ayana अयन – going; path; approach

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áyana ·a. going, coming; n. motion, walk. course, esp. the sun's road between the solstitial points, also solstice, half-year; way, manner; refuge, residence.

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Ayana, as, ā, am (fr. rt. i), going; especially at the end of a compound, e. g. samudrāyaṇa, going to the ocean; (am), n. going, walking, walk; a road, a path; a place, a site (?); course, circulation, period; final emancipation; a commentary, treatise; N. of certain sacrificial performances; the sun's road north and south of the equator, the half year; the equinoctial and solstitial points; way, progress, manner; a Śāstra or inspired writing.

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ayana ayana, &c. See under ay, p. 78.

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áyana (von i) 1〉 adj. gehend NIR. 2,7. NIR. 9,3. NIR. 10,41. am Ende eines compositum: yathemā nadyaḥ syandamānāḥ samudrāyaṇāḥ (zum Meere hinströmend) — imāḥ ṣoḍaśa kalāḥ puruṣāyaṇāḥ (zum Geiste hinstrebend) PRAŚNOP. 6,5. Das patronymische suff. ayana gehört ursprünglich wohl auch hierher. — 2〉 n. a〉 das Gehen, Gang; Weg AK. 2,1,15. H. 983. H. an. 3,352. MED. n. 28. nānyaḥ panthā̀ vidya̱te 'yànāya VS. 31,18 (= ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 3,8. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 6,15). āya̱nnāpo 'yànami̱cchamā̀nāḥ ṚV. 3,33,7. a̱pāṃ tvāyàne sādayāmi VS. 13,53. a̱nyatrā̱smadayànā kṛṇuṣva AV. 10,1,16. AV. 10,8,21. ŚAT. BR. 2,4,2,6. NIR. 2,25. NIR. 10,21. KAUŚ. 140. RAGH. 16,44. tā (āpaḥ) yadasyāyanam M. 1,10. ayaneṣu ca sarveṣu yathābhāgamavasthitāḥ per tramites aciei cunctos secundum ordines collocati BHAG. 1,11. svedā́yana Schweissloch ŚAT. BR. 12,3,2,5. YĀJÑ. 3,103. — b〉 Lauf, Umlauf, περίοδος: iṣṭyayanāni sāṃvatsarikāṇi ĀŚV. ŚR. 2,14. So dient das Wort zur Bezeichnung einer Anzahl periodischer im Laufe eines Jahres sich hinziehender Opferfeste, die ihre bes. Benennungen führen. aṅgirasāmayanam, ādityānāmayanam, dākṣiṇānāmayanam AV. 18,4,8. AIT. BR. 4,17. ĀŚV. ŚR. 12,2. ŚAT. BR. 4,4,5,19. KĀTY. ŚR. 24,4,3. aryamṇo 'ya˚ ĀŚV. ŚR. 12,6. gavāmaya˚ AIT. BR. 4,17. ĀŚV. ŚR. 11,7. KĀTY. ŚR. 24,4,48. KĀTY. ŚR. 24,5,2. KĀTY. ŚR. 24,4,9. KĀTY. ŚR. 24,7,24. kuṇḍapāyināmaya˚ ĀŚV. ŚR. 12,4,7. KĀTY. ŚR. 24,4,20. turāyaṇa ŚĀṄKH. BR._in_Ind. St. 2,288. ĀŚV. ŚR. 2,14. dākṣāyaṇa ĀŚV. ŚR. 2,14. dṛtivātavatoraya˚ ĀŚV. ŚR. 12,3. KĀTY. ŚR. 24,4,16. KĀTY. ŚR. 24,4,34. KĀTY. ŚR. 24,6,41. dyāvāpṛthivyoraya˚ ĀŚV. ŚR. 2,14. paśvayana ĀŚV. ŚR. 12,7. mitrāvaruṇayoraya˚ ĀŚV. ŚR. 12,6. munyayana ŚĀṄKH. BR._in_Ind. St. 2,288. saṃsadāmaya˚ ĀŚV. ŚR. 11,3. satrāyaṇa ŚAT. BR. 4,4,5,20. sarpāṇāmayanam ĀŚV. ŚR. 12,4. — c〉 der Lauf der Sonne (nach einer Richtung), die Zeit von einem Solstitium zum andern, Halbjahr AK. 1,1,3,13. H. 158. MED. n. 28. SUŚR. 1,19,3. VP. 23. BRAHMA-P. in LA. 55,13. ayanasyādau M. 4,26. pratyayanam jedes halbe Jahr YĀJÑ. 1,125. das Halbjahr, in dem die Sonne nach Norden sich bewegt, heisst: udagayana M. 1,67. uttarāyaṇa M. 6,10. uttaramayanam PRAŚNOP. 1,9. das andere Halbjahr: dakṣiṇāyaṇa M. 1,67. dakṣiṇamayanam PRAŚNOP. 1,9. dākṣasyāyanam M. 6,10. — d〉 das Solstitium selbst H. an. 3,352 (gehe 'rkasyodagdakṣiṇato gatau). dakṣiṇam das Winter -, uttaram das Sommersolstitium VARĀH. BṚH. S._in_Z. f. d. K. d. M. IV, 327. ayanadvayam YĀJÑ. 1,217. ayanacalana COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 374. fgg. — e〉 Weg, Vorgang, Art und Weise: etannvekamayanam .. athedaṃ dvitīyam ŚAT. BR. 2,2,1,22. ŚAT. BR. 2,2,1,23. ŚAT. BR. 2,5,3,10. ŚAT. BR. 4,6,8,7. ŚAT. BR. 4,6,8,8. ŚAT. BR. 4,6,8,12. ŚAT. BR. 4,6,8,13. ŚAT. BR. 5,3,10,11. ŚAT. BR. 11,1,7,3. samena ha vā asyāyanenetaṃ bhatati ya evametadveda ŚAT. BR. 12,3,5,13. — f〉 Lehrbuch (śāstra): jyotiṣāmayanaṃ (gehört offenbar zu 2,a.) netraṃ niruktaṃ śrotramucyate TITHYĀDITATTVA_im_ŚKDR. — Vgl. āgrāyaṇa, rasāyana, svastyayana u. s. w.

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ayana 1〉 samudrāyaṇa und puruṣāyaṇa sind als adj. compp. aufzufassen und gehören also zu 2〉a〉 Vgl. noch praśamāyana wandelnd in BHĀG. P. 1,1,15. naimiṣāyana so v. a. sich aufhaltend in BHĀG. P. 3,20,7. Z. 4 streiche die Worte «Das— hierher.» — 2〉b〉 gavāmayanam s. auch u. go 1〉. — g〉 = sthāna Platz, Ort HALĀY. 4,77.

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ayana 2〉a〉 das Vorrücken (precession) SŪRYAS. 3,10. — c〉 SŪRYAS. 11,1. SŪRYAS. 11,2. SŪRYAS. 11,17. SŪRYAS. 12,51. SŪRYAS. 12,61. SŪRYAS. 12,68. SŪRYAS. 14,9. — d〉 SŪRYAS. 3,11. fg. SŪRYAS. 13,10. fg. SŪRYAS. 14,3.

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áyana — 1〉 Adj. gehend, kommend VS. 22,7. — 2〉 n. — a〉 Gang, Weg. In der Astr. das Vorrücken. — b〉 Lauf, Umlauf. Mit einem Gen. oder am Ende eines Comp. Bez. bestimmter ein Jahr und länger dauernder Soma-Opfer LĀṬY. 10,13,2. JAIM. 2,3,5. — c〉 der Lauf der Sonne nach Süden oder Norden, die Zeit von einem Solstitium zum andern, Halbjahr. — d〉 Solstitium. — e〉 Zufluchtsort, Ruhestätte M. 1,10. — f〉 Vorgang, Art und Weise. — g〉 [Page1-102-b] *Bestechung GAL.

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ayana a. [ay-lyuṭ] 1 Going (at the end of comp.); yathemā nadyaḥ syaṃdamānāḥ samudrāyaṇāḥ Praśn. Up. 2 (As a patronymic affix) Descended from; e. g. śākaṭāyana. — naṃ 1 Going, moving, walking; as in rāmāyaṇaṃ. 2 A walk, path, way, road; agastyacihnādayanāt R. 16. 44. 3 A place, site, abode, place of resort; tā yadasyāyanaṃ pūrvaṃ Ms. 1. 10 (occurring in the derivation of the word nārāyaṇa). 4 A way of entrance, an entrance (to ([Page 0156-a]) an array of troops or vyūha); ayaneṣu ca sarveṣu yathābhāgamavāsthitāḥ Bg. 1. 11. 5 Rotation, circulation period; aṃgirasāṃ ayanaṃ; iṣṭi˚, paśu˚. 6 A particular period in the year for the performance of particular sacrificial or other religious works; N. of certain sacrificial performances; as gavāmayanaṃ. 7 The sun's passage, north and south of the equator. 8 (Hence) The period of duration of this passage, half year, the time from one solstice to another; see uttarāyaṇa and dakṣiṇāyana; cf. also sāyana and nirayaṇa. 9 The equinoctial and solstitial points; dakṣiṇaṃ ayanaṃ winter solstice; uttaraṃ ayanaṃ summer solstice. 10 Method, manner, way. 11 A Śāstra, scripture or inspired writing. 12 Final emancipation; nānyaḥ paṃthā vidyate'yanāya Śvet. Up. 13 A commentary; treatise. 14 The deities presiding over the ayanas. Comp. — aṃśaḥ, -bhāgaḥ the arc between the vernal equinoctial point and the beginning of the fixed zodiac or first point in Aries. — kālaḥ the interval between the solstices. — jaḥ a month caused by ayanāṃśa. — saṃkramaḥ, -saṃkrāṃtiḥ f. passage through the zodiac. — vṛttaṃ the ecliptic.

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áyana gehend, kommend; n. Gang, Weg, Lauf.

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ayana ayana n. (i) chemin; action d'aller. Une demi-année, proprement une marche du Soleil d'un solstice à l'autre.