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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Adhyas (अध्यस्).—4 P.

1) To place upon another, add or append to.

2) (In Phil) To attribute or ascribe falsely, attribute the nature of one thing to another; सर्वो हि पुरोऽवस्थिते विषये विषयान्तरमध्यस्यति, बाह्यधर्मानात्मन्यध्यस्यति (sarvo hi puro'vasthite viṣaye viṣayāntaramadhyasyati, bāhyadharmānātmanyadhyasyati) Ś.B.

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Adhyās (अध्यास्).—2 A.

1) (a) To lie down, settle upon; occupy, dwell in (as a seat or habitation:; seat oneself in or upon, enter upon, get into (as a path &c.) (with acc. of place); त्वरिततरमध्यास्यतामियं वनस्थली (tvaritataramadhyāsyatāmiyaṃ vanasthalī) K.28;36,4; पर्णशालामध्यास्य (parṇaśālāmadhyāsya) R.1.95; द्वितीयमाश्रममध्या- सितुं समयः (dvitīyamāśramamadhyā- situṃ samayaḥ) V.5; द्वारदेशमध्यास्ते (dvāradeśamadhyāste) Daśakumāracarita 3 is waiting at the door; R.2.17;4.74;6.1;12.85;13.22,76;15. 93; Meghadūta 78; Bhaṭṭikāvya 1.5; Manusmṛti 7.77; अये सिंहासनमध्यास्ते वृषलः (aye siṃhāsanamadhyāste vṛṣalaḥ) Mu.3; भगवत्या प्राश्निकपदमध्यासितव्यम् (bhagavatyā prāśnikapadamadhyāsitavyam) M.1 occupy the seat of judge, accept the office of judge. (b) To take possession of, grasp, seize; धेन्वा तदध्यासितकातराक्ष्या (dhenvā tadadhyāsitakātarākṣyā) R.2. 52 with eyes tremulous on account of her being seized by him (adhyāsitam = ākramaṇam). (c) To resort to, inhabit; यदध्यासितमर्हद्भिस्तद्धि प्रचक्षते (yadadhyāsitamarhadbhistaddhi pracakṣate) Kumārasambhava 6.56.

2) To live in conjugal relation; cohabit with.

3) To be directed or fixed upon.

4) To rule, govern, influence; affect, concern (mostly Ved.). -Caus. To cause one to sit down upon; भवन्तमध्यासयन्नासनम् (bhavantamadhyāsayannāsanam) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.46.

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

Adhyās (अध्यास्).—sit or lie down upon ([accusative]), inhabit enter, get into, undergo; preside, rule anu sit near or round ([accusative]), sit down after another ([accusative]); worship, celebrate.

Adhyās is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms adhi and ās (आस्).

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

1) Adhyas (अध्यस्):—[=adhy-as] -√2. as to throw or place over or upon;

— (in [philosophy]) to attribute or impute wrongly.

2) Adhyās (अध्यास्):—[=adhy-√ās] to sit down or lie down upon, to settle upon;

2) —to occupy as one’s seat or habitation;

2) —to get into, enter upon;

2) —to be directed to or upon;

2) —to affect, concern;

2) —to preside over, influence, rule;

2) —to cohabit with:—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] adhy-āsayati, to cause to sit down, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] :—[Desiderative] (p. adhyāsisiṣamāṇa) to be about to rise up to ([accusative]), [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Adhyās (अध्यास्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ahiyāsa.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Adhyas in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) misimposition; misperception..—adhyas (अध्यास) is alternatively transliterated as Adhyāsa.

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Partial matches: Adhi, Ash.

Starts with (+6): Adhyasa, Adhyasabhashya, Adhyasad, Adhyasanadhisahana, Adhyasanj, Adhyasayoga, Adhyashana, Adhyashaya, Adhyashayana, Adhyashayasamchodanasutra, Adhyashayasamcodanasutra, Adhyashayati, Adhyashva, Adhyashvi, Adhyashviya, Adhyasika, Adhyasin, Adhyasina, Adhyasita, Adhyasitavya.

Ends with: Anvadhyas, Samadhyas.

Full-text: Adhyasin, Ahiyasa, Pramanapaddhati, Adhyasa, Adhyasina, Samadhyas, Adhyasita, Anvadhyas, Adhyasta, Adhyashana, Prithagbhavati, Adhikalam, Adhya, Tampurakkal, Jatimatra.

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