m. prostration of the eight parts of the body (in performing very profound obeisance;the eight parts are the hands, breast, forehead, eyes, throat, and middle of the back;or the first four, with the knees and feet;or these six, with the speech and mind)
n. that ceremony in which a Guru draws a boy towards himself and initiates him into one of the three twice-born classes (one of the twelve saṃskāra-s or purificatory rites [prescribed in the dharma-- sūtra-s and explained in the gṛhya-- sūtra-s] in which the boy is invested with the sacred thread [different for the three castes] and thus endowed with second or spiritual birth and qualified to learn the veda- by heart;a Brahman is initiated in the eighth year [or seventh according to hiraṇyakeśin-;or eighth from conception, according to śāṅkhāyana- etc.], a kṣatriya- in the eleventh, a vaiśya- in the twelfth;but the term could be delayed)
नय a. [नी भावे अच्] 1 Leading, conducting. -2 A guide. -3 Suitable, right, proper. -यः 1 Guiding,
leading, managing. -2 (a) Behaviour, course of conduct, conduct, way of life as in दुर्नय. सितोन्नतेनैव नयेन हृत्वा कैलासशैलस्य यदग्रशोभाम् Bu. Ch.1.3. (b) Prudent or righteous conduct, virtue. नयानयौ दण्डनीत्याम् Kau. A.1.2. -3 Prudence, foresight, circumspection; तत् तासामुपशान्तये सुमतिभिः कार्यो विशेषान्नयः Pt.1.371;3.176. -4 Policy, political wisdom, statesmanship, civil administration, state-policy; नयप्रचारं व्यवहारदुष्टताम् Mk.1.7; नयगुणोप- चितामिव भूपतेः सदुपकारफलां श्रियमर्थिनः R.9.27; नयशालिभिः Mu.1.22. -5 Morality, justice, rectitude, equity; चलति नयान्न जिगीषतां हि चेतः Ki.1.29;2.3;6.38;16.42. -6 A plan, design, scheme; हितैः साधुसमाचारैः शास्त्रज्ञैर्मतिशालिभिः । कथंचिन्न विकल्पन्ते विद्वद्भिश्चिन्तिता नयाः ॥ Pt.1.339;377; Mu.6.11;7.9. -7 A maxim, principle. -8 Course, method, manner. -9 A system, doctrine, opinion. -1 A philosophical system; वैशेषिके नये Bhāṣā P.15. -11 N. of Viṣṇu. -12 A kind of game. -Comp. -कोविद, -ज्ञ a. skilled in policy, prudent. -ग a. behaving properly or prudently. -चक्षुस् a. having political foresight, wise, prudent; अर्हणामर्हते चक्रुर्मुनयो नयचक्षुषे R.1.55. -नेतृ m. a master in politics. -पीठी the board or cloth on which men are moved in play. -प्रयोगः political wisdom, statesmanship. -वादिन् m. a politician; Pt.3. -विद् m., -विशारदः a politician, statesman; सन्धिविग्रहिको कार्यो राज्ञा नयविशारदः Matsya P. -शास्त्रम् 1 the science of politics. -2 any work on politics or political economy. -3 a work on morality. -शालिन् a. just, righteous; नयशालिनि श्रिय इवाधिपतौ विरमन्ति न ज्वलितुमौषधयः Ki.5.24.
नयनम् [नी-करणे ल्युट्] 1 Leading, guiding, conducting managing. -2 Taking, bringing to or near, drawing; पापापहं स्वर्नयनं दुस्तरं पार्थिवर्षभैः Rām.1.14.58. -3 Ruling, governing, polity; वाक्यैः पवित्रार्थपदैर्नयनैः प्राकृतैरपि Bhāg. 1.5.34. -4 Obtaining. -5 The eye. -6 Passing, spending (as time). -ना, -नी The pupil of the eye. -Comp. -अञ्चलः, -अन्तः 1 the eye-corner. -2 a side-glance. -अभिराम a. gladdening the sight, lovely to behold. (-मः) the moon. -आमोषिन् a. blinding the sight, obscuring. -उत्सवः 1 a lamp. -2 delight of the eyes. -3 any lovely object. -उपान्तः the corner of the eye; नयनोपान्तविलोकितं च यत् (स्मरामि) Ku.4.23. -गोचर a. visible, within the range of sight. -चरितम् the play of the eyes, ogling. -छदः an eyelid. -जम्, -जलम्, -वारि n. tears; देव त्वद्वैरिनारीनयननयनजैर्निर्ममे नीरधिर्न Sūkti.5.117. -पथः the range of sight. -पुटम् the cavity of the eye, eye-lid. -प्रबन्धः the outer corner of the eye. -प्रीतिः lovely sight. -प्लवः the swimming of the eyes. -बुद्बुदम् an eye-ball. -विषयः 1 any visible object; नयनविषयं जन्मन्येकः स एव महोत्सवः Māl.1.36. -2 the horizon. -3 the range of sight. -सलिलम् tears; तस्मिन् काले नयनसलिलं योषितां खण्डितानाम् (शान्तिं नेयम्) Me.41.
अभिनयः 1 Acting, gesticulation, any theatrical action (expressive of some sentiment, passion &c.); नृत्याभिनयक्रियाच्युतम् Ku.5.79; अभिनयान् परिचेतुमिवोद्यता R.9.33; नर्तकीरभिनयातिलङ्घिनीः 19.14; Ki.1.42. -2 Dramatic representation, exhibition on the stage; ललिताभिनयं तमद्य भर्ता मरुतां द्रष्टुमनाः सलोकपालः V.2.18. S.D. thus defines and classifies अभिनय :- भवेदभिनयो$वस्थानुकारः स चतुर्विधः । आङ्गिको वाचिकश्चैवमाहार्यः सात्त्विकस्तथा ॥ 274, 'acting is the imitation of condition', it is of four kinds:- (1) gestural, conveyed by bodily actions; (2) vocal, conveyed by words; (3) extraneous, conveyed by dress, ornaments, decoration &c.; (4) internal, conveyed by the manifestation of internal feeling such as perspiration, thrilling &c. -Comp. -आचार्यः a dancing preceptor; उभावभिनयाचार्यो त्वां द्रुष्टमिच्छतः M.1.1 -विद्या science of acting or dramatic representation; art of dancing; मया तीर्थादभिनयविद्या शिक्षिता M.1.
अयानयम् [अयश्च अनयश्च तयोः समाहारः] Good or bad luck. -यः A particular position of the pieces on a chess-board. A place on a chess-board, which the pieces of the opponents cannot occupy. (आनीयन्ते शारा अस्मिन् इत्यानयः; अयेन दक्षिणावर्तेन अपसव्यगमनेन आनयः अयानयः शीर्षस्थानम् Saralā).
उन्नयन a. With the eyes raised upwards; पुरुहूतध्वज- स्येव तस्योन्नयनपङ्क्तयः R.4.3. -नम् 1 Raising, elevating, lifting up. -2 Drawing up water. -3 The vessel out of which a fluid is taken. -4 Leading away, extracting. -5 Making straight, smoothing; सीमन्त˚. -6 Deliberation, discussion. -7 inference; श्रवणादनु पश्चादीक्षा अन्वीक्षा उन्नयनम्.
उपनयः 1 Bringing near, fetching. -2 Gaining, attaining, procuring. नान्यं तवाङ्घ्रयुपनयादपवर्गमूर्तेः क्षेमं जनस्य परितो भिय ईश विद्मः Bhāg.12.8.43. -3 Employing -4 Investiture with the sacred thread, initiation into sacred study, handing a youth of the first three castes to a teacher; गृह्योक्तकर्मणा येन समीपं नीयते गुरोः । बालो वेदाय तद्योगात् बालस्योपनयं विदुः ॥ (By this ceremony spiritual birth is conferred upon the youth, and he becomes a द्विजन्मन्; the ages at which the ceremony may be performed by the three castes are respectively 8-16, 11-22 and 12-24; (see Ms.2.36-38; of what materials &c. the cords should be, is mentioned in 2.41-46). -5 The fourth member of the five-membered Indian syllogism (in logic), the application to the special case in question; व्याप्तिविशिष्टस्य हेतोः पक्षधर्मताप्रतिपादकं वचनमुपनयः Tarka K. -6 Introduction, initiation (into any science); see next.
ऊनयति Den. P. 1 To leave deficient or unfinished; मा त्वायतो जरितुः काममूनयीः Rv.1.53.3. -2 To deduct, lessen, diminish. -3 To measure. -4 To deal out in small quantities.
तनयः [तनोति कुलं, तन्-कयन्] 1 A son; Ms.3.16; सुदक्षिणायां तनयं ययाचे R.2.64. -2 A male descendant. -3 (In astrol.) N. of the fifth lunar mansion. -या A daughter; Ms.11.171. ˚भवनम् The 5th lunar mansion; Bṛi S.14.27. गिरि˚, कलिन्द˚ &c. -यौ (dual) A son and a daughter. -यम् Posterity, family, offspring. -तनयीकृत a. made a son; मातामहस्य यो मात्रा दौहित्रस्तनयी- कृतः Rāj. T.4.8.
jan generate, create, I. jánati; pf. jajá̄na, i. 160, 4; ii. 12, 3. 7; 35, 2; jajñiré were born, x. 90, 92. 10; iṣ ao. ájaniṣṭa has been born, iii. 59, 4; v. 11, 1; red. ao. ájījanas hast caused to grow, v. 83, 10; cs. janáya generate, ii. 35, 13; x. 135, 5 [Old Lat. gen-ō ‘generate’; Gk. ao. ἐ-γεν-ό-μην]. prá- be prolific, IV. Ā. jāya, ii. 33, 1; 35, 8.
m. leading; behaviour, conduct; discreetness, prudence, towards (lc.); worldly wisdom, policy; design, plan; principle, system, doctrine; -kovida, a. worldly wise, versed in policy; -kakshus, n. eye of wisdom; a. en dowed with the eye of wisdom; -gña, a. worldly wise; knowing the system of (--°ree;).
a. being with in range of the eye; -gokarî-kri, behold; -kandrikâ, f. moonlight to the eyes; -kar ita, n. play of the eyes; -gala, n. tears; -patha, m. range of the eye; -padavî, f. id.; -payas, n. tears; -vat, a. having eyes; -vâ ri, n. tears; -vishaya, m. range of the eye; -salila, n. tears; -subhaga, a. pleasing to the eye.
a. versed in policy, pru dent; -vid, a. id.; -vartman, n. policy; -sâl in, a. possessed of worldly wisdom or of policy; -sâstra, n. doctrines of policy; -sâdh ana, n. politic procedure; -sâhasa½unnati mat, a. requiring a high degree of discretion and resolution; -hîna, pp. destitute of dis cretion.
m. (sg. & pl.) bad or im prudent behaviour; -nigraha, a. hard to restrain or subdue; -nimita, pp. ill-measured, irregular, faltering (step); -nimitta, n. evil omen; -niyántu, a. hard to restrain; -nir îkshya, fp. hard to look at; hard to be seen by (in., g.); -nirûpa, a. hard to determine; -nivâra, a. hard to repel, -restrain; -get rid of or set aside: -tva, n. abst. n.; -nivâr ya, fp. id.; -nivritta, pp. hard to return from; -nîta, pp. badly conducted or executed; n. evil plight; demerit; -nripa, m. bad king.
m. royal policy, states manship; -nirdhûta-danda, a. having the staff wielded over him by the king, punished by the king; -nivesana, n. royal palace; -nîti, f. royal policy, statesmanship.
m. king's son, prince: â, f. princess; -taramginî, f. Stream (= continuous history) of Kings, T. of various chronicles of Cashmere; N.; -tâ, f. kingship, royalty.
a. removing (RV.1); m. (C.) removal, withdrawal (of a cloth); guidance, discipline, instruction, training; good beha viour, decorum, discretion, polite manners, good breeding, modest conduct; office (rare); treatise on discipline (B.); instruction; -gyot is, m. N. (conj.), -tâ, f. good behaviour; modesty; -nayana, a. removing, dispelling; n. education, instruction, in (lc.); -nayam dhara, m. N. of a merchant; -naya-pitaka, (basket=) collection of treatises on disci pline (B.); -naya-maya, a. being good breed ing itself; -naya-vat, a. well-behaved (in a-): -î, f. N.; -naya-sûtra, n. Sûtra treat ing of discipline (B.); -naya-svâminî, f. N.; -naya½âditya, m. ep. of Gayâpîda: -pura, n. N. of a town built by Gayâpîda; -naya½âdi-dhara, m. N.; -½avanata, pp. bowing low with modesty; -nayin, a. well bred, well-conducted, modest; -naya½ukti, f. modest speech (pl.).
n., denotes ‘ offspring,’ ‘descendants’ in the Rigveda, where also it is often used adjectivally with Toka. There seems
no ground for the view that toka means 'sons,' 'children,' and tanaya 'grandchildren.'
Is the name of a prince on the Sindhu (Indus) who bestowed gifts on Kakṣīvant, according to the Rigveda. He is called Svanaya Bhāvayavya in the Sāñkhāyana Srauta Sūtra.
noun (masculine) a kind of game and a sort of dice or men for playing it (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
behaviour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
civil and military government (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
conduct (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
conductor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
doctrine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
good management (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
leading (of an army) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
maxim (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
plan (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
polity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
principle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
prudence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
prudent conduct or behaviour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
system (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wisdom (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) (kālasya) fixing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bringing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
carrying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
conducting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
directing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
drawing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
leading (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
managing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
moving (a man or piece in a game) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
polity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
prudent conduct (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the eye (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) adversity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bad conduct (gambling) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bad management (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
evil course (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ill luck (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
misfortune (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) civility (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
conciliation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
courtesy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
discipline (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
humble entreaty or supplication (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
regulation of conduct (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reverential deportment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
salutation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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tuition (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) bad or wicked conduct (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bad policy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
leading away (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
taking away (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) acquittance of a debt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
atonement
destroying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
healing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
taking away (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
withdrawing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) acting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dramatic action (expressive of sentiment) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[dram.] representation (of a feeling etc. in words) Frequency rank 10019/72933
noun (neuter) bringing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
calculating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
leading near (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
producing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
working (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) conclusion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
elevating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hoisting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
induction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
inference (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
raising (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of leading up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) conclusion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
drawing out (a fluid) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
elevating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
induction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
inference (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lifting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
making a straight line (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
parting the hair (of a pregnant woman) upwards (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
taking out of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of raising (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the vessel out of which a fluid is taken (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) application (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
application (the fourth member in a five fold syllogism) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
attaining (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
employment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
initiation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
introduction (into any science) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
obtaining (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
obtainment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
procuring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the bringing near (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) application (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bringing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
employment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
introduction (into any science) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
leading or drawing towards one's self (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
that ceremony in which a Guru draws a boy towards himself and initiates him into one of the three twice-born classes; one of the twelve Saṃskāras (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of leading to or near (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) carrying out (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
performance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pouring down or out (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a means to restore (ifc.)
Gegenmittel (gegen Zauber)
leading or bringing back (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
recovery (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
restoration (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) control (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
discipline (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
education (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
guidance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
leading (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
removal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
taking away (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
training (esp. moral training) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
withdrawal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) education (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
instruction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of taming or training (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) accomplishment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
assembly (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bringing about (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bringing together (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
perfection (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a collection (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
assembly (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rear-guard (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the rear of an army (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) metron (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of certain Asuras (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Rāhu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a brother of Khanitra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a people (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of ta (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Pariplava (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wise conduct or policy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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