Vyaja, Vyāja: 17 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Vyāja (व्याज) refers to a “pretext”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.41 (“Description of the Altar-Structure”).—Accordingly, after Nārada spoke to Indra and others: “On hearing your words lord Indra who was frightened from head to foot, immediately spoke to Viṣṇu. [Lord Indra said:—] ‘O lord of Lakṣmī, O lord of gods, Tvaṣṭṛ who is agitated due to the grief over his son will surely kill me under this pretext (vyāja) and not otherwise’. On hearing his words Viṣṇu, the lord of gods laughingly consoled Indra by speaking thus. [...]”.
Vyāja (व्याज).—A son of Bhṛgu; a deva.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 1. 89.
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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
1) Vyāja (व्याज) refers to the “deceit (of the breath)”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Being frightened by the deceit of the breath (pavana-vyāja—pavanavyājena bhītā satī), the living embryo of men that is taken hold of by the fanged enemy that is destruction goes out like a young doe in the forest. O shameless one, if you are not able to protect this wretched [embryo] which is obtained gradually [by death] then you are not ashamed to delight in pleasures in this life”.
Synonyms: Kapaṭa.
2) Vyāja (व्याज) refers to the “guise” (of world-protectors), according to the Jñānārṇava.—Accordingly, “I think, that doctrine, whose progress is unimpeded, has arisen for the benefit of the world of living souls in the guise (vyāja) of world-protectors. If, because of the power of the doctrine, it is not received by those whose minds are boundless, then there is not a cause for enjoyment and liberation in the three worlds”.
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.
India history and geography
Vyāja.—(LP), interest; cf. dvika-śata-vyājena, ‘at 2 per cent interest’. See vyājī. Note: vyāja is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
See also (synonyms): Vyājaka.
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
vyāja (व्याज).—n S Disguise (of person or of purpose &c.); cover, cloak, pretext, pretence, sham. Ex. pitṛva- canācēṃ karuni vyāja || vanāsi ālāsa tū raghurāja ||.
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vyāja (व्याज).—n ( H Wyadz.) Interest or usury.
vyāja (व्याज).—n Interest.
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vyāja (व्याज).—n Disguise.
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
Vyaja (व्यज).—A fan.
Derivable forms: vyajaḥ (व्यजः).
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Vyāja (व्याज).—
1) Deciet, trick, deception, fraud.
2) Art, cunning; अव्याजमनोहरं वपुः (avyājamanoharaṃ vapuḥ) Ś.1.18 'artlessly lovely'; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5.12.
3) A pretext, pretence, semblance; ध्यान- व्याजमुपेत्य (dhyāna- vyājamupetya) Nāg.1.1; R.4.25,58;1.76;11.66.
4) An artifice, a device, contrivance; व्याजार्धसंदर्शितमेखलानि (vyājārdhasaṃdarśitamekhalāni) R.13.42.
5) Wickedness, depravity.
Derivable forms: vyājaḥ (व्याजः).
Vyaja (व्यज).—m.
(-jaḥ) A fan. E. vi before aj to go, gha aff.
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Vyāja (व्याज).—m.
(-jaḥ) 1. Deceit, fraud, craft, cunning. 2. Disguise, either of purpose or person. 3. Wickedness. E. vi before aj to go, aff. ghañ.
Vyaja (व्यज).—i. e. vi-aj + a, m. A fan, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 3322.
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Vyāja (व्याज).—i. e. vi-añj + a, m. 1. Deceit, fraud, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 396; [Pañcatantra] 147, 15. 2. Disguise either of purpose or person. 3. Appearance, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 125; pretence, [Daśakumāracarita] in
Vyāja (व्याज).—[masculine] ([neuter]) deceit, fraud, false semblance, pretext, pretence; °— & [instrumental] [adverb]; adj. —° having the mere semblance of, only appearing as.
1) Vyaja (व्यज):—[=vy-aja] [from vy-aj] 1. vy-aja [Pāṇini 3-3, 119.]
2) [from vyaj] 2. vyaja m. a fan, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) Vyāja (व्याज):—[=vy-āja] m. (rarely n. ifc. f(ā). ; [from] vy-√añj, to smear over; cf. √ac) deceit, fraud, deception, semblance, appearance, imitation, disguise, pretext, pretence ([in the beginning of a compound] ‘treacherously, falsely’, also = ifc. ‘having only the appearance of, appearing as, simulated, deceitful, false’; [instrumental case] and [ablative] ‘treacherously, deceitfully’, ‘under the pretext or guise of’), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] an artifice, device, contrivance, means, [Raghuvaṃśa]
5) [v.s. ...] wickedness, [Horace H. Wilson]
1) Vyaja (व्यज):—(jaḥ) 1. m. A fan.
2) Vyāja (व्याज):—[vyā+ja] (jaḥ) 1. m. Deceit; disguise; wickedness.
Vyaja (व्यज):—(von aj mit vi) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 119.]
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Vyāja (व्याज):—(von añj mit vi) m. (hier und da auch n.) Betrug, Betrügerei, Hinterlist; Täuschung, falscher Schein, Vorwand; = kapaṭa [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 30.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 378.] [Halāyudha 4, 24.] = śāṭhya [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 88.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 77.] [Medinīkoṣa j. 16.] = apadeśa [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 33.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] kiṃcidvyājaṃ kṛtvā teṣāṃ yuddhaṃ nivārayet [Bharata] [NĀṬYAŚ. 18, 76.] dṛkchukravīryarahitaḥ sa karotyanekānvyājān jaranniva yuvāpyabalāmavāpya [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 76, 12.] vyājaṃ padmāvatīhetoḥ kriyamāṇaṃ kadācana . doṣāyāsmākameva syāt [Kathāsaritsāgara 15, 29.] cakāra vatsarājasya vyājānyāgacchataḥ pathi [19, 80.] veśyāvyājopaśikṣārtham [57, 58.] uktataddvijavyājāṃ tām [123, 305.] pūrva den blossen Anschein von Etwas habend [Raghuvaṃśa 11, 66.] vyājena vart [Pañcatantra 147, 15.] vyājena carate dharmamarthaṃ vyājena rocate . vyājena sidhyamāneṣu dhaneṣu [Mahābhārata 3, 13903.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 28, 9.] vyājenāgatamāvṛṇoti hasitam [Spr. (II) 1043.] dānaṃ vyājena bhūṣādeḥ [DAŚAR. 4, 57.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 405.] vyājāddharmaṃ karoti ca [Mahābhārata 3, 13902.] vyājātpraticchannaḥ [4, 299.] yuddhaṃ vyājānnivārayet [DAŚAR. 3, 68.] vyājairdharmaṃ cariṣyanti [Mahābhārata 3, 13022.] am Anfange eines comp. = vyājena, z. B. : hata durch Hinterlist [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 20, 9.] vyājārdhasaṃdarśitamekhala um zu täuschen [Raghuvaṃśa 13, 42.] supta so v. a. sich schlafend stellend [Kathāsaritsāgara 46, 174.] nidritā [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 504.] sapraṇayairvākyaiḥ dem Scheine nach [Kathāsaritsāgara 29, 82.] vyavahāra ein hinterlistiges Benehmen [Dhūrtasamāgama 76, 9.] vyājasuptaṃ vihāya ein simulirter Schlaf [Kathāsaritsāgara 45, 190. 70, 33.] kheda [49, 97.] vyājābhiprāya [39, 106.] viṣṇu [12, 165.] guru [19, 76.] sakhī [71, 162.] haṃsāvalī [168. 180.] tapodhana [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 275.] vyājāhvaya [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 7, 35. 8, 21, 9.] Am Ende eines comp.
1) hinter dem, was die Täuschung bereitet: (tasmai vahniḥ) pradakṣiṇārcirvyājena hasteneva jayaṃ dadau [Raghuvaṃśa 4, 25.] (udanvāndadau) aparāntamahīpālavyājena raghave karam [58. 10, 76.] [Spr. (II) 2488.] [Pañcatantra 75, 24.] madavyājāt [Kathāsaritsāgara 19, 97.] datto nṛhastaste raktābjavyājato nayā [108, 26.] —
2) hinter dem, was simulirt wird, blosser Schein, blosser Vorwand ist: putravyājamupāgato ripuḥ [Spr. 1789.] nidrāvyājamupāgatasya [3010.] [Mālavikāgnimitra 26.] durgavyājena bandhanam [Spr. (II) 411. 2710. 3173.] vaṇijyāvyājāt [Kathāsaritsāgara 13, 180.] snānavyājāt [4, 60.] māndya [24, 167. 32, 154. 63, 102. 71, 95.] praṇayakrīḍāvyājāt [37, 153.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 269. 2, 130. 5, 369. 8, 2124.] [Daśakumāracarita 70, 6.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 1, 13.] [Sāhityadarpana 60, 5.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 81, 8. 116, 52.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 24, 6.] grāmāntaravyājaṃ kṛtvā sich stellend, als wenn er in ein anderes Dorf ginge, [Pañcatantra 187, 5.] naitadvetsi yanmaṭhāśrayavyājena narakopārjanaṃ kriyate [118, 3.] tadvyājāt so v. a. als wenn es diesem gälte [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 89, 18.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 297.] — Am Ende eines adj. comp. nur den Schein von habend, in der Gestalt von erscheinend: nṛpa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 17, 27.] sūkaravyājaṃ sattvam [3, 13, 21.] smaravyājagraha [6, 1, 63.] avyāja am Anfange eines comp.
1) = avyājena ohne Betrug, ohne angewandte Künste: manohara [Śākuntala 17.] sundarī [Mālavikāgnimitra 34.] —
2) adj. nicht simulirt, natürlich: avyājaudāryacarya [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 308.] dhairya [8, 2124.] svavyājena karmaṇā ganz ehrlich [Mahābhārata 13, 2079.] — savyājam adv. verstellter Weise [Śākuntala 18, 21.] [Vikramorvaśī 12, 18.] — Vgl. nirvyāja .
Vyajā (व्यजा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vayā, Vāya.
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Hindi dictionary
Vyāja (व्याज) [Also spelled vyaj]:—(nm) pretext, pretence; see [byāja] (and entries thereunder); ~[niṃdā] artful or ironical censure; ~[stuti] indirect eulogy, ironical commendation.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Vyāja (ವ್ಯಾಜ):—
1) [noun] the act of representing as true what is known to be false; a deceiving or lying; deceit.
2) [noun] a false reason or motive put forth to hide the real one; an excuse; a pretext.
3) [noun] the quality of being mischievous; mischievousness.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Vyāja (व्याज):—n. 1. deceit; trick; fraud; 2. art; cunning; 3. pretext; pretense;
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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