The Sanskrit term Vyapāśraya can be transliterated into English as Vyapasraya or Vyapashraya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vyapāśraya (व्यपाश्रय).—

1) Succession.

2) Taking refuge with, having recourse to, trusting to; न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्चिदर्थव्यपाश्रयः (na cāsya sarvabhūteṣu kaścidarthavyapāśrayaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 3.18.

3) Depending on; धर्मो रामव्यपाश्रयः (dharmo rāmavyapāśrayaḥ) Rām.

4) Expectation.

5) Place of refuge, shelter; ज्ञानवैराग्यवीर्याणां नेह कश्चिद् व्यपाश्रयः (jñānavairāgyavīryāṇāṃ neha kaścid vyapāśrayaḥ) Bhāgavata 6.17.37. -a. Self-dependent, self-centred.

Derivable forms: vyapāśrayaḥ (व्यपाश्रयः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vyapāśraya (व्यपाश्रय).—m.

(-yaḥ) 1. Taking refuge with, lying upon, trusting to. 2. Expectation. E. vi, apa and āṅ before śrī to serve, aff. ac .

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

Vyapāśraya (व्यपाश्रय).—i. e. vi-apa-ā -śṛ + a, m. 1. Taking refuge with, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 18, 56; relying upon. 2. Expectation.

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

Vyapāśraya (व्यपाश्रय).—[masculine] seat, place, refuge, support; adj. —° resorting to, trusting in.

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

1) Vyapāśraya (व्यपाश्रय):—[=vy-apāśraya] [from vy] 1. vy-apāśraya mfn. (for 2. See vy-apā-√śri) devoid of reliance or support, self-centred, self-dependent, Kam.

2) [from vyapā-śri] 2. vyapāśraya m. (for 1. See p. 1028, col. 3) going away, secession, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

3) [v.s. ...] seat, place (ifc. = being in or on), [Rāmāyaṇa; Kāmandakīya-nītisāra; Suśruta]

4) [v.s. ...] place of refuge, shelter, support (ifc.= having recourse to, trusting in), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

5) [v.s. ...] expectation, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Vyapāśraya (व्यपाश्रय):—[vyapā+śraya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Taking refuge.

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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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Partial matches: Apashraya, Vy.

Starts with: Vyapashrayana.

Ends with: Daivavyapashraya, Yuktivyapashraya.

Full-text: Vyapashrita, Jivin.

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