Vinyas: 5 definitions
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Vinyas means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVinyas (विन्यस्).—4 P.
1) To put down, deposit, place; विन्यस्यन्ती भुवि गणनया देहलीदत्तपुष्पैः (vinyasyantī bhuvi gaṇanayā dehalīdattapuṣpaiḥ) Meghadūta 89; Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.3.
2) To fix in or on, direct towards; रामे विन्यस्तमानसाः (rāme vinyastamānasāḥ) Rām.
3) To deliver or make over, commit to the care of, entrust; सुतविन्यस्तपत्नीकः (sutavinyastapatnīkaḥ) Y.3.45.
4) To arrange, dispose, adjust.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVinyas (विन्यस्).—(also asati) lay asunder, spread; put, place, turn upon or in, apply to ([locative]), deposit, commit, entrust to ([locative]).
Vinyas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vini and as (अस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVinyas (विन्यस्):—[=vi-ny-√as] [Parasmaipada] -asyati (rarely -asati), to put or place down in different places, spread out, distribute, arrange, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;
—to put down, deposit, place or lay on, fix in, turn or direct towards, apply to ([locative case]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;
—to mark or designate by ([instrumental case]), [Meghadūta];
—to entrust or make over to ([locative case]), [Vikramorvaśī]
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
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryVinyas in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) structure, disposition, arrangement; setting, plan, lay-out; marshalling; ~[darshi] a stereoscope..—vinyas (विन्यास) is alternatively transliterated as Vinyāsa.
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Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryVinyas is another spelling for विन्यास [vinyāsa].—n. 1. entrusting; depositing; 2. a deposit; 3. arrangement; adjustment; disposition; 4. a collection; an assemblage; 5. a site or receptacle; 6. articulation;
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.
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Starts with: Vinyasa, Vinyasa Krama, Vinyasana, Vinyasaprakarana, Vinyasarekha, Vinyasasutra, Vinyasisu, Vinyasita, Vinyast, Vinyasta, Vinyastaka, Vinyasya.
Full-text: Vinyasa, Pad-vinyas, Yantrik-vinyas, Pushpadal-vinyas, Yantrika-vinyasa, Vinyasarekha, Vinyasya, Pushpadala-vinyasa, Padavinyasa, Vinyasana, Vinyasta.
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