Adhyaya, Adhyāya, Adhyāyam: 18 definitions
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Adhyaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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In Hinduism
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Adhyāya (अध्याय) refers to the “chapters” (of the original book dealing with Dharma, Artha and Kāma), according to chapter 1 of 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.—Accordingly, “In the beginning, the Lord of Beings created men and women, and in the form of commandments in one hundred thousand chapters (adhyāya) laid down rules for regulating their existence with regard to Dharma, Artha, and Kāma. Some of these commandments (adhikārika), namely those which treated of Dharma, were separately written by Svāyaṃbhu Manu; those that related to Artha were compiled by Bṛhaspati; and those that referred to Kāma were expounded by Nandī, the follower of Mahādeva, in one thousand chapters (adhyāya)”.
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
General definition (in Hinduism)
adhyāya is a Sanskrit term roughly meaning "lesson", "lecture", "chapter"
Adhyāya means "a lesson, lecture, chapter; reading"
India history and geography
Adhyaya refers to: “Chapter of a book”.—It is included in the glossary section of the study dealing with the Temples and Cult of Shri Rama in Tamil-Nadu, with reference to the traditional lore, embodied in, for example the Nalayirativvaiyappirapantam (i.e., Nalayira Divyaprabandham).
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
adhyāya (अध्याय).—m (S) pop. adhyā or adhyāva m A section, part, chapter.
adhyāya (अध्याय).—m A chapter, section, part.
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
Adhyaya (अध्यय).—[i-bhāve ac]
1) Learning, study; remembrance.
2) = अध्याय (adhyāya), q. v.
Derivable forms: adhyayaḥ (अध्ययः).
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Adhyāya (अध्याय).—a. [i-ghañ P.III.3.21] (At the end of comp.) A reader, student, one who studies; वेदाध्यायः (vedādhyāyaḥ) a student of the Vedas; so मन्त्र° (mantra°)
-yaḥ 1 Reading, learning, study, especially of the Vedas; प्रशान्ताध्यायसत्कथा (praśāntādhyāyasatkathā) (nagarī) Rām.
2) Proper time for reading or for a lesson; °ज्ञाः प्रचक्षते (jñāḥ pracakṣate) Manusmṛti 4.12, see अनध्याय (anadhyāya) also.
3) A lesson, lecture; अधीयतेऽस्मिन् अध्यायः (adhīyate'smin adhyāyaḥ) P.III.3.122; so स्वाध्यायोऽध्येतव्यः (svādhyāyo'dhyetavyaḥ).
4) A chapter, a large division of a work, such as of the Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata, Manusmṛti, Pāṇini's Sūtras &c. The following are some of the names used by Sanskrit writers to denote chapters or divisions of works :--सर्गो वर्गः परिच्छेदोद्घाताध्यायाङ्क- संग्रहाः । उच्छ्वासः परिवर्तश्च पटलः काण्डमाननम् । स्थानं प्रकरणं चैव पर्वोल्लासाह्निकानि च । स्कन्धांशौ तु पुराणादौ प्रायशः परिकीर्तितौ (sargo vargaḥ paricchedodghātādhyāyāṅka- saṃgrahāḥ | ucchvāsaḥ parivartaśca paṭalaḥ kāṇḍamānanam | sthānaṃ prakaraṇaṃ caiva parvollāsāhnikāni ca | skandhāṃśau tu purāṇādau prāyaśaḥ parikīrtitau) ||
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Adhyaya (अध्यय).—&c. See under अधी (adhī).
See also (synonyms): adhyayana.
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Adhyāya (अध्याय).—See under अधि (adhi).
See also (synonyms): adhyāpaka, adhyāpana.
Adhyāya (अध्याय).—m.
(-yaḥ) 1. The section, or division of a book. 2. A chapter or lecture of the Vedas. E. adhi, iṅa to go, and ghañ aff. proper to be gone through or read.
Adhyāya (अध्याय).—i. e. adhi-i + a, m. 1. Reading, recitation. 2. The time when the sacred books ought to be read, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 102. 3. A section of a book, e. g. the subdivisions of the [Rāmāyaṇa], Mahābhārata Comp. An-, m. the time when the sacred books ought not to be read, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 106. Sva-, m. 1. perusal or study of the Vedas, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 105. 2. the Veda. 3. inaudible reading or muttering of prayers. Niḥsva-, i. e. nis -sva-, adj. not muttering prayers, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 11187.
Adhyāya (अध्याय).—[masculine] study, lesson, section of a book, chapter.
1) Adhyāya (अध्याय):—[=adhy-āya] [from adhī] m. a lesson, lecture, chapter
2) [v.s. ...] reading
3) [v.s. ...] proper time for reading or for a lesson
4) [v.s. ...] ifc. a reader (See vedādhyāya), [Pāṇini 3-2, 1 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
Adhyāya (अध्याय):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-yaḥ) I.
1) A section of a book (f. i. of the Ṛgveda, Yajurveda, Aitareyabrāhmaṇa, Pāniṇis grammar &c.).
2) Reading, studying. E. i (iṅ) with adhi, kṛt aff. ghañ. Ii. One who reads or studies (in this sense only as the latter part of a compound; f. i. vedādhyāyaḥ one who reads the Veda). E. i (iṅ) with adhi, kṛt aff. aṇ.
1) Adhyaya (अध्यय):—[adhya+ya] (yaḥ) 1. m. A chapter.
2) Adhyāya (अध्याय):—[adhyā+ya] (yaḥ) 1. m. A chapter.
Adhyāya (अध्याय):—(von i mit adhi) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 21. 122. 6, 2, 144.]
1) adj. der da liest; belesen: vedādhyāyaḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 1,] [Scholiast] mantramadhītavānmantrādhyāyaḥ [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.3,2,89.] —
2) m. a) das Lesen: iṣṭadevatāmantrādhyāyenātmānaṃ rākṣasāt rarakṣa [Pañcatantra 183, 9.] insbesondere der heiligen Schriften: praśāntādhyāyasatkathā nagarī [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 48, 27.] — b) die für das Lesen der heiligen Schriften angemessene Zeit: adhyāyajña [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 102.] anadhyāya die Zeit, in der nicht gelesen werden darf [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 105. 106. 4, 103. 104. 106—108. 117. 118. 126.] du. [?4, 102. 127. pl. 101.] — c) ein grösserer Abschnitt in einem Werke, lectio (z. B. im Ṛgveda, Pāṇini, Manu) [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 23.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 24.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 18, 1, 1.] [BṚH. Devīmāhātmya 4, 20.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien I, 111. fgg.] Wird nach dem Ṛṣi benannt [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 69.] nach einem darin vorkommenden Worte [5, 2, 60—62.] Am Ende eines comp. f. ī, z. B. pañcādhyāyī [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien I, 18, 23.] Accent im comp. gaṇa guṇādi .
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Adhyāya (अध्याय):—[Z. 2 v. u.] pañcādhyāyī ist subst. und bedeutet eine aus fünf Adhy. bestehende Sammlung.
Adhyāya (अध्याय):——
1) *Adj. studirend , lesend , belesen. —
2) m. — a) Studium , das Lesen (insbes. der heiligen Schriften. — b) die für das Studium der heiligen Schriften angemessene Zeit. — c) grösserer Abschnitt in einem Werke , lectio.
Adhyāya (अध्याय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ajbhāya.
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
Adhyāya (अध्याय) [Also spelled adhyay]:—(nm) a chapter.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Adhyaya (ಅಧ್ಯಯ):—
1) [noun] a learning by examining and analysing; a study.
2) [noun] a main division of a book; a chapter.
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Adhyāya (ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ):—
1) [noun] any of the major, separate parts into which a book or other piece of text is divided, usu. numbered or given a title; a chapter.
2) [noun] application of the mental faculties to the acquisition of knowledge; act or process of studying; a study.
3) [noun] a proper period for studying.
4) [noun] (in comp. as a suffix) one who studies or is studying.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Adhyāya (अध्याय):—n. 1. section/part (of book); 2. chapter (of book/social activity); 3. lesson;
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.
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