Vilaya, Vilāya: 24 definitions
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Vilaya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, 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 Vilay.
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In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
1) Vilaya (विलय) means “to dissolve”, according to Arṇasiṃha’s Mahānayaprakāśa verse 134.—Accordingly, “The Śāmbhava (state) is the one in which the power of consciousness (citi) suddenly (sahasā) dissolves [i.e., vilaya] away into the Great Void called the Inactive that is profound and has no abode. Cognitive awareness (jñāna) arises here in the form of a subtle wave of consciousness out of that ocean of emptiness, which is the perfectly peaceful condition of the dissolving away of destruction. [...] Again, that same (principle) free of the cognitive process is the supreme absolute said to be the Śāmbhava state of emptiness”.
2) Vilaya (विलय) refers to the “dissolving” (of the universe), according to the Śrīmatottara-tantra, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “Akula is said to be the principle that, self-existent, does not require Kula in order to exist. It is Śiva, the supreme cause. Kula is that from which the universe arises. It is that in which it is established and where it is dissolved away (vilaya—viśvasya vilayo yatra). That Kula is said to be Kaula”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Vilaya (विलय) refers to the “dissolution of the world”, according to the Mṛgendrāgama Kriyāpāda verse 8.6-7.—Accordingly, “The śivadharmiṇī [initiation] is the root of success for the fruits of the Śaiva religion for the individual soul. There is another [kind of śivadharmiṇī] taught without the destruction of the body, up until the dissolution of the world (vilaya). The remaining one is taught to be the lokadharmiṇī, for the purpose of [attaining the eight-fold supernatural powers] starting with aṇimā after the current life, after all the bad portions [of karma] were destroyed at all reality levels”.
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.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
1) Vilaya (विलय) (or Laya) refers to “dissolution (of breathing an mental activity)”, according to some of the manuscripts of the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with topics as absorption (laya), yogic powers (siddhi) and liberation, presented in the form of a dialogue between Īśvara and Vāmadeva.—In the first chapter, it is said that when the no-mind state (amanaska) arises, it causes the dissolution (laya/vilaya) of breathing and mental activity. In other words, the mind and breath disappear, perhaps, in the sense that the yogin is no longer aware of them. [...]
2) Vilaya (विलय) refers to “dissolving (the mind)”, according to the Yogatārāvalī: a short Yoga text of twenty-nine verses presenting Haṭhayoga as the means to Rājayoga (i.e., Samādhi).—Accordingly, while describing the no-mind state: “'[Practising] in caves on the peak of Śrī Śaila [mountain], when will I succeed in dissolving (vilaya) my mind (tathāvidhamanovilayāṃ) as prescribed [earlier and attain success] in Samādhi? When vines cover my body and when birds build nests in my ear”.
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).
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Vilaya (विलय) refers to “putting to reset (the complex organism)”, according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “You are not bound by anything. What does a pure person like you need to renounce? Putting the complex organism to rest (saṅghāta-vilaya), you can go to your rest [saṅghātavilayaṃ kurvannevameva layaṃ vraja]. All this arises out of you, like a bubble out of the sea. Knowing yourself like this to be but one, you can go to your rest. [...]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Vilaya (विलय) refers to “destruction”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [as the Bhagavān teaches the offering of the root spell], “[...] After [the (pomegranate) branch] has been circled wrathfully 108 times, all neighbouring clouds and Nāgas with their retinues fall onto the ground. [...] If the spell-master recites the mantras swiftly, there will be family insanity for all of them. They will perish along with their sons and grandsons, assemblies and vehicles. They will be destroyed (vilaya). [...]”.
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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Vilaya (विलय) refers to “destruction”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “This cosmos must be thought of as filled with a multitude of objects exceedingly firmly embraced by the maintenance of life, birth and death in the middle of the rings of wind, complete in this world of its own accord, accomplished without a beginning, ancient [and] free from creation and destruction (kṛti-vilaya-vihīna). [Thus ends the reflection on] the cosmos”.
Synonyms: Vinaṣṭa, Vigama, Viccheda, Nāśa.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
vilaya : (m.) dissolution.
Vilaya, (vi+laya, cp. līyati) dissolution; °ṃ gacchati, as much as: “to be digested, ” to be dissolved Miln. 67. ‹-› adj. dissolved, dispersed Dpvs. I, 65. (Page 635)
vilaya (ဝိလယ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[vilī+a．nīti,dhātu．238．vi+lī+a．lī dravikaraṇe．pā,1812．vilaya-saṃ,prā．]
[ဝိလီ+အ။ နီတိ၊ ဓာတု။ ၂၃၈။ ဝိ+လီ+အ။ လီ ဒြဝိကရဏေ။ ပါ၊ ၁၈၁၂။ ဝိလယ-သံ၊ ပြာ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
vilaya—
(Burmese text): (၁) ကျေ-ကြေမွ-အရည်ပျော်-ခြင်း (၂) ပျောက်-ပျက်စီး-ခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Water pollution (2) Waste destruction.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
vilaya (विलय).—m S Destruction; esp. that of extinction or annihilation. vilayā jāṇēṃ To go to destruction; to be dissipated, extinguished, ended. Ex. jaisīṃ sītakāḷīṃ abhrēṃ samasta || vilayā jāti ākāśīṃ ||.
vilaya (विलय).—m Destruction. vilayā jāṇēṃ Go to destruction.
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
Vilaya (विलय).—
1) Dissolution, liquefaction.
2) Destruction, death, end; नयतु मामात्मनोऽङ्गेषु विलयमम्बा (nayatu māmātmano'ṅgeṣu vilayamambā) Uttararāmacarita 7.
3) Destruction or dissolution of the world; (vilayaṃ gam to be dissolved, to end, to be terminated; divaso'numitramagamadvilayam Śiśupālavadha 9.17).
Derivable forms: vilayaḥ (विलयः).
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Vilāya (विलाय).—Dissolution, destruction, end; परीक्षितोऽथ राजर्षेर्जन्मकर्मविलायनम् (parīkṣito'tha rājarṣerjanmakarmavilāyanam) Bhāgavata 1.7.12.
Derivable forms: vilāyaḥ (विलायः).
See also (synonyms): vilāyana.
Vilaya (विलय).—m.
(-yaḥ) 1. Destruction of the world. 2. Destruction in general. 3. Liquefaction. E. vi before lī to liquefy, aff. ac .
Vilaya (विलय).—i. e. vi-lī + a, m. 1. Liquefaction, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 17; vilayaṃ gam, To be dissolved, to end. 2. Death, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 172, 3. 3. Destruction, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 77. 4. Destruction of the world.
Vilaya (विलय).—[masculine] dissolution, destruction, disappearance.
1) Vilaya (विलय):—[=vi-laya] a etc. See vi-√lī, [column]3.
2) [=vi-laya] [from vi-lī] b m. dissolution, liquefaction, disappearance, death, destruction ([especially] d° of the world), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.] ([accusative] with √gam, yā, vraj etc. to be dissolved, end; with [Causal] of √gam, to dissolve, destroy)
1) Vilaya (विलय):—[vi-laya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Dissolution; destruction of the world.
2) Vilāya (विलाय):—(yaḥ) 1. m. Destruction.
Vilaya (विलय):—(von 1. lī mit vi) m. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 150, Vārttika von Kātyāyana.] = pralaya [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] das Verschwinden, Vergehen, zu-Nichte-Werden, Untergang: vaidehyāḥ [UTTARAR. 127, 10 (172, 3).] dhanasya [Spr. 1289.] gulma [VĀGBH. 25, 28.] jagadvilayāmbu [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 9, 32.] viśva [Prabodhacandrodaja 112, 14.] tattvānām [114, 19.] [Bālabodhanī 46.] śīla [Spr. 2731.] karma [Śatruṃjayamāhātmya 14, 96.] ākāśadharmādharmādi [KUSUM. 25, 10.] Gegens. udaya [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 17, 24.] vilayaṃ gam u. s. w. verschwinden, zu Nichte werden, sein Ende finden: agacchanvilayaṃ sarve tārkṣyaṃ dṛṣṭveva pannagāḥ [Mahābhārata 8, 1082.] rāvaṇaśarāḥ vilayaṃ jagmuḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 79, 75.] divaso nu mitramagamadvilayam [Śiśupālavadha 9, 17.] āśā vilayaṃ gatā [Spr. 1672.] dṛśo surāṇām . yannāgatā vilayam [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 84, 19.] vilayaṃ samupājagmuḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 1131.] vilayaṃ vraj [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 56, 117. 7, 106, 9.] vilayaṃ yā [Spr. 525 (II). 1371.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 39, 62.] puṇye vilayamāsthite [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 90, 19.] aśmavarṣaṃ vilayaṃ gamayāmāsa zu Nichte machen [Mahābhārata 1, 8280.] vilayaṃ pāvakaṃ śīghramanayan [8155.] īṣadvilaya und su adjj. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 50, Vārttika von Kātyāyana., Scholiast]
Vilaya (विलय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vilaya.
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
Vilaya (विलय) [Also spelled vilay]:—(nm) annihilation/destruction (of the world); dissolution/dissolving; merger/merging; ~[yana] a solution; dissolution, merger; absorption; ~[yaśīla] soluble, solute; ~[yaśīlatā] solubility; ~[yī] soluble, that which dissolves.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Vilaya (विलय) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Vilaya.
2) Vilayā (विलया) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Vanitā.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Vilaya (ವಿಲಯ):—
1) [noun] dissolution; liquefication.
2) [noun] complete destruction of the universe.
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Viḷaya (ವಿಳಯ):—
1) [noun] dissolution; liquefication.
2) [noun] complete destruction of the universe.
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Vīḷaya (ವೀಳಯ):—[noun] = ವೀಳೆಯ [vileya].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Vilaya (विलय):—n. 1. dissolving; liquefying; dissolution; 2. merging; 3. destruction or dissolution of the world;
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)
Partial matches: Laya, Vi, Vili, A.
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