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svādhyāya स्वाध्याय – recitation of sacred texts

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

recitation of sacred texts

Derived from

  1. sva स्व adjective — own; belonging to oneself
  2. adhyāya अध्याय substantive masculine — lesson; study; chapter
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

svādhyāyá ·m. reading or repeating (to one's self), esp. study of the Veda.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

—Svādhyāya (sva-adh˚), as, m. ‘going over any subject to one's self,’ self-recit- ing, self-reading, repeating or rehearsing to one's self, inaudible reading or muttering of prayers, private prayer, (especially) repetition or study of the Vedas, sacred study; perusal of sacred books; the Veda; a day on which the resumption of sacred study is com- manded after a suspension of it.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

svādhyāya svādhyāya, &c. See p. 1157.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

svādhyāyá (sva + a˚) m. Accent im Satze gaṇa gotrādi zu P. 8,1,27. P. 8,1,57. in Ableitungen gesteigert zu sauvā˚ gaṇa dvārādi zu P. 7,3,4. VOP. 7,4. das Lesen —, Repetiren für sich, Studium (des Veda) AK. 2,7,46. TRIK. 3,2,28. H. 842. ŚAT. BR. 3,4,3,6. ŚAT. BR. 4,6,9,6. ˚yo vai brahmayajñaḥ ŚAT. BR. 11,5,6,3. ŚAT. BR. 11,5,7,1. ŚAT. BR. 11,5,6,4. ŚAT. BR. 11,5,6,7. ˚prayoga ĀŚV. ŚR. 8,12,11. ĀŚV. ŚR. 10,8,6. GṚHY. 1,1,4. GṚHY. 3,1,3. GṚHY. 3,2,1. GṚHY. 3,1,2. GṚHY. 3,3,1. KĀTY. ŚR. 26,7,58. LĀṬY. 1,5,1. LĀṬY. 1,8,9. ṚV. PRĀT. 15,4. ˚yamudvavrāja CHĀND. UP. 1,12,1. ˚yamadhīyānaḥ CHĀND. UP. 8,15. KAUṢ. UP. 1,1. M. 2,28. M. 2,105. M. 2,107. M. 2,167. M. 3,75. M. 3,81. M. 3,134. M. 4,17. M. 4,35. M. 4,58. M. 6,8. M. 11,1. M. 11,59. YĀJÑ. 1,102. paṭhetsvādhyāyam YĀJÑ. 329. BHAG. 4,28. BHAG. 16,1. MBH. 1,7673. MBH. 12,4257. R. 1,1,1. R. 2,32,18. R. 2,64,42. Spr. (II) 6284. Spr. (II) 7566. VARĀH. BṚH. 8,16. BRAHMA-P. in LA. (III) 54,7. RĀJA-TAR. 6,9. PRAB. 20,13. BHĀG. P. 3,28,4. SARVADARŚANAS. 55,17. fgg. SARVADARŚANAS. 58,10. SARVADARŚANAS. 122,22. fgg. SARVADARŚANAS. 124,8. SARVADARŚANAS. 154,6. fgg. SARVADARŚANAS. 154,7. SARVADARŚANAS. 169,12. fgg. SARVADARŚANAS. 169,16. fgg. SARVADARŚANAS. 173,19. ˚yajña Spr. (II) 6717. ˚samaya R. 4,27,10. ˚kāla und svādhyāyādhyayanakāla KĀŚ._zu_P. 1,2,36. svādhyāyārambha Comm. zu TS. PRĀT. 18,1. ˚bhūmi M. 4,127. a˚ adj. dem Studium des Veda nicht obliegend AK. 2,7,53. TRIK. 3,3,162. HĀR. 221. HALĀY. 2,250. auch vom lauten Lesen: ˚yaṃ śrāvayet M. 3,232. Aus Verbindungen wie diese und aus denen mit adhi — i und paṭh hat man die Bed. Veda gefolgert H. 249. HALĀY. 1,9. — Vgl. niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkāra und sauvādhyāyika.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

svādhyāyá — 1〉 m. — a〉 das Hersagen —, Repetiren für sich, Studium des Veda; auch lautes Hersagen. — b〉 *der Veda. — 2〉 Adj. Superl. svādhyāyatama studiosissimus DIVYĀVAD. 246,27. Vielleicht ˚yitama zu lesen.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

svādhyāyá m. das Lesen für sich, Vedastudium.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

svādhyāya svādhyāya m. (su; adhyāya) la lecture à voix basse du Veda. svādhyāyavat a. qui pratique la lecture à voix basse du Veda. svādhyāyin m. étudiant qui lit à voix basse. Marchand, négociant.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

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

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PYS 2.30–34: Vows and Counterreflection 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.40–45: Perfected Niyamas 1 occurrence

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