Vyayam, Vyāyam, Vya-yam: 2 definitions
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Vyayam means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVyāyam (व्यायम्):—[=vy-ā-√yam] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -yacchati, te, ([Parasmaipada]) to pull or drag or draw asunder, extend, [Lāṭyāyana];
—to sport or dally with ([locative case]), [Suśruta];
— [Ātmanepada] ([Parasmaipada] only mc.) to struggle or contend about ([locative case]), fight together, make efforts, strive, endeavour, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata] etc.:
—[Causal] yAmayati, to cause to stretch out or struggle, make great effort or exertion, take exercise ([indeclinable participle] -yāmya, having taken exercise), [Manu-smṛti vii, 216.]
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
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryVyayam in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) physical exercise, exercise; gymnastics; ~[shala] a gymnasium..—vyayam (व्यायाम) is alternatively transliterated as Vyāyāma.
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Starts with: Vyayama, Vyayamabhumi, Vyayamakalaha, Vyayamakarshita, Vyayamana, Vyayamaprayoga, Vyayamasahatva, Vyayamashakti, Vyayamashala, Vyayamashale, Vyayamashila, Vyayamavant, Vyayamavarga, Vyayamavat, Vyayamavid, Vyayamavidya, Vyayami, Vyayamika, Vyayamin, Vyayamya.
Ends with: Avyayam.
Full-text (+6): Samyak-vyayama, Vyayama, Vyayacchana, Vyayamaprayoga, Vyayatatva, Vyayamavid, Vyayamashala, Vyayamavat, Vyayatam, Vyayamavidya, Vyayamabhumi, Vyayamakarshita, Vyayatapatam, Vyayamakalaha, Vyayamin, Vyayatapatin, Vyayamika, Vyayamashila, Vyayatata, Shapastra.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 1.19 < [Section IX - Creation of the World from ‘Mahat’ downwards]
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 9.4 [Anuprāsa] < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Yajnavalkya-smriti (Vyavaharadhyaya)—Critical study (by Kalita Nabanita)
Chapter 3.3a - Forms of Marriage < [Chapter 3 - The Social Aspect Depicted in the Vyavahārādhyāya]
Chapter 5.17 - Laws Relating to Assault (daṇḍapāruṣya) < [Chapter 5 - Vyavahārādhyāya and the Modern Indian Laws]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Etymological Derivations of Kṣīrasvāmin < [Chapter 6 - Grammatical Aspects]