Vaihayasa, Vaihāyasa: 14 definitions
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Vaihayasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaVaihāyasa (वैहायस).—A cavity or a sacred pit (kuṇḍa) situated near the hermitage of Naranārāyaṇas. (Mahābhārata Śānti Parva, Chapter 127, Stanza 3).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexVaihāyasa (वैहायस).—An aerial car constructed by Maya.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VIII. 10. 16.
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.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraVaihāyasa (वैहायस) or Vaihāyasaka refers to one of the two limbs (aṅga) belonging to Sthitā type of song (dhruvā) defined in the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 32.9-16. Accordingly, “depending on different conditions, the dhruvās are known to be of five classes”.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchVaihāyasa (वैहायस) refers to a “flying (machine)”.—[...] Yognāth Swāmī (1967: 23) explains that Arjuna looks down into a pot of water (jalakuṇḍa) called a Dharāyantra, and the target (lakṣya), which is pierced by the arrow, is a wooden fish (matsyavedha). Though dharāyantra is found in some of the Amanaska’s Nepalese manuscripts, it is unlikely to have any connection to a pot of water because the yantra in Draupadī’s Svayaṃvara is the flying machine (vaihāyasaṃ yantram) upon which the target is mounted.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: Wisdom Library: Pancaratra (Samhita list)Vaihāyasa (वैहायस) or Vaihāyasasaṃhitā is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā mentioned in the Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2200 Sanskrit verses mainly dealing with temple-building, iconography, pūjā (worship procedures), utsava (festivities) and prāyaścitta (expiatory measures).The opening chapter contains a list of canonical titles, although it is marred by repetitions and, by its own admission, does not contain all the “108” names supposedly constituting the corpus.
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVaihāyasa (वैहायस).—a. (-sī f.) Being in the air, aerial.
-sam 1 The sky, atmosphere; वैहायसं प्राक्रमद्वै कर्णस्य व्यथयन्मनः (vaihāyasaṃ prākramadvai karṇasya vyathayanmanaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.139.75.
2) Flying in the air; Bhāgavata 5.5.35.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaihāyasa (वैहायस).—f. (-sī) Being in the air.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaihāyasa (वैहायस).—i. e. vihāyas + a, adj. Being in the air, aërial, Pāraskara, Gr. S. ii. 2 in Journ. of the German Oriental Society, vii. 533, 23; suspended in the air, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahābhārata.] 39, 30.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaihāyasa (वैहायस).—[feminine] ī being in the open air or in the sky. [masculine] a dweller in the sky or in heaven; [neuter] the sky.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vaihāyasa (वैहायस):—mf(ī)n. ([from] 2. vi-hāyas) being or moving in the air, suspended in the air, aerial, [Gṛhya-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) m. [plural] ‘sky-dwellers’, the gods etc., [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) m. Name of [particular] Ṛṣis (personified luminous phenomena), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
4) Name of a lake, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
5) n. the air, atmosphere, [Mahābhārata]
6) n. flying in the air, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] (-gata n. idem, [Rāmāyaṇa])
7) n. a [particular] attitude in shooting, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaihāyasa (वैहायस):—[(saḥ-sī-saṃ) a.] Celestial.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Vaihāyasa (वैहायस) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vehāyasa.
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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 corpusVaihāyasa (ವೈಹಾಯಸ):—[adjective] of or in the sky; celestial.
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Vaihāyasa (ವೈಹಾಯಸ):—[noun] the sky.
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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Starts with: Vaihayasagata, Vaihayasaka, Vaihayasam, Vaihayasasamhita, Vaihayasayantra.
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