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Entry आय

आयāyaArrival, approach; आये वामस्य संगथे रयीणाम् Rv.2.38.1.
[आ-इ-अच्, अय्-घञ् वा]
1. Arrival, approach; आये वामस्य संगथे रयीणाम् Rv.2.38.1.
2. Gaining or acquisition of money, acquiring (Opposite of व्यय); आये दुःखं व्यये दुःखं धिगर्थाः कष्टसंश्रयाः Pt.1.163.
3. Income, revenue; receipt; ग्रामेषु स्वामिग्राह्यो भाग आयः Sk.; Y.1.322,327; Mk.2.6; आयद्वाराणि Dk.162 sources of income; आयव्ययौ च नियतावाकरान् कोषमेव च Ms.8.419; आयाधिकं व्ययं करोति he lives beyond his means.
4. Gain, profit.
5. The eleventh house (in astrology).
6. The guard of the women's apartments.
7. Means, source; मार्ग- त्यायशतैरर्थान् Mb.13.163.5.
Derived forms and compounds
- -दर्शिन् seeing (id est, that is having) revenues, revenue-collector; Mk.
- -मुखम् Forms of revenue; Kau. Atmanepada 2.6.
- -व्ययौ (dual) receipt and disbursement, income and expenditure.
- -शरीरम् Body of income; Kau. Atmanepada 2.6.
- -स्थानम् a place where revenues are collected.
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