Geya: 20 definitions
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Geya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, biology. 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
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Geya (गेय) or Geyamūrti refers to one of the twenty-three forms (mūrti) of Śiva mentioned in the Pūrvakāmikāgama (pratimālakṣaṇavidhi-paṭala): first and foremost among the Mūlāgama. The forms of Śiva (e.g., Geya) are established through a process known as Sādākhya, described as a five-fold process of creation.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Geya (गेय) (Cf. Geyajña) refers to “(vocal) singers”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If the sun and moon should begin to be eclipsed when only half risen, deceitful men will suffer as well as sacrificial rites. [...] If the sun and moon should be eclipsed when in the sign of Leo (Siṃha) hill men, prince like people possessed of a single military force, princes and forest men will suffer miseries. If they should be eclipsed when in the sign of Virgo (Kanyā), crops, poets, writers and singers [i.e., geya] will suffer and the rice fields of Aśmaka and Tripura will be destroyed”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Geya (गेय) refers to “singing”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.5.—Accordingly, as Menā eulogised Śivā (i.e., Umā/Durgā):—“[...] I bow to the grandmother, of perpetual bliss. I bow to the goddess who dispels the sorrow of the devotees, who is a model for all women and who constitutes the intellect of all living beings. You are the cause of the snapping of all fetters of ascetics. Which one of your powers can be sung by women like me [i.e., geya—kaste geyo mādṛśībhiḥ]? You are violence mentioned in the Atharvaveda. You (of such powerful means) fulfil my desire. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Geya (गेय) refers to “songs”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “[...] It has been said that there are eighteen addictions. These are the outcome of the desire for earthly enjovments. [...] Vocal music consists of songs (geya) by charming voices sung with time and tune in harmony accompanied by dances. Experts only appreciate it. Sung on proper occasions it leads to the attainment of the four objects of life. It is patent to all how it leads to the attainment of wealth and desires. [...]”.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Geya (गेय) refers to one of the twelve members of Buddhist texts (dvādaśāṅga), according to a note attached to the Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 51.—The kie ‘verses’ found in the sūtras are called geya ‘songs’.
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.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Geya (गेय, “prosimetrum”) refers to one of the “nine (types of) teachings” (sūtra) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 62). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., geya). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Biology (plants and animals)
Geya in India is the name of a plant defined with Salvadora persica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Salvadora crassinervia Hochst. ex T. Anderson (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Nat. Prod. Res. (2003)
· J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. (1860)
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1840)
· Cytologia (1988)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Geya, for example side effects, health benefits, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
gēya (गेय).—a S (Possible, purposed, proper, necessary) to be sung or lauded.
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
Geya (गेय).—pot. p. [gai kartari ni° yat]
1) A singer, one who sings; गेयो माणवकः साम्नाम् (geyo māṇavakaḥ sāmnām) P.III.4.68 Sk.
2) To be sung.
-yam 1 A song, singing, also the art of singing; गेये केन विनीतौ वाम् (geye kena vinītau vām) R.15.69; Meghadūta 88; अनन्ता वाङ्मयस्याहो गेयस्येव विचित्रता (anantā vāṅmayasyāho geyasyeva vicitratā) Śiśupālavadha 2.72.
Geya (गेय).—nt. (= Pali geyya), the second in the traditional Pali-[Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] list of nine (in Mahāvyutpatti twelve) types of Buddhist [Page215-a+ 71] sacred literature, classified by form and content; mingled prose and verse: (sūtraṃ) geyaṃ (Mahāvyutpatti gey(y)aṃ, but Mironov only geyaṃ) (vyākaraṇaṃ…) Mahāvyutpatti 1268; Dharmasaṃgraha 62; (sūtrāṇi…gāthā itivṛttakaṃ jātakam adbhutaṃ ca,) nidāna…geyaṃ ca bhāṣāmi tathopade- śān Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 45.(7—)8 (verses). Tibetan on Mahāvyutpatti dbyaṅs kyis bsñad pa, app. narration with verses.
Geya (गेय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) 1. A singer. 2. A song or chaunt, what is to be sung or chaunted. n.
(-yaṃ) Song, singing. E. gai to sing, affix yat.
Geya (गेय).—[adjective] to be sung or praised; *singing ([genetive]); [neuter] song.
1) Geya (गेय):—a etc. See √gai.
2) [from gai] b mfn. ([Pāṇini 3-1, 97; Kāśikā-vṛtti]) to be sung, being sung or praised in song, [Lāṭyāyana; Harivaṃśa; Pāṇini 3-4, 68; Bhāgavata-purāṇa x]
3) [v.s. ...] singing, singer of ([genitive case]), [Pāṇini 3-4, 68]
4) [v.s. ...] n. a song, singing, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Meghadūta] etc. (said of the flies' humming, [Pañcatantra i, 15, 8/9])
5) [v.s. ...] cf. āśīr-, prātar-.
Geya (गेय):—[(yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) a.] Singing. (yaṃ) 1. n. A song or hymn.
Geya (गेय):—(von 2. gā) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 97,] [Scholiast]
1) adj. a) zu singen [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 4, 68.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 310.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 356.] [Medinīkoṣa y. 19.] araṇye geyam [LĀṬY. 3, 6, 28. 4, 7, 1.] grāme geyam [3, 4, 15. 7, 4, 1.] divyābhirgeyābhirgīrbhiḥ [Harivaṃśa 2860.] geyāni sāmāni māṇavakena [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 4, 68,] [Scholiast] — b) singend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 4, 68.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] mit dem gen.: geyo māṇavakaḥ sāmnām [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 4, 68,] [Scholiast 2, 3, 71,] [Scholiast] —
2) n. Gesang [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 280.] [Medinīkoṣa] jagurgeyāni gāyanāḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 7909.] [Indralokāgamana 5, 27.] pāṭhe geye ca [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 4, 6. 30. 31.] [Suśruta 1, 239, 12.] [Bhartṛhari 3, 81.] [Meghadūta 84.] [Mālavikāgnimitra 26.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 5, 5.] makṣikā [Pañcatantra 81, 25.] geyajña Gesangkundig [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 10, 3. 41, 26.] Ueber die Bedeutung des Wortes bei den Buddhisten s. [Burnouf 52. fg.] [WASSILJEW 109.] Vgl. āśīrgeya .
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Geya (गेय):—
1) a) fuge gesungen —, besungen werdend hinzu. satāṃ geyaṃ yaśaḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 72, 20.] — Vgl. prātargeya .
Geya (गेय):——
1) Adj. — a) zu singen , gesungen — , besungen werdend. — b) *singend , mit Gen. —
2) n. Gesang ; auch vom Gesumme der Bienen.
Geya (गेय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Gea.
Geya (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 重誦 [zhòng sòng]: “repeated verse”.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Gēya (ಗೇಯ):—[adjective] that can or fit to, be or sung; having the nature of music; musical.
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Gēya (ಗೇಯ):—
1) [noun] the act or art of singing.
2) [noun] a piece of music sung or composed for singing; a song, verse, poetry, etc.
3) [noun] a man who sings; a singer.
4) [noun] a kind of metre having two long syllables in each foot.
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Gēya (ಗೇಯ):—
1) [noun] the tree Psidium guajava ( = P. pyriferum) of Myrtaceae family; guava tree.
2) [noun] its edible fruit.
3) [noun] the tree Salvadora persica of Salvadoraceae family.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Geya (गेय):—adj. to be sung; suitable to be sung; singable;
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)
Starts with (+3): Ge yan, Ge yang, Ge yao, Geya-cakra, Geya-kavya, Geyabas, Geyacakraratha, Geyajna, Geyamarthaka, Geyamurti, Geyanataka, Geyanrityabhishekatattvavabodhanirdesha, Geyanrityabhishekatattvāvabodha, Geyapada, Geyarajan, Geyarasa, Geyate, Geyatmak, Geyatmak-gun, Geyatmaka.
Full-text (+48): Pratargeya, Geyapada, Geyarajan, Upageya, Ashirgeya, Qi ye, Gramageya, Ying song, Zhong song, Ageya, Purvahnegeya, Gramegeya, Geyavritta, Aranyegeya, Udgeya, Punargeya, Geyajna, Mamgalyageya, Geyya, Geyanataka.
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Search found 46 books and stories containing Geya, Gēya; (plurals include: Geyas, Gēyas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
A Literary Conference of Cultural Value < [January – March, 1998]
Name him, the Song is Sung < [October – December, 1988]
Humour in Telugu Literature < [July 1967]
Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (Study) (by Padma Sugavanam)
Kohala and Gītā (11): The concept of Prabandha < [Chapter 2 - Kohala as seen in citations]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 2 - Hearing the twelve-membered speech of the Buddha < [Chapter LI - Seeing all the Buddha Fields]
II. The pratisaṃvids according to the Mahāyāna < [Part 3 - The four unhindered knowledges]
Second aṅga (member): Geya (songs) < [Part 2 - Hearing the twelve-membered speech of the Buddha]
Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 3 - Achievement of the Science of Music by Nārada < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.8.134 < [Chapter 8 - Mahāprabhu’s Water Sports in Narendra- sarovara]
Verse 1.2.72 < [Chapter 2 - The Lord’s Appearance]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.3.183 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]