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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viniyuj (विनियुज्).—7 U.

1) To use, expend.

2) To appoint, employ.

3) To divide, apportion, distribute; प्रत्येकं विनियुक्तात्मा कथं न ज्ञास्यसि प्रभो (pratyekaṃ viniyuktātmā kathaṃ na jñāsyasi prabho) Kumārasambhava 2.31.

4) To disconnect, separate.

5) To discharge (an arrow). -Caus.

1) To appoint, employ.

2) To enjoin, order, command; भृत्येषु विनियोजयेत् (bhṛtyeṣu viniyojayet) Manusmṛti 7.226.

3) To offer, present, give.

4) To perform, do, dispose of.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viniyuj (विनियुज्).—[Middle] (A.) loosen, untie, unharness, shoot of—at ([locative]), appoint to, destine for ([locative], [dative] or artham); place, fix (the mind) upon; use, employ; eat, consume. [Causative] appoint to, charge with ([locative], arthāya or artham); commit to ([locative]), present, offer to ([dative]), use, employ.

Viniyuj is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vini and yuj (युज्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viniyuj (विनियुज्):—[=vi-ni-√yuj] [Ātmanepada] -yuṅkte (rarely [Parasmaipada] -yunakti; cf. [Patañjali on Pāṇini 1-3, 64]),

—to unyoke, disjoin, loose, detach, separate, [Mahābhārata];

—to discharge (an arrow) at ([locative case]), [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to assign, commit, appoint to, charge or entrust with, destine for ([dative case] [locative case], or artham), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc. (with sakhye, to chose for a friend);

—to apply, use, employ, [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara; Caraka];

—to eat, [Dhūrtasamāgama] :

—[Passive voice] -yujyate, to be unyoked etc.;

—to fall to pieces, decay, [Mahābhārata] :

—[Causal] -yojayati, to appoint or assign to, commit to ([locative case], or arthāya, or artham), [Yājñavalkya; Harivaṃśa] etc.;

—to entrust anything ([accusative]) to ([locative case]), [Manu-smṛti vii, 226];

—to offer or present, anything ([accusative]) to ([dative case]), [Pañcarātra];

—to use, employ, [Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad; Caraka];

—to perform, [Pañcarātra]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Viniyuj (विनियुज्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Viṇijuṃsa.

context information

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.

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Partial matches: Yuj, Vini.

Starts with: Viniyujjati.

Full-text: Viniyogasatkriya, Viniyogamala, Viniyogasamgraha, Viniyojya, Viniyuktatman, Viniyoktavya, Viniyukta, Vinijumsa, Viniyoktri, Viniyojita, Viniyoga.

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