Gods, situated in the “upper World” (ūrdhvaloka), according to chapter 2.3 [ajitanātha-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.—Accordingly:—“[...] The 10 divisions of the gods are: Indras, Sāmānikas, Trāyastriṃśas, Pārṣadyas, Rakṣakas, Lokapālas, Anīkas, Prakīrṇas, Ābhiyogikas, Kilbiṣikas. [....] The Abhiyogyas are like slaves. [...]”.
Ābhiyogya (आभियोग्य, “attendants”) refers to one of the ten grades (ranks) of celestial beings (deva), according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra 4.4. These celestial beings (devas, gods) are of four orders /classes” and each class of celestial beings has ten grades (e.g., Ābhiyogya).
Who are called the attendant (ābhiyogya) and the menials (kilviṣika)? The attendants are servants engaged in serving others in several ways. The menials are the lowest who are engaged in menial tasks.
Abhiyoga (अभियोग) refers to the “application (of the instruction)” (of the omniscient one), according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Examination of the instruction [of the Jina] is considered to be when, through the application of the instruction of the omniscient one (sarvajña-ājñā-abhiyoga) (i.e. the Jina), [the meditator] reflects upon the true state of objects laid down in his doctrine”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
abhiyoga : (m.) observance.
Abhiyoga, (cp. abhiyuñjati) practice, observance Dāvs.IV, 7. (Page 68)
[Pali to Burmese]
abhiyoga—
(Burmese text): (၁) တရားဆင်ခြင်း၊ တရားစွဲခြင်း၊ စောဒနာခြင်း၊ အမှုလုပ်ခြင်း။ (၂) လုံ့လပြုခြင်း၊ လေ့လာ-အားထုတ်-ခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Judging, prosecuting, opposing, and conducting matters. (2) Safeguarding, studying, and exerting effort.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
abhiyōga (अभियोग).—m S Ascribing or imputing to; laying against; charging upon; accusing.
abhiyōga (अभियोग).—m Accusing. Accusation, charge.
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
Abhiyoga (अभियोग).—
1) Application or devotion (to something); connection; गुरुचर्यातपस्तन्त्रमन्त्रयोगाभियोगजाम् (gurucaryātapastantramantrayogābhiyogajām) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9.52; Ch. P.II.
2) Close application, perseverance, zealous intentness, energetic effort, exertion; °भाज् (bhāj) persevering, resolute; निरुत्सुकानामभियोगभाजाम् (nirutsukānāmabhiyogabhājām) Kirātārjunīya 3.4; सन्तः स्वयं परहितेषु कृताभियोगाः (santaḥ svayaṃ parahiteṣu kṛtābhiyogāḥ) Bhartṛhari 2.73; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.34; मत्प्रियाभियोगेन (matpriyābhiyogena) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1; तदभियोगं प्रति निरुद्योगः (tadabhiyogaṃ prati nirudyogaḥ) Mu.1.; स्वयमभियोगदुःखैः (svayamabhiyogaduḥkhaiḥ) ibid.; Daśakumāracarita 41; K.345; Śiśupālavadha 7.63.
3) (a) Application or devotion to learn something; कस्यां कलायामभियोगो भवत्योः (kasyāṃ kalāyāmabhiyogo bhavatyoḥ) M.5 to what art have you applied or devoted yourselves; K.19. (b) Learning, scholarship; अभियोगश्च शब्दादेरशिष्टानां अभियोगश्चेतरेषाम् (abhiyogaśca śabdāderaśiṣṭānāṃ abhiyogaścetareṣām) ŚB. on MS.
4) (a) Attack, assault; invasion (of a town or country); क्षुभितं वनगोचरा- भियोगात् (kṣubhitaṃ vanagocarā- bhiyogāt) Kirātārjunīya 13.1,2.46; Kumārasambhava 7.5; Ve.4; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 8; Mu.2,1.7; Mv.6.38. (b) Battle, war, conffict.
5) (In law) A charge, accusation, plaint, indictment; अभियोगमनिस्तीर्य नैनं प्रत्यभियोजयेत् (abhiyogamanistīrya nainaṃ pratyabhiyojayet) Y.2.9.
Derivable forms: abhiyogaḥ (अभियोगः).
Abhiyoga (अभियोग).—m.
(-gaḥ) 1. Attack, assault. 2. Challenging to fight. 3. War, battle. 4. Energetic effort, exertion, perseverance. 5. Reprimand, reproof. 6. Prohibition, prevention. 7. Contact, conjunction. 8. (In law) A plaint, a charge, an accusation. E. abhi, yuja to join, and ghañ affix, ja being changed to ga.
Abhiyoga (अभियोग).—i. e. abhi-yuj + a, m. 1. Exertion, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 51, 16. 2. Attack. 3. A charge, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 9.
Abhiyoga (अभियोग).—[masculine] application, endeavour, effort at ([locative] or —°); attack, assault, accusation.
1) Abhiyoga (अभियोग):—[=abhi-yoga] [from abhi-yuj] m. application
2) [v.s. ...] energetic effort, exertion, perseverance in, constant practice (with [locative case] or [infinitive mood])
3) [v.s. ...] attack, assault, [Kumāra-sambhava vii, 50, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] (in law) a plaint, a charge, accusation, [Yājñavalkya etc.]
Abhiyogya (अभियोग्य):—[=abhi-yogya] [from abhi-yuj] mfn. assailable, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Abhiyoga (अभियोग):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-gaḥ) 1) Connexion, application; e. g. Chaurapanch.: adyāpi tatkanakakuṇḍalaghṛṣṭagaṇḍamāsyaṃ smarāmi viparītaratābhiyoge (Gaṇapati: abhiyogaḥ saṃbandhaḥ).
2) Energetic effort, exertion; (Hemach. = udyama); e. g. Jayamang. on the Bhaṭṭik.: kṛtamāraṇābhiyogā rātricarī.
3) Instructedness, learning, scholarship; e. g. Śabara: anabhiyogaśca śabdārtheṣvaśiṣṭānām . abhiyogaścetareṣām; or Mīm. Sūtra: tatra tattvamabhiyogaviśeṣātsyāt (Śabara: kathaṃ punastatra tattvaṃ śakyaṃ vijñātum . śakyamityāha . arthino hyabhiyuktā bhavanti dṛśyate cābhiyuktānāṃ guṇavatāmavismaraṇamupapannam; Kumārila: kaḥ punarabhiyogaḥ ko vā tadviśeṣaḥ kathaṃ vā tena vācakatvanirūpaṇamiti . taducyate . lakṣaṇaśravaṇābhyāsādabhiyogaḥ pravartate &c.).
4) Imputing, ascribing; e. g. Nyāya S.: anigrahasthāne nigrahasthānābhiyogo niranuyojyānuyogaḥ.
5) Attack, onset, battle; (the same as abhigraha 1. q. v. and see there the explanation of Rāyam. &c.); e. g. Bhaṭṭik.: narābhiyogaṃ nṛbhṛjāṃ pradhāna mantronmukhaḥ kiṃ nayase gurutvam; or Kirātārj.: abhiyoga imānmahībhujo bhavatā tasya kṛtaḥ kṛtāvadheḥ pravighāṭayitā.
6) Challenge; (the same as abhigraha
2) q. v. and see there the explanation of Nīlak. &c.).
7) Defeat, destruction (?); e. g. Bhaṭṭik.: yadā na pheluḥ kṣaṇadācārāṇāṃ manorathā rāmabalābhiyoge (Bharatas.: = rāmabalasya hanane); see the closing remark.
8) Curse, reproof (? see the closing remark).
9) (In Law.) An offence as subject of an accusation, a charge; e. g. Mitākṣara on Yājnav.: abhiyujyata ityabhiyogoparādhaḥ; or kathamabhiyogasya nihnavebhiyuktena kṛte yadyabhiyoktā sākṣyādibhirbhāvitobhiyuktastadā tatsamaṃ…dadyāt; or Nārada: abhiyuktobhiyogasya yadi kuryādapahnavam &c.; or Yājnav.: tulāgnyāpo viṣaṃ koṣo divyānīha viśuddhaye . mahābhiyogeṣvetāni śīrṣakasthebhiyoktari…kuryāt (Raghunand.: mahābhiyogeṣu mahāpātakādigurutarābhiyogeṣu).—An abhiyoga is, according to Nārada, either a śaṅkābhiyoga, a charge on suspicion, or tattvābhiyoga, a charge founded on positive indications of guilt (dvyabhiyogastu vijñeyaḥ—scil. vyavahāraḥ— śaṅkātattvābhiyogataḥ . śaṅkāsatāṃ tu saṃsargāttattvaṃ hoḍābhidarśanāt); and the latter may be again, according to Vijnāneśvara, either of a negative kind (pratiṣedhātmaka), as when a person is accused not to have restored property received by him, or of a positive kind (vidhyātmaka), as when a person is charged with a robbery. The objects or topics of a charge are arraigned by Manu &c. under eighteen heads, which are subdivided again by Nārada so as to comprise 108, and by Kātyāyana so as to comprise 1008 cases; see vyavahārapada and for the judicial procedure vyavahāra. [N. B. The meaning ‘curse, reproof’ is given on the authority of a quotation by Mallinātha to Kirātārj. 2. 46. from the Viśvaprak., and this quotation would seem also to countenance the meaning ‘destruction’ given by Bharatas., viz. abhiyogastu śapathe syādāhavaparābhavāviti viśvaḥ; the Mss. of this Kosha, however, in the library of the E. I. H. and of the R. S., do not contain an explanation of the word abhiyoga, but have the following: abhiṣaṅgotha śapathe syādākrośe parābhave; comp. also Hemach.: …abhiṣaṅgaḥ parābhave . ākrośe śapathe ca, the latter omitting equally a comment on abhiyoga.] E. yuj with abhi, kṛt aff. ghañ.
Abhiyogya (अभियोग्य):—m. f. n.
(-gyaḥ-gyā-gyam) Fit for an attack; (the correctness of the word seems doubtful to me; comp. abhiyojya). E. abhiyoga, taddh. aff. yat.
Abhiyoga (अभियोग):—[abhi-yoga] (gaḥ) m. Attack; effort; reproof; a plaint in law.
[Sanskrit to German]
Abhiyoga (अभियोग) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Abhioa, Abhioga, Ahioya.
Ābhiyogya (आभियोग्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ābhioga, Ābhiogā.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Abhiyoga (अभियोग) [Also spelled abhiyog]:—(nm) accusation, charge; law suit, case; indictment.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Abhiyōga (ಅಭಿಯೋಗ):—
1) [noun] intent application or devotion (to something).
2) [noun] hard perseverance; zealous effort.
3) [noun] an invasion; an invading or being invaded a) an entering or being entered by an attacking military force; b) an intrusion or infringement; an assault; an attack.
4) [noun] a socially or legally wrong deed.
5) [noun] a formal accusation charging one or more persons with the commission of a crime; a charge; an indictment; a blame.
6) [noun] the act of prosecuting; a legal prosecution.
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Ābhiyōga (ಆಭಿಯೋಗ):—[noun] (jain.) a class of gods.
Abhiyōgya (ಅಭಿಯೋಗ್ಯ):—[noun] (Jain.) a member of a class of persons who provide the gods in heaven with conveyance services.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Abhiyoga (अभियोग):—n. Law. charge; accusation; adj. accusing; prosecuting;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Yuja, Yogya, Yoga, Abhi, Na.
Starts with: Abhiyogakarana, Abhiyogapattra.
Full-text (+21): Mithyabhiyoga, Pratyabhiyoga, Tattvabhiyoga, Shankabhiyoga, Ranabhiyoga, Anistirnabhiyoga, Dvyabhiyoga, Abhiyogapattra, Abhioga, Apariccattakammatthanabhiyoga, Abhiyogika, Abhiyog, Abhiyogin, Katabhiyoga, Bhavanabhiyoga, Dhammadesanabhiyoga, Abhiyogakarana, Ahioya, Shankamiyoga, Anekarthabhiyoga.
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