Vyapadish, Vyapadiś: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Vyapadiś can be transliterated into English as Vyapadis or Vyapadish, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vyapadiś (व्यपदिश्).—6 P.

1) To name, call; व्यपदिश्यसे जगति विक्रमीत्यतः (vyapadiśyase jagati vikramītyataḥ) Śiśupālavadha 15.28.

2) To name or call falsely; मित्रं च मां व्यपदिशस्यपरं च यासि (mitraṃ ca māṃ vyapadiśasyaparaṃ ca yāsi) Mṛcchakaṭika 4.9.

3) To speak of, profess; जन्मेन्दोर्विमले कुले व्यपदिशसि (janmendorvimale kule vyapadiśasi) Ve.6.7.

4) To pretend, feign; व्यपदिशति नः शैवप्रीत्या कथंचिदनास्थया (vyapadiśati naḥ śaivaprītyā kathaṃcidanāsthayā) Mv.2.11.

5) To indicate, show.

6) To signify, mean, denote.

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

Vyapadiś (व्यपदिश्).—designate, name; feign, pretend.

Vyapadiś is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vyapa and diś (दिश्).

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

Vyapadiś (व्यपदिश्):—[=vy-apa-√diś] [Parasmaipada] -diśati, to point out, indicate, intend, mean, designate, name, mention, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc. (often [Passive voice] -diśyate, ‘so it is represented or intended or signified’);

—to represent falsely, feign, pretend, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Prasannarāghava]

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

Vyapadiś (व्यपदिश्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vavaisa.

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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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