Lekhya: 16 definitions
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Lekhya 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Lekhya is a medical term used in Ayurveda meaning "scraping".
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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Lekhya (लेख्य) refers to “writers”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 15) (“On the nakṣatras—‘asterisms’”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “Those who are born on the lunar day of Hasta will be thieves, dealers in elephants, charioteers, chief ministers, painters, merchants and dealers in pod-grains; learned in the Śāstras and of bright appearance. Those who are born on the lunar day of Citrā will be dealers in jewels, precious stones, fine cloths, writers (lekhya) and singers, manufacturers of perfumes, good mathematicians, weavers, surgeons, oculists and dealers in Rājadhānya. [...]”.
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.
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Lekhya (लेख्य) represents the number 6 (six) in the “word-numeral system” (bhūtasaṃkhyā), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.—A system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 6—lekhya] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the Śāstras, connote numbers.
Ganita (गणित) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Lekhya (लेख्य) refers to “that which is to be painted”, according to the 2nd-century Meghasūtra (“Cloud Sutra”) in those passages which contain ritual instructions.—Accordingly, “[...] with [this] ‘Heart of the snakes;’ the cloud-monarchs too must be depicted, emitting a shower, and rubbing against one another; at the end masses of rain-birds and lightning are to be painted (lekhya); and parched rice canopied by the swastika, also fish and flesh, and honey-food without curds, and a sumptuous offering must be made there. [...]”
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
lēkhya (लेख्य).—a S (Possible, purposed, necessary &c.) to be written.
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
Lekhya (लेख्य).—a. [likh-ṇyat] To be drawn, written, painted, scratched &c.; शैली दारुमयी लौही लेप्या लेख्या च सैकती । मनोमयी मणिमयी प्रतिमाष्टविधा स्मृता (śailī dārumayī lauhī lepyā lekhyā ca saikatī | manomayī maṇimayī pratimāṣṭavidhā smṛtā) || Bhāgavata 11.27.12.
-khyam 1 The art of writing.
2) Writing, transcribing; चकार यत्नं द्रुपदः सुतायाः सर्वकर्मसु । ततो लेख्यादिषु तथा शिल्पेषु च परंतप (cakāra yatnaṃ drupadaḥ sutāyāḥ sarvakarmasu | tato lekhyādiṣu tathā śilpeṣu ca paraṃtapa) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.189.1.
3) A writing, a letter, document, manuscript.
5) An inscription.
6) Painting, drawing.
7) A painted figure.
Lekhya (लेख्य).—mfn.
(-khyaḥ-khyā-khyaṃ) To be written. 2. To be scarified. n.
(-khyaṃ) 1. A letter, an epistle. 2. A manuscript. 3. A drawing, a delineation. 4. A written accusation or defence. E. likh to write, ṇyat aff.
Lekhya (लेख्य).—[adjective] to be scratched, written down, or painted. [neuter] writing, copying, drawing, painting; picture, written document.
1) Lekhya (लेख्य):—[from likh] 1. lekhya [Nominal verb] [Parasmaipada] yati = lekhāya [gana] kaṇḍvādi
2) [v.s. ...] 2. lekhya mfn. to be scratched or scraped or scarified, [Suśruta]
3) [v.s. ...] to be written or transcribed, [Yājñavalkya; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] to be drawn or painted, [Yājñavalkya]
5) [v.s. ...] to be portrayed, painted, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] to be written down or numbered among ([locative case]), [Kāvyādarśa]
7) [v.s. ...] favourable to the gods (said of Viṣṇu), [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra] ([Scholiast or Commentator])
8) [v.s. ...] n. the act or the art of writing, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
9) [v.s. ...] copying, transcribing, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
10) [v.s. ...] delineation, drawing, painting, [ib.]
11) [v.s. ...] a writing, letter, manuscript, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra; Kathāsaritsāgara; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
12) [v.s. ...] (in law) any written document ([especially] a written accusation or defence), [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra; Yājñavalkya] (cf. [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 293])
13) [v.s. ...] an inscription, [Mahābhārata xiii, 6330]
14) [v.s. ...] (gaṇanā-) a catalogue, list of [Raghuvaṃśa]
15) [v.s. ...] a painted figure, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Lekhya (लेख्य):—[(khyaḥ-khyā-khyaṃ) a.] That may be or should be written. n. A letter; manuscript; drawing; written accusation or defence.
Lekhya (लेख्य):—(von likh)
1) adj. a) scarificandus [Suśruta 1, 14, 19. 92, 13. 2, 331, 15.] — b) zu schreiben, niederzuschreiben [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 6.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 51, 37.] — c) zu malen [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 297.] — d) mit Farben dargestellt, gemalt: pratimā [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 27, 12.] padma [Spr. 1234.] rūpa dass. [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 277.] — e) zu rechnen —, zu zählen zu (loc.): kamalekhyaṃ karoṣi tvam unmadiṣṇuṣu [Spr. 3867.] —
2) n. a) das Schreiben, die Kunst des Schreibens: cakāra yatnam lekhyādiṣu tathā śilpeṣu [Mahābhārata 5, 7409.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 1, 80, 2. 29.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 15, 12. 16, 18. 19, 10.] das Abschreiben: granthasya yatpracarato sya vināśameti lekhyādbahuśrutamukhādhigamakrameṇa [106, 5.] — b) das Zeichnen, Malen [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 18, 2.] — c) Schriftstück, Brief [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 25.] [Medinīkoṣa kh. 4.] [KĀM. NĪTIS. 12, 47.] saṃsthāpana [Sāhityadarpana 156.] ein schriftliches Document [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 317. 2, 84.] [Spr. 2946] (wohl nicht Bild). tadarthaṃ ca svahastena śivaṃ lekhyamakārayat [Kathāsaritsāgara 24,173.] [Oxforder Handschriften 263,a,17.] Inschrift: ciraṃ tiṣṭhati medinyāṃ śaile lekhyamivārpitam [Mahābhārata 13, 6330.] — d) ein gemaltes Bild: lekhyānīvopalakṣitāḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 39, 36.] — Vgl. kraya, durlekhya .
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Lekhya (लेख्य):—
2) c) amaragaṇanālekhyamāsādya so v. a. auf das Verzeichniss der Götter gelangt seiend [Raghuvaṃśa 8, 94.]
Lekhya (लेख्य):——
1) Adj. — a) scarificandus. — b) zu schreiben , niederzuschreiben [214,13.] — c) zu malen. — d) mit Farben dargestellt , gemalt. — e) zu rechnen , zu zählen in alekhya (Nachtr.
5) — f) als Beiw. Viṣṇu’s [Viṣṇusūtra 98,63.] nach dem Comm. so v.a. den Göttern hold. —
2) n. — a) das Schreiben , die Kunst des Schreibens. — b) das Abschreiben. — c) das Zeichnen , Malen. — d) Schriftstück , Brief , ein schriftliches Document ([Viṣṇusūtra 7,1.13]), etwas Niedergeschriebenes ([Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,550,2.3]) , Inschrift. amaragaṇanā so v.a. ein Verzeichniss der Götter. — e) ein gemaltes Bild.
Lekhya (लेख्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Likkha, Lekkha.
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
Lekhya (लेख्य) [Also spelled lekhy]:—(a) worth writing/recording; accountable; —[patra] a document; an instrument.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Lēkhya (ಲೇಖ್ಯ):—[noun] = ಲೇಖೆ - [lekhe -] 2.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Lekhya (लेख्य):—n. → लेखनीय [lekhanīya]
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: Lekhyacurnika, Lekhyadala, Lekhyadarta-kitaab, Lekhyadarta-kitaba, Lekhyadosha, Lekhyagata, Lekhyaka, Lekhyakrita, Lekhyamaya, Lekhyapadma, Lekhyapatra, Lekhyapatraka, Lekhyapattra, Lekhyapattraka, Lekhyaprasamga, Lekhyaprasanga, Lekhyarudha, Lekhyarupa, Lekhyasthana, Lekhyavid.
Full-text (+33): Krayalekhya, Lekhyasthana, Lekhyacurnika, Dvidhalekhya, Lekhyagata, Lekhyakrita, Kapatalekhya, Lekhyarudha, Lekhyapatra, Durlekhya, Lekhyapatraka, Ullekhya, Lekhyaprasanga, Rinalekhya, Lekhyamaya, Pratyabhilekhya, Lekhyapattra, Kutalekhya, Pandu-lekhya, Sandigdhalekhya.
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Vyavaharamala: a text on Indian jurisprudence (by P. V. Rajee)
17. Lekhya nirupana (written documents) < [Chapter 5 - Vyavaharamala—General features based on text]
15. Witness (Saksi-nirupana) < [Chapter 5 - Vyavaharamala—General features based on text]
14. Evidence collection (Kriyapada) < [Chapter 5 - Vyavaharamala—General features based on text]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 797 < [Hindi-Assamese-English Volume 2]
Page 329 < [Hindi-Bengali-English Volume 1]
Page 310 < [Gujarati-Hindi-English, Volume 3]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Yogyasuthreeya – hands on training programme < [2017, Issue III March,]
Agantuja vrana in pramehi (insulin dependent patient) – a case study < [2024, Issue 10. October]
Efficacy of apamarga teekshna kshara prateesaraniya in the management of arsha (1st and 2nd degree piles) - pilot study < [2016, Issue VII July]
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter VIII - Classification and treatment of ocular affections < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
Chapter XIII - Treatment of Lekhya-roga < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
Chapter XV - Treatment of eye-diseases which require Excision < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Shalakya tantra in sushruta samhita- a literary review < [2017: Volume 6, March issue 3]
Kshar karma of ayurveda in gynaecology < [2019: Volume 8, October issue 11]
"Palash vs. Arka Kshar Pratisaran for Arsha: A Conceptual Study" < [2022: Volume 11, July issue 9]
Informal Education of Sanskrit in Kerala (by Jayasree M.)
7. The Gurukula Education in Itihasas and Puranas < [Chapter 1 - Sanskrit Education in Historical Perspective]