प्रयोगprayoga1 Use, application, employment; as in शब्दप्रयोगः, अयं शब्दो भूरिप्रयोगः- अल्पप्रयोगः 'this word is generally…
- 1 Use, application, employment; as in शब्दप्रयोगः, अयं शब्दो भूरिप्रयोगः- अल्पप्रयोगः 'this word is generally or rarely used'.
- A usual form, general usage.
- Hurling, throwing, discharging, (Opposite of संहारः); प्रयोगसंहारविभक्तमन्त्रम् R.5.57.
- Exhibition, performance, representation (dramatic), acting; देव प्रयोगप्रधानं हि नाट्यशास्त्रम् M.1; नाटिका न प्रयोगतो दृष्टा Ratn.1 'not seen acted on the stage'; आ परितोषाद्विदुषां न साधु मन्ये प्रयोग- विज्ञानम् Ś.1.2.
- Practice, experimental portion (of a subject); (Opposite of शास्त्र 'theory'); तदत्रभवानिमं मां च शास्त्रे प्रयोगे च विमृशतु M.1.
- Course of procedure, ceremonial form.
- An act, action.
- Recitation, delivery.
- Beginning, commencement.
- A plan, contrivance, device, scheme.
- A means, instrument; नयप्रयोगाविव गां जिगीषोः Ki.17.38.
- Consequence, result.
- Combination, connection.
- Addition.
- (In Grammar) A usual form.
- Offering, presenting.
- (a) Principal, loan bearing interest. (b) Lending money on usury; प्रतिबन्धः प्रयोगो व्यवहारोऽवस्तारः ...... कोशक्षयः Kau. Atmanepada 2.7.26; also कोशद्रव्याणां वृद्धिप्रयोगः
- Appointment.
- A sacred text or authority. A text which brings together the various धर्मs of a विकृति. A प्रयोगवचन, however, does this only when धर्मs are made available by the चोदक which, therfore, is said to be the stronger of the two. चोदको हि प्रयोग- वचनाद् बलवत्तरः । ŚB. on MS.5.1.8.
- A cause; motive.
- An example.
- Application of magic, magical rites.
- A horse.
Derived forms and compounds
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-अतिशयः One of the five kinds of प्रस्तावना or prologue, in which a part of performance is superseded by another in such a manner that a character is suddenly brought on the stage; id est, that is where the Sūtradhāra goes out hinting the entrance of a character and thus performs a part superseding that which he has apparently intended for his own, viz. dancing; the S. D. thus defines it: यदि प्रयोग एकस्मिन् प्रयोगोऽन्यः प्रयुज्यते । तेन पात्रप्रवेशश्चेत् प्रयोगातिशयस्तदा ॥ 29.
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-अर्थः (Equivalent to प्रत्युत्क्रमः quod vide, which see).
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-ग्रहणम् acquirement of practice.
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-चतुर, -निपुण
- Adjective
- skilled in practice; M.3; चतुःषष्टिकलागमप्रयोगचतुरः Dk.2. 5.
- practically experienced.
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-वीर्यम् (with Buddhists) energy in practice.
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-शास्त्रम् the कल्पसूत्र, which lays down the प्रयोग of various sacrificial acts; प्रयोगशास्त्रमिति चेत् MS.1.3.11.
