Adhyaya, Adhyāya, Adhyāyam: 9 definitions



In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Hinduism

adhyāya is a Sanskrit term roughly meaning "lesson", "lecture", "chapter"

Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Adhyāya means "a lesson, lecture, chapter; reading"

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

adhyāya (अध्याय).—m (S) pop. adhyā or adhyāva m A section, part, chapter.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

adhyāya (अध्याय).—m A chapter, section, part.

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Sanskrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Adhyaya (अध्यय).—[i-bhāve ac]

1) Learning, study; remembrance.

2) = अध्याय (adhyāya), q. v.

Derivable forms: adhyayaḥ (अध्ययः).

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Adhyāya (अध्याय).—a. [i-ghañ P.III.3.21] (At the end of comp.) A reader, student, one who studies; वेदाध्यायः (vedādhyāyaḥ) a student of the Vedas; so मन्त्र° (mantra°)

-yaḥ 1 Reading, learning, study, especially of the Vedas; प्रशान्ताध्यायसत्कथा (praśāntādhyāyasatkathā) (nagarī) Rām.

2) Proper time for reading or for a lesson; °ज्ञाः प्रचक्षते (jñāḥ pracakṣate) Ms.4.12, see अनध्याय (anadhyāya) also.

3) A lesson, lecture; अधीयतेऽस्मिन् अध्यायः (adhīyate'smin adhyāyaḥ) P.III.3.122; so स्वाध्यायोऽध्येतव्यः (svādhyāyo'dhyetavyaḥ).

4) A chapter, a large division of a work, such as of the Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata, Manusmṛti, Pāṇini's Sūtras &c. The following are some of the names used by Sanskrit writers to denote chapters or divisions of works :--सर्गो वर्गः परिच्छेदोद्घाताध्यायाङ्क- संग्रहाः । उच्छ्वासः परिवर्तश्च पटलः काण्डमाननम् । स्थानं प्रकरणं चैव पर्वोल्लासाह्निकानि च । स्कन्धांशौ तु पुराणादौ प्रायशः परिकीर्तितौ (sargo vargaḥ paricchedodghātādhyāyāṅka- saṃgrahāḥ | ucchvāsaḥ parivartaśca paṭalaḥ kāṇḍamānanam | sthānaṃ prakaraṇaṃ caiva parvollāsāhnikāni ca | skandhāṃśau tu purāṇādau prāyaśaḥ parikīrtitau) ||

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Adhyaya (अध्यय).—&c. See under अधी (adhī).

See also (synonyms): adhyayana.

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Adhyāya (अध्याय).—See under अधि (adhi).

See also (synonyms): adhyāpaka, adhyāpana.


Adhyāya (अध्याय).—m.

(-yaḥ) 1. The section, or division of a book. 2. A chapter or lecture of the Vedas. E. adhi, iṅa to go, and ghañ aff. proper to be gone through or read.

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

Adhyāya (अध्याय).—i. e. adhi-i + a, m. 1. Reading, recitation. 2. The time when the sacred books ought to be read, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 102. 3. A section of a book, e. g. the subdivisions of the [Rāmāyaṇa], Mahābhārata Comp. An-, m. the time when the sacred books ought not to be read, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 106. Sva-, m. 1. perusal or study of the Vedas, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 105. 2. the Veda. 3. inaudible reading or muttering of prayers. Niḥsva-, i. e. nis -sva-, adj. not muttering prayers, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 11187.

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