अभ्यासabhyāsa1 Repetition in general; व्याख्याता व्याख्याता इति पदाभ्यासोऽध्यायपरिसमाप्तिं द्योतयति S. B.; T.4.28…
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Discipline in arms, exercise, military discipline.
- 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.
- 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).
- (In Grammar) Reduplication.
- The first syllable of a reduplicated base, reduplicative syllable; पूर्वोऽभ्यासः ParasmaipadaVI. 1.4; अत्र ये द्वे विहिते तयोः पूर्वोऽभ्याससंज्ञः स्यात् Sk.
- (In Mathematics) Multiplication.
- (In poetry) Repetition of the last verses or lines (as of a chorus); chorus, burden of a song.
Derived forms and compounds
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-गत Adjective approached, gone near.
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-परिवर्तिन् Adjective wandering about or near.
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-योगः abstraction of mind resulting from continuous deep meditation; अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय Bg. 12.9.
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-लोपः dropping of the reduplicative syllable.
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-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.
Source: Apte
