Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

adhyāya अध्याय – lesson; study; chapter

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

lesson; study; chapter

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

adhyāya ·m. study, lesson, section of a book, chapter.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Adhy-āya, as, m. a lesson, lecture, chapter; reading; proper time for reading or for a lesson; (at the close of comp. words) a reader, student, as Vedādhyāya, a reader or student of the Vedas.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

adhyāyá (von i mit adhi) P. 3,3,21. P. 3,3,122. P. 6,2,144. 1〉 adj. der da liest; belesen: vedādhyāyaḥ P. 3,2,1, Sch. mantramadhītavānmantrādhyāyaḥ SIDDH. K._zu_P. 3,2,89. — 2〉 m. a〉 das Lesen: iṣṭadevatāmantrādhyāyenātmānaṃ rākṣasāt — rarakṣa PAÑCAT. 183,9. insbesondere der heiligen Schriften: praśāntādhyāyasatkathā — nagarī R. 2,48,27. — b〉 die für das Lesen der heiligen Schriften angemessene Zeit: adhyāyajña M. 4,102. anadhyāya die Zeit, in der nicht gelesen werden darf M. 2,105. M. 2,106. M. 4,103. M. 4,104. M. 4,106—M. 4,108. M. 4,117. M. 4,118. M. 4,126. du. M. 4,102. M. 4,127. pl. M. 4,101. — c〉 ein grösserer Abschnitt in einem Werke, lectio (z. B. im Ṛgveda, Pāṇini, Manu) AK. 3,4,23. TRIK. 3,2,24. KĀTY. ŚR. 18,1,1. BṚH. DEV. 4,20. in Ind. St. I, 111. fgg. Wird nach dem Ṛṣi benannt P. 4,3,69. nach einem darin vorkommenden Worte P. 5,2,60—62. Am Ende eines comp. f. ī, z. B. pañcādhyāyī MADHUS._in_Ind. St. I, 18,23. Accent im comp. gaṇa guṇādi.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

adhyāya Z. 2 v. u. pañcādhyāyī ist subst. und bedeutet eine aus fünf Adhy. bestehende Sammlung.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

adhyāya — 1〉 *Adj. studirend, lesend, belesen. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Studium, das Lesen (insbes. der heiligen Schriften). — b〉 die für das Studium der heiligen Schriften angemessene Zeit. — c〉 grösserer Abschnitt in einem Werke, lectio.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

adhyāya I. 1〉 am Ende eines Comp. HAR. zu ĀPAST. GṚHY. 12,1. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 adjective · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · adjective

adhyāya a. [i-ghañ P. III. 3. 21] (At the end of comp.) A reader, student, one who studies; vedādhyāyaḥ a student of the Vedas; so maṃtra˚-yaḥ 1 Reading, learning, study, especially of the Vedas; praśāṃtādhyāyasatkathā ( nagarī) Rām. 2 Proper time for reading or for a lesson; ˚jñāḥ pracakṣate Ms. 4. 102, see anadhyāya also. 3 A lesson, lecture; adhīyate'smin adhyāyaḥ P. III. 3. 122; so svādhyāyo'dhyetavyaḥ 4 A chapter, a large division of a work, such as of the Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata, Manu Smṛti, Pāṇini's Sūtras &c. The following are some of the names used by Sanskrit writers to denote chapters or divisions of works: — sargo vargaḥ paricchedodghātādhyāyāṃkasaṃgrahāḥ . ucchvāsaḥ parivartaśca paṭalaḥ kāṃḍamānanaṃ . sthānaṃ prakaraṇaṃ caiva parvollāsāhnikāni ca . skaṃdhāṃśau tu purāṇādau prāyaśaḥ parikīrtitau ..

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

adhyāpaka -panaṃ, adhyāya See under adhī.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

adhyāya m. Studium, Lection, Kapitel.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

adhyāya adhyāya m. (i) lecture. Leçon; chapitre; division d'un livre.

Derived words

  • svādhyāya स्वाध्याय substantive masculine recitation of sacred texts

Occurrences in source texts (3)

PYS 3 occurrences
PYS 2.1–2: Kriyā-Yoga 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

PYS 2.30–34: Vows and Counterreflection 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

PYS 2.40–45: Perfected Niyamas 1 occurrence

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