Viya, Viyā: 9 definitions

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

viya : (a particle of comparison) like; as.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Viya, (indecl.) (another form of iva, viâ *via (so some Prākrits: Pischel Prk. Gr. § 143, 336)›viya. Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 336, 337 derives it fr. viva=v’iva) 1. part of comparison: like, as; stands for iva (usually in verse after ā: Sn. 420 (jātimā v.); Pv. I, 85 (vārinā v.); or o Sn. 580 (vajjho v.), 818 (kapaṇo v.); or ṃ: Sn. 381 (vajantaṃ v.), 689 (nekkhaṃ v.).—2. dubitative particle: na viya maññe I suppose not M. II, 121. ‹-› Cp. byā. (Page 632)

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Viya°, the diaeretic form (for sake of metre) of vya° (=vi+ a°), which see generally. Cp. the identical veyya°. (Page 632)

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

1) viya (ဝိယ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[vi+yamu+kvi.yamu uparameviyo.nīti,sutta.1266.]
[ဝိ+ယမု+ကွိ။ ယမု ဥပရမေဝိယော။ နီတိ၊ သုတ္တ။ ၁၂၆၆။]

2) viya (ဝိယ) [(bya) (ဗျ)]—
[iva=viya.rū.134.nīti,sutta.384-nhā.iva-saṃ.iva,via-prā.]
[ဣဝ=ဝိယ။ ရူ။ ၁၃၄။ နီတိ၊ သုတ္တ။ ၃၈၄-နှာ။ ဣဝ-သံ။ ဣဝ၊ ဝိအ-ပြာ။]

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viya (विय).—1 P.

1) To spread out, extend.

2) To curb, restrain.

3) To give, grant, bestow.

4) To hold apart or asunder.

Derivable forms: viyam (वियम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Viya (विय).—(= Pali id., Sanskrit iva), like, as; only in Mahāvastu, but frequent there in prose and verse alike: prose, i.237.10; 301.7; 339.7; 344.9; ii.158.7 (mss. ciya); 268.10, 11; iii.48.19; 49.6; 60.7; 182.13; 183.5; 414.15; verses, ii.4.1 and 19.16 (same verses with varr. have iva i.200.4 and 149.14; in ii.19.16 Senart em. wrongly); ii.36.14; 57.9; 181.5; 203.1, 5; 423.13 (here viya in mss., hypermetr.); iii.9.11; 79.9; 87.4; 184.4, 5; 405.11.

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

Viyā (विया).—pass or cut through, go or turn away.

Viyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and (या).

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

Viyā (विया):—[=vi-√yā] [Parasmaipada] -yāti, to go or pass through, traverse, cross, drive through (with a car), cut through (with wheels), destroy, [Ṛg-veda; Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

—to depart, turn away, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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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.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Viya (விய) [viyattal] 12 intransitive verb

1. To wonder; அதிசயித்தல். கேட்டவர் வியப்பவும் [athisayithal. kettavar viyappavum] (திருவாசகம் [thiruvasagam] 3, 154).

2. To be proud; செருக்குறுதல். செல்வமெய்தி வியந்தனை யுதவி கொன்றாய் [serukkuruthal. selvameythi viyanthanai yuthavi konray] (கம்பராமாயணம் கிட்கிந். [kambaramayanam kidkin.] 81). — transitive

1. To wonder at; அதிசயித்தல். [athisayithal.]

2. To esteem, admire; நன்கு மதித்தல். வம்பமள் ளரை வியந்தன்று மிழிந்தன்று மிலனே [nanku mathithal. vambamal larai viyanthanru mizhinthanru milane] (புறநானூறு [purananuru] 77).

3. To praise, extol, compliment; பாராட்டுதல். விழைந்தொருவர் தம்மை வியப்ப [parattuthal. vizhainthoruvar thammai viyappa] (நாலடியார் [naladiyar], 339).

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Viya (விய) noun See வியய. (பொருட்டொகை நிகண்டு) [viyaya. (poruttogai nigandu)]

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Viya (விய) [viyattal] 12 intransitive verb

1. To give; கொடுத்தல். [koduthal.] (ஈடு-முப்பத்தாறுயிரப்படி [idu-muppatharuyirappadi], 1, 1, 8, பக். [pag.] 57.)

2. To transcend; கடத்தல். [kadathal.] (ஈடு-முப்பத்தாறுயிரப்படி [idu-muppatharuyirappadi], 1, 1, 8, பக். [pag.] 57.)

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