Abhyaya, Abhyāya: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAbhyaya (अभ्यय).—
1) Going over, approach, arrival.
2) Entering.
3) Setting (of the sun).
Derivable forms: abhyayaḥ (अभ्ययः).
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Abhyaya (अभ्यय).—See under अभी (abhī).
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Abhyāya (अभ्याय).—1 P.
1) To stretch, extend, lengthen (sound), draw or pull (as a rudder).
2) To give.
3) To aim at.
4) To restrain.
5) To approach, visit (= abhyāgam).
Derivable forms: abhyāyam (अभ्यायम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAbhyaya (अभ्यय).—[ (m.), in Samādhirājasūtra 8.17, read atyaya, passage, lapse (of time): kalpakoṭīnām abhyayena, read atyayena. Not noticed by Régamey.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhyāyā (अभ्याया).—come near or to ([accusative]).
Abhyāyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhyā and yā (या).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Abhyaya (अभ्यय):—[=abhy-aya] [from abhī] a m. approaching (as of darkness), [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
2) [v.s. ...] setting (of the sun), [ib.]
3) [=abhy-aya] b See 2. abhī.
4) Abhyāyā (अभ्याया):—[=abhy-ā-√yā] to come up to, approach, [Mahābhārata etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhyaya (अभ्यय):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-yaḥ) 1) Arrival, coming; e. g. Kātyāy. Śr. S.: tamobhyaye sāyaṃ juhuyādviyati prātarāyuṣkāmasya (Yājnikad.: tamasondhakārasyāgame).
2) Setting (of the sun); e. g. Kātyāy. Śr. S.: ādityābhyayehutāyāmapi (Yājnik.: ādityābhyastamaye). Comp. apyaya. E. i (iṇ), with abhi, kṛt aff. ac.
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