Neyartha, Neyārtha, Neya-artha: 8 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: Mālatīmādhava of Bhavabhūti (kavya-shastra)Neyārtha (नेयार्थ) refers to “(words) whose meaning has to be guessed”, according to Mammaṭa-Bhaṭṭa’s Kāvyaprakāśa verse 7.50-51.—The doṣas (or “poetic defects”) are regarded as undesirable elements [of a composition]. Any element which tends to detract the poetic composition is a demerit in general terms. In other words, doṣas are the opposites of the guṇālaṃkāras. [...] In the Sāhityadarpaṇa, Viśvanātha says doṣas are five fold. [...] Mammaṭabhaṭṭa says that padadoṣa (or “defects of word”) are of sixteen types [i.e., neyārtha (one whose meaning has to be guessed)].
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāNeyārtha (नेयार्थ) refers to “(the scripture of) implicit meaning”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “What then, the son of good family, is memory (dhāraṇī)? [...] (9) knowledge of the entrance into understanding the scripture of explicit meaning; (10) knowledge of the entrance into understanding the scripture of implicit meaning (neyārtha-sūtra); (11) knowledge of the teaching on the imperishable concealed truth; [...]
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNeyārtha (नेयार्थ).—(ka) a. (a word or sentence) having a sense that can be only guessed; ग्राम्योऽप्रतीतसन्दिग्धनेयार्थनिहतार्थता (grāmyo'pratītasandigdhaneyārthanihatārthatā) S. D.
Neyārtha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms neya and artha (अर्थ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNeyārtha (नेयार्थ).—adj. (= Pali neyyattha), of meaning which has to be determined (by inference or the like), which is not clear on the surface: Mahāvyutpatti 1549; Bodhisattvabhūmi 257.12; opp. nītārtha, q.v. with references.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNeyārtha (नेयार्थ).—[adjective] the meaning of which is only to be guessed, not evident ([rhetorie]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNeyārtha (नेयार्थ):—[from neya] mfn. (a word or sentence) having a sense that can only be guessed, [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti ii, 1, 13]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNēyārtha (ನೇಯಾರ್ಥ):—
1) [noun] = ನೇಯ [neya]3 - 3.
2) [noun] a guessing of a word, phrase or intention to get the correct sense in a literary passage.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Neyarthadosha, Neyarthaka, Neyarthakata, Neyarthakatva, Neyarthasutra, Neyarthata, Neyarthatva.
Ends with: Abhineyartha.
Full-text: Neya, Neyarthata, Neyarthatva, Nitartha, Pratisharana, Shabdadosha, Pratisarati.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 7.15 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 7.51 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 7.35 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 6 - Lineage of the pratimokṣa vow < [Book 1 - The beginning of the story of the Doctrine]
Chapter 27 - Additional precept lineages < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
Chapter 11 - Drigung Chojay lineage (ii): 'bri khung pa < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 5.3a - Pada-doṣa (defects of word) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 2 - The true nature, the nature of phenomena and the summit of existence < [Chapter I - Explanation of Arguments]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
4: Content of the work (Kāvyālaṃkārasūtra-vṛtti) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Consciousness in Gaudapada’s Mandukya-karika (by V. Sujata Raju)