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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अभ्यासabhyāsa1 Repetition in general; व्याख्याता व्याख्याता इति पदाभ्यासोऽध्यायपरिसमाप्तिं द्योतयति S. B.; T.4.28…
    1. 1 Repetition in general; व्याख्याता व्याख्याता इति पदाभ्यासोऽध्यायपरिसमाप्तिं द्योतयति S. B.; T.4.28 नाभ्यासक्रममीक्षते Pt.1.151; Ms.12.74; Y.3.322. Compare also अन्यायश्च कृतेऽभ्यासः । MS.1.3.26
    2. Repeated practice or exercise, contiuned practice or use; अविरतश्रमाभ्यासात् K.3, Pt.1.133; अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते Bg.6.35,44 by constant practice (to remain pure and unmodified); 12.12; योगdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Y.3.51 practice of concentration; hence sometimes used for 'concentration of mind upon one subject'; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedनिगृहीतेन मनसा R.1.23; so शरdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, अस्त्रdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied etc.
    3. Habit, custom, practice; मिथ्योपपदात् कृञोऽभ्यासे ParasmaipadaI. 3.71; तद् यथाभ्यासं अभिधीयताम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1 therefore address me as is your wont; अमङ्गलाभ्यासरतिम् Ku.5.65; Y.3.68.
    4. Discipline in arms, exercise, military discipline.
    5. Reciting, study, repeated reading or learning by heart; काव्यज्ञशिक्षयाभ्यासः K. Parasmaipada1; K.146,2; Ms.5. 4; वेदdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied is of 5 kinds: वेदस्वीकरणं पूर्वं विचारोऽभ्यसनं जपः । तद्दानं चैव शिष्येभ्यो वेदाभ्यासो हि पञ्चधा ॥ Dakṣa.
    6. vicinity, proximity, neighbourhood (for अभ्याश); चूतयष्टिरि- वाभ्यासे (शे) मधौ परभृतोन्मुखी Ku.6.2; (अभ्यासे-शे मधौ must mean here speaking to 'Madhu who was near her' scil. by having manifested himself before her, which fully preserves the simile of Pārvatī, herself silent, speaking to her lover who was near her through her friend); अर्पितेयं तवाभ्यासे सीता पुण्यव्रता वधूः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)7.17 given in your charge; Śi.3.4; अभ्यासा-शा-दागतः ParasmaipadaII. 1.38 Sk. (ragarded as an Aluk Compound).
    7. (In Grammar) Reduplication.
    8. The first syllable of a reduplicated base, reduplicative syllable; पूर्वोऽभ्यासः ParasmaipadaVI. 1.4; अत्र ये द्वे विहिते तयोः पूर्वोऽभ्याससंज्ञः स्यात् Sk.
    9. (In Mathematics) Multiplication.
    10. (In poetry) Repetition of the last verses or lines (as of a chorus); chorus, burden of a song.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -गत Adjective approached, gone near.

    • -परिवर्तिन् Adjective wandering about or near.

    • -योगः abstraction of mind resulting from continuous deep meditation; अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय Bg. 12.9.

    • -लोपः dropping of the reduplicative syllable.

    • -व्यवायः interval caused by the reduplicative syllable; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedयेऽपि though separated by this syllable.

    In the Gita6·3512·1012·1218·36

    अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते ॥

    abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate. — The Blessed Lord said:- Without doubt, O mighty-armed, the mind is restless and very difficult to restrain; but O Kaunteya, it may be controlled by… 6·35
    • अभ्यासेनabhyāsenainstrumental singular of the masculine noun abhyāsa(practice).
    • अभ्यासेabhyāselocative singular of the masculine noun abhyāsa(practice).
    • अभ्यासात्‌abhyāsātablative singular of the masculine noun abhyāsa (practice).
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  2. अभ्यासद्abhyāsad1 P.
    1. 1 Parasmaipada
    2. To get, obtain, attain; स्वमिव पुरुषकारं शैलमभ्याससाद Ki.5.52.
    3. To sit oneself in (Accusative). -Causal To attack, assail.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अभ्यासabhyāsa[abhi ͜ âsa] m. addition; repetition; reduplication (gr.); practice; application; use, habit; familiarity with…

    [abhi ͜ âsa] masculine addition; repetition; reduplication (grammatical term); practice; application; use, habit; familiarity with (--˚); repeated recitation; study.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अभ्यासabhyāsasee (अभ्य्- √1. अश् and) 2. अभ्य्- √2. अस् .
    1. see (अभ्य्- √1. अश् and) 2. अभ्य्- √2. अस् .
    2. masculine gender the act of adding anything, S3ulb.
    3. masculine gender (in grammar) "what is prefixed", the first syllable of a reduplicated radical Pa1n2.
    4. masculine gender reduplication Nir.
    5. masculine gender repetition Mn. xii, 74, etc.
    6. masculine gender (in poetry) repetition of the last verse of a stanza ([Nir.]) or of the last word of a chapter [commentator or commentary on AitBr.]
    7. masculine gender (in arithmetic) multiplication
    8. masculine gender repeated or permanent exercise, discipline, use, habit, custom
    9. masculine gender repeated reading, study
    10. masculine gender military practice Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender (in later Veda1nta वेदान्त philosophy) inculcation of a truth conveyed in sacred writings by means of repeating the same word or the same passage
    12. masculine gender (in Yoga योग philosophy) the effort of the mind to remain in its unmodified condition of purity (sattva).
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  2. अभ्यासक्तabhyāsaktamfn. (√सञ्ज्), closely linked together (as days by beginning a day with the same ceremony which has been…

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (√सञ्ज्), closely linked together (as days by beginning a day with the same ceremony which has been performed at the end of the preceding day) A1s3vS3r. commentator or commentary on PBr.

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  3. अभ्यासङ्ग्यabhyāsaṅgyamfn. to be closely linked together (as days; see before) PBr. Vait.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective to be closely linked together (as days; see before) PBr. Vait.
    2. masculine gender Name of a Pan5ca1ha पञ्चाह PBr. A1pS3r.
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  4. अभ्यासताabhyāsatāf. constant practice, use, habit.

    feminine constant practice, use, habit.

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  5. अभ्यासद्abhyāsad(Ved. Inf. -स्/अदम्) to sit down into (acc.) RV. ix, 3, 1 and 30, 4; to attain, obtain Kir. v, 52.

    (Vedic or Veda Inf. -स्/अदम्) to sit down into (accusative) fg-veda ix, 3, 1 and 30, 4; to attain, obtain Kir. v, 52.

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  6. अभ्यासनिमित्तabhyāsanimittan. the cause of the reduplication-syllable Pa1n2. Comm.

    neuter gender the cause of the reduplication-syllable Pa1n2. commentator or commentary

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  7. अभ्यासपरिवर्तिन्abhyāsaparivartin(for अभ्याश-) mfn. wandering about or near N.

    (for अभ्याश-) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective wandering about or near Name

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