Bhedya: 17 definitions

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Bhedya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Bhedy.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Bhedya is a medical term used in Ayurveda meaning "excising".

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Bhedya (भेद्य).—That which is distinguished; the word which is qualified; cf. भेद्यं विशेष्यम् (bhedyaṃ viśeṣyam) Kāś. on P. II. 1.57.

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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.

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Bhedya (भेद्य) refers to “destructible (deliverance)”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]— [...] (12). The Buddha has no loss of the wisdom and the vision of deliverance.—[...] The fruit of retribution (vipākaphala) of these four things is twofold: i) vimukti, ‘deliverance’; ii) vimukti-jñānadarśana, ‘knowledge and vision of deliverance’. The meaning of vimukti has been defined above. As for vimukti-jñānadarśana, it is by using it that one understands the two kinds of deliverance, i.e., conditioned deliverance and unconditioned deliverance, and one also understands the other kinds of deliverance; occasional deliverance, non-occasional deliverance, deliverance of mind], deliverance by wisdom, twofold deliverance, destructible deliverance (bhedya-vimukti), indestructible deliverance, the eight liberations, the inconceivable liberations, the unobstructed liberations, etc. [...]”.

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Bhedya (भेद्य) (Cf. Abhedya) refers to “(that which is) breakable”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Son of good family, the morality of the Boddhisatvas becomes purified by these eight qualities. [...] Further, as for the purity of morality, [...] open space is all-pervasive, so is the morality; open space is uncuttable and unbreakable (abhedyaacchedyābhedyaṃ gaganam), so is the morality; open space is united in the sameness, so is the morality; open space is essentially beyond impurity, so is the morality. Son of good family, the morality in which the Bodhisattvas are established becomes like open space in such a way. [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bhēdya (भेद्य).—a (S) Divisible, disjoinable, separable; possible, purposed, or proper to be severed, parted, pierced, distinguished.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

bhēdya (भेद्य).—a Divisible, separable.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhedya (भेद्य).—A substantive.

Derivable forms: bhedyam (भेद्यम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Bhedya (भेद्य).—nt., a martial art (also bheda, q.v.); always associated with chedya, q.v. for occurrences.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhedya (भेद्य).—mfn.

(-dyaḥ-dyā-dyaṃ) 1. To be broken. 2. To be divided, pierced, cut, &c. 3. To be disconcerted or deterred. 4. To be set at variance or disunited. n.

(-dyaṃ) A substantive. E. bhid to break, ṇyat aff.

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

Bhedya (भेद्य).—[adjective] to be cleft or pierced; to be betrayed, seduced, refuted; distinguished, defined.

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

1) Bhedya (भेद्य):—[from bheda] mfn. to be broken or split or pierced or perforated, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature]

2) [v.s. ...] to be cut or opened, [Suśruta]

3) [v.s. ...] to be set at variance or disunited, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra; Pañcatantra]

4) [v.s. ...] to be divided or penetrated or betrayed or refuted (See a-, dur-, nir-bh)

5) [v.s. ...] to be (or being) determined

6) [v.s. ...] n. a substantive, [Pāṇini 2-1, 57 [Scholiast or Commentator]] (cf. bhedaka).

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

Bhedya (भेद्य):—[(dyaḥ-dyā-dyaṃ) a.] Divisible.

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

Bhedya (भेद्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Bhijja.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhedya in German

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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.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Bhedya (भेद्य) [Also spelled bhedy]:—(a) vulnerable; pierceable; distinguishable; fit to be divided.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bhēdya (ಭೇದ್ಯ):—

1) [adjective] fit or proper to be broken.

2) [adjective] that can be broken.

3) [adjective] that can be broken and entered into.

4) [adjective] that can be exposed, solved (as a secret or mystery).

5) [adjective] susceptible to distracting, instigating tendency or element.

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Bhēdya (ಭೇದ್ಯ):—

1) [noun] that which can be broken, split or demolished.

2) [noun] the noun which is qualified by an adjective; that which can be separated from others with the help of an adjective.

3) [noun] (phil.) that which is to be or can be excluded from being generalised.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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