Vyakti: 20 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Vyakti (व्यक्ति) or Vyaktibhāva refers to the “perceptibly present” part of the Rasa (“watery juice”) part of a plant; and represents a technical term related to the morphology branch of “plant science”, which ultimately involves the study of life history of plants, including its origin and development, their external and internal structures and the relation of the members of the plant body with one another.—The vṛkṣāṅga-sūtrīya-adhyāya, i.e., the chapter of the bījotpatti-kāṇḍa of Parāśara’s Vṛkṣāyurveda deals with various parts of plants. [...] The ‘rasa’ is to be conceived (according to the sāṃkhya-darana of Indian philosophy) right from the basic invisible matter (avyakta-bhāva-tanmātra). Now this rasa as perceptibly present (vyakti-bhāva-rasa) in the plant life has its origin in water (udaka) [=yonirudaka]. It nourishes the plant organs with all the derivatives of five ‘pāñcabhautika’ elementary matters, viz. kṣiti, āp, teja, vāyu and ākāśa.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Vyakti (व्यक्ति, “manifestation”):—The fifth of the six stages of Saṃprāpti (‘pathogenesis’).—It is a Sanskrit technical term used throughout Ayurvedic (India medicine) literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā. Saṃprāpti is an important clue for medical diagnosis (nidāna).
Vyakti (व्यक्ति) refers to the “stage of expression of symptoms (of fever)”, according to the Jvaranirṇaya: an Ayurvedic manuscript dealing exclusively with types of jvara (fevers) written by Sri Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita in the 16th century CE.—The Upotghāta-prakaraṇa is the introductory section of the manuscript which deals with the evaluation of the disease with the help of six evaluating factors (ṣaḍnidāna) emphasising upaśaya (relieving factors). [...] The causes for endogenous fevers (nija-jvara) are explained in different stages like: [e.g., stage of expression of symptoms (vyakti)] [...]
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Vyakti (व्यक्ति).—An individual which is the abode of universal and which, according to the Grammarians, is one of the meanings of a nominal stem.
1) Vyakti (व्यक्ति).—Lit.distinct manifestation, as for instance that of the generic features in the individual object; cf.सामान्ये वर्तमानस्य व्याक्तिरुपजायते (sāmānye vartamānasya vyāktirupajāyate), M.Bh. on P.I.1,57;
2) Vyakti.—Gender, which in fact, is the symbol of the manifestation of the generic property in the individual object; cf.हरीतक्यादिषु व्यक्तिः (harītakyādiṣu vyaktiḥ) P.I.2.52 Vart. 3, as also लुपि युक्तवद् व्यक्तिवचने (lupi yuktavad vyaktivacane) P. I.2.51;
3) Vyakti.—Individual object; cf. व्यक्तिः पदार्थः (vyaktiḥ padārthaḥ).
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Shaivism
Vyakti (व्यक्ति) refers to “manifestation”, according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 4.3cd-4ab]—“[Through dīkṣā, he is] prepared for all because through religious action [he becomes] the same [as the divine] in accordance with the nature of potential (śakti) and manifestation (vyakti)”.
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.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Vyakti (व्यक्ति) refers to “individual”.—It represents a keyword in Advaita-Vedānta philosophy mentioned in the glossary attached to “A critical study of Ānandajñāna’s Tarkasaṅgraha (by Satyan Sharma)”.
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).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
vyakti (व्यक्ति).—f (S) A real being, an entity, an individual, a particular (whether of persons or of things). 2 Applied to a supereminent and transcendent personage, a Phœnix; also to an unrivaled blackguard or scamp. 3 Clearness, plainness, openness, conspicuousness, perspicuousness. Ex. tō hā purāṇa puruṣa ālā vyaktīṃ || mūḷaprakṛti samavēta ||. 4 Indication, manifestation, development; evidenced or evident state. 5 The mark after a letter, indicating that a is involved in it and is to be thrown out.
vyakti (व्यक्ति).—f An individual. Clearness. Indication.
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
Vyakti (व्यक्ति).—f.
1) Manifestation, visibility; clear perception. राज्ञः समक्षमेवाधरोत्तरव्यक्तिर्भविष्यति (rājñaḥ samakṣamevādharottaravyaktirbhaviṣyati) M. 1; स्नेहव्यक्तिः (snehavyaktiḥ) Meghadūta 12.
2) Visible appearance, clearness, distinctness; अव्यक्तं व्यक्तिमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः (avyaktaṃ vyaktimāpannaṃ manyante māmabuddhayaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 7.24; Daśakumāracarita 2.6; व्यक्तिं भजन्त्यापगाः (vyaktiṃ bhajantyāpagāḥ) Ś.7.8 (v. l.).
3) Distinction, discrimination; दैवमानुषयोरद्य व्यक्ता व्यक्तिर्भविष्यति (daivamānuṣayoradya vyaktā vyaktirbhaviṣyati) Rām.2.23.18; तं सन्तः श्रोतुमर्हन्ति सदसद्व्यक्तिहेतवः (taṃ santaḥ śrotumarhanti sadasadvyaktihetavaḥ) R.1.1.
4) Real form or nature, true character; न हि ते भगवन् व्यक्तिं विदुर्देवा न दानवाः (na hi te bhagavan vyaktiṃ vidurdevā na dānavāḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.14.
5) An individual (opp. jāti), as in जातिव्यक्ती (jātivyaktī); अव्यक्ताद् व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे (avyaktād vyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavantyaharāgame) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 8.18.
6) Gender (in gram.).
7) Inflection.
Derivable forms: vyaktiḥ (व्यक्तिः).
Vyakti (व्यक्ति).—f.
(-ktiḥ) 1. Individuality, specific appearance or being. 2. Appearance, manifestation. 3. Case, inflexion, or the proper form of any inflected word. E. vi before añj to make clear, aff. ktin .
Vyakti (व्यक्ति).—i. e. vi-añj + tī, f. 1. Distinctness, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 167. 2. Individuality. 3. An individual (opp. to jāti), [Siddhānta Muktāvali] 82, 10. 4. Appearance, manifestation [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 7, 23; 10, 14; [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 12.
Vyakti (व्यक्ति).—[feminine] appearance, manifestation, distinctness, variety, individual.
1) Vyakti (व्यक्ति):—[=vy-akti] [from vy-añj] f. visible appearance or manifestation, becoming evident or known or public ([accusative] with √bhaj, ā-√gam, and ā-√yā, to appear, become manifest), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] specific appearance, distinctness, individuality, [ib.]
3) [v.s. ...] an individual (opp. to jāti), [Bhagavad-gītā; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] (in gram.) gender, [Pāṇini 1-2, 51]
5) [v.s. ...] case, inflection, the proper form of any inflected word, [Horace H. Wilson]
6) [v.s. ...] a vowel (?), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
7) Vyaktī (व्यक्ती):—[from vy-añj] in [compound] for vy-akta.
Vyakti (व्यक्ति):—(ktiḥ) 2. f. Individuality; appearance; case, inflexion.
Vyakti (व्यक्ति):—(von añj mit vi) f.
1) das Erscheinen, Offenbarwerden, deutliches Hervortreten, Manifestation: nahi te bhagavanvyaktiṃ vidurdevā na dānavāḥ [Bhagavadgītā 10, 14.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 7, 35. 10, 29, 14.] puṣpaphala [Mahābhārata 12, 6830.] vyaktiṃ bhedaṃ ca yo vetti doṣāṇām [Suśruta 1, 82, 21.] gopālāstāpasā vyādhā ye cānye vanacāriṇaḥ . mūlāhārāśca ye tebhyo bheṣajavyaktiriṣyate .. so v. a. das Kundwerden [136, 3. 4.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 3, 2.] dharma [Mahābhārata 3, 12678.] sneha [Meghadūta 12.] [MĀLATĪM. 17, 7.] durnaya [Kathāsaritsāgara 21, 94. 123, 233.] varṇānāṃ vadane [Oxforder Handschriften 104,b,32. 105,a,1. 155,a,7.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.6,19,12.] [Sāhityadarpana 271. 408.] avyaktaṃ vyaktimāpannaṃ manyante māmabuddhayaḥ in die Erscheinung getreten [Bhagavadgītā 7, 24.] vyaktimāyāti [SARVADARŚANAS. 90, 2.] vyaktiṃ bhajanti treten deutlich hervor [Śākuntala 167.] avijñātasthitāmādau punaśca vyaktimāgatām bekannt geworden [Kathāsaritsāgara 19, 117.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 231.] Am Ende eines adj. comp.: mukhamasakalavyakti [Meghadūta 82.] —
2) Unterschiedenheit, Verschiedenheit: kṣetrakṣetrajñayorvyaktiṃ bubudhe [Mahābhārata 12, 7393.] yathārṇavagatā nadyo vyaktīrjahati nāma ca [7972.] akṣarakṣarayorvyaktiṃ pṛcchāmi [11215.] daivamānuṣayoradya vyaktā vyaktirbhaviṣyati [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 23, 19.] [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 10.] rājñaḥ samakṣamevāvayoradharottarayorvyaktirbhaviṣyati [Mālavikāgnimitra 10, 13.] —
3) ein von andern unterschiedenes Ding, Einzelwesen, Einzelding, Individuum (Gegens. jāti) [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 4, 9.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1515. 14.] [Kapila 3, 10.] [Nīlakaṇṭha 36.] avyaktādvyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavantyaharāgame [Bhagavadgītā 8, 18.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 86, 7.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 26, 39. 6, 15, 8.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 341. fgg.] [] zu [Chāndogyopaniṣad] [S. 14.] dravyaśabdā ekavyaktivācinaḥ [Sāhityadarpana 10, 15.] [KUSUM. 23, 1.] ṛṣi [MÜLLER, SL. 197.] varṇa [MÜLLER,] [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda XIII,] [Nalopākhyāna 2.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 4, 14.] Schol. zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 53.] [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [7, 1, 85.] —
4) Geschlecht [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 2, 51.] [Sāhityadarpana 17, 12.] napuṃsaka [18, 2.] — Vgl. akṣara, artha .
Vyakti (व्यक्ति) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vatti.
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
Vyakti (व्यक्ति):—(nm) an individual, a person; subject; ~[ka] individual, personal; ~[gata] subjective; individual, personal; ~[niṣṭa] subjective; -[pada] singular term; ~[vācaka] proper; •[saṃjñā] proper noun; ~[vāda] individualism; ~[vāditā] individualism; individualistic outlook; ~[vādī] an individualist; individualistic; ~[vaicitryavāda] (in literature) the theory of subjective/personal typicality/identity; hence ~[vaicitryavādī] (a, nf).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Vyakti (ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ):—
1) [noun] the act of being seen, comprehended clearly.
2) [noun] a human being, esp. as distinguished from a thing or lower animal; individual man, woman or child; a person.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Vyakti (வ்யக்தி) noun < vyakti. Form, shape; வடிவு. [vadivu.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
Vyakti (व्यक्ति):—n. 1. an individual; a person; 2. manifestation; visibility; 3. distinction; discrimination; 4. individuality;
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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